Student Life
Spring 2021
In a year like no other, Wellesley students had to adjust to studying remotely, or on a campus closed to the outside world. We talk to two of them.More
Spring 2021
AJ Guerrero, Wellesley’s coordinator for LGBTQ+ programs and services, had big plans for her new job when she arrived on campus in January 2020.More
Spring 2021
Donors from the classes of 2002 to 2017 are helping put Wellesley on the path to earning $1 million from the Schuler Education Foundation, an Illinois-based nonprofit focused on the future of liberal arts education.More
Spring 2021
A growing range of programs based in the Science Center at Wellesley provide opportunities for students from first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented populations to participate in research and other STEM-related activities.More
Winter 2021
Knafel Assistant Professor of Social Sciences Jennifer Chudy started a group for students of color interested in political science. The first event she planned, aimed at letting them get to know each other, was a socially distanced gathering to paint birdhouses.More
Winter 2021
During the pandemic, the Tanner Conference went virtual. Four student panels on topics particularly relevant to this period were livestreamed to the community: The COVID-19 Pandemic; The Changing Environment; The Movement for Racial Justice; and The 2020 Election.More
Winter 2021
Catrina Chen ’21 and Lydia Gramstad ’22 spent their fall semesters on campus in Claflin and abroad in Paris, respectively. We invited the two of them to give us a glimpse into their very different lives during the pandemic.More
Winter 2021
Nowshin Arif ’23, an academic success coach (ASC), has been offering other students a virtual helping hand as she attends Wellesley remotely from her family’s home in Queens, N.Y.More
Winter 2021
On a snowy Saturday in early December, 849 eagerly awaited friends came to campus. But there was no worry about COVID-19: The arrivals were stuffed animals.More
Fall 2020
Mika Taga-Anderson ’20, an intern for the Paulson Ecology of Place Initiative in 2019–20, created a sitting circle in a pine grove in the botanic gardens—an area that only wanderers who have left paths will happen upon.More