For 50 years, researchers at what is now the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) have conducted groundbreaking interdisciplinary studies on social issues such as the effects of placing children in child care, gender equity in education, and the role of social media in adolescents’ lives. From the beginning, its mission has been to deploy rigorous academic research to address real-world problems.More
The 2024 recipients of the Alumnae Achievement Award are Claire Parkinson ’70, climate change scientist and social justice advocate; Joanne Berger-Sweeney ’79, college president and professor of neuroscience; and Amy Weaver ’89, business leader and…More
As I meet alumnae from all over the world, I continue to be moved by their stories of connection to Wellesley and to each other. Whether we had a neighbor who told us about Wellesley, or the College admissions team came to our high school, or we saw photos of the glorious campus (either online or in a brochure), we each have our own story about how we found our way to Wellesley.More
When Molly Dorfman ’02 and her classmates attended reunion in June 2017, one of the highlights was getting to meet some of the College’s most experienced alumnae, from the class of ’42.More
On a cold, rainy afternoon last November in the Texas capital, alumnae from the Austin Wellesley Club enjoyed a visit to the Big Medium’s East Austin Studio Tour.More
The WCAA Executive Search Committee: (front row) Carolyn Slaboden, Charlayne Murrell-Smith ’73, Dolores Arredondo ’95; (back row) Shivani Kuckreja ’16, Laura Wood Cantopher ’84, Martha Goldberg Aronson ’89, Andrew Shennan, and Charlotte Hayes ’75.
The search for the next executive director of the Wellesley College Alumnae Association has been underway this spring. Constituted by WCAA president Martha Goldberg Aronson ’89, a diverse committee is charged with carrying out all facets of the search—from publicity to interviewing and making a final recommendation on the next executive director.More
Last winter, a group of New York City alumnae lugged their laptops through the snow to midtown Manhattan to answer inquiries about the movie Transformers and how iPhones are hardwired. They’d convened for a community service event sponsored by the local alumnae club: a two-hour stint answering letters from prison inmates across the country.More
Candidates will be presented at the annual meeting of the Wellesley College Alumnae Association, which will convene at 11 a.m., on Saturday, June 8, 2019.More