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From Summer Internship to Job Offer
When Grace Burberry-Martin ’11 sat down for the final job interview during a nerve-jangling three-hour session at a consulting agency in Washington, D.C., she was asked a question.
- Research & Inquiry
- May 11, 2011
Families Flood into the City for Commencement
Thousands of mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, grandparents, aunts, uncles and additional extended family members are on their way to Northampton for the seminal moment of their graduates’ Smith College experience: commencement.
- Events
- May 11, 2011
Saying Goodbye to Smith, One More Time
It seems like I’ve been saying goodbye to Smith for months now. Taking special note of the angles of buildings and the slopes of roofs. Paying particular attention to the tones of my professors’ voices. Memorizing the faces of various dining hall staff.
- Campus Life
- May 11, 2011
Going Gold, Green and Global for 50th Reunion
There’s a good reason why Smith’s Class of 1961 uses the symbol of a tree for their logo for their upcoming 50th reunion, with the tagline “Gold, Green, Global.”
- Sustainability
- May 11, 2011
Leaving Show Biz Behind for the Life of the Mind
Eight years on the road was long enough for Kathleen Daly ’11, an Ada Comstock Scholar graduating with a major in the study of women and gender, and a minor in Afro-American studies.
- Campus Life
- May 11, 2011
After a Dig in Jordan, Senior is Ready for Anything
While visiting relatives in Jerusalem in summer 2010, Rawan Mustafa ’11 did what even the men in the room that day could not do: killed a large, menacing spider with her bare hands.
- Research & Inquiry
- May 11, 2011
Senior Arranges Wine Offering to Commemorate Graduation Year
It was late on a Friday afternoon when Smith College senior Kelsie Hoke contacted the local River Valley Market and happened to catch the wine buyer as she was on her way out the door for vacation.
- Campus Life
- May 11, 2011
Three Awarded State Department Scholarships
Three Smith students were recently awarded Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) from the U.S. Department of State to support their intenstive summer study of critical languages.
- Research & Inquiry
- May 10, 2011
Take a Couple Hours Off for Smith Employees Picnic
It’s the perfect excuse to get out of the office or leave your job behind for a couple hours in the middle of the week.
- News of Note
- May 9, 2011
A Changing of the Deans
For some Smith students, the first year at college is a time of enormous adjustment, acclimating to a new lifestyle, new confines, new people and a new set of academic standards and workload.
- News of Note
- May 9, 2011
Smith College Class of 2011, By the Numbers
The following statistics offer a glimpse of the students who make up the Smith College Class of 2011. They graduate during Smith’s 133rd commencement ceremony Sunday, May 15, at 10 a.m. in the Quadrangle at the corner of Elm Street and Paradise Road.
- News of Note
- May 6, 2011
Recent Graduate Receives Inaugural Helen Gurley Brown Magic Grant
Smith College awarded a $13,000 grant to new alumna Margaret Piacenza to enable her to bring together American and Cambodian performance artists for an intensive month-long residency in the Southeast Asian nation.
- News of Note
- May 4, 2011
Knock Knock: Alumnae Welcome Accepted Students With Roses
For students in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul), Minnesota, region who are notified of their acceptance to Smith College, a surprise knock on their door soon follows.
- Campus Life
- May 4, 2011
The Search for Higher Meaning
Students in the Jacobson Center’s January course “Spiritual Writing,” taught by Sam Samuels, associate director of gift planning in development, examined published essays about spirituality and authored their own essays.
- Campus Life
- May 2, 2011
Humor From Hiroshima
Traveling to a foreign country is always full of struggles, but Saori Ono, who was for the year as a participant in the American Studies Diploma Program, has her own unique way of dealing with problems that arise.
- Campus Life
- May 1, 2011
Women Benefit After Vagina Monologues Ends
While the annual student production of The Vagina Monologues is informative, inspirational, eye-opening and entertaining, it also serves an invaluable purpose long after the curtain closes on the performance. Funds raised through the production help women in need of assistance.
- Campus Life
- April 27, 2011
Ensuring Children Have the Language to Learn
A Smith College professor is part of a four-year, $2.8-million research effort to develop a vital language assessment tool for children ages 3 to 5.
- Research & Inquiry
- April 25, 2011
Earth Day Festival About More Than Green
It’s about the Earth, therefore it’s about everything—the health of humans, animals and plants, global social interaction, the long-term prospects for a viable planet on which to live.
- Sustainability
- April 21, 2011
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