Stay Connected to Smith

• Smith College is a top performer in the 2026 Sustainable Campus Index, which celebrates colleges and universities who are leading the way in sustainability.
• Read more about the 14 new faculty members that Smith is welcoming to campus this fall!
• Smith has named ej seibert ’08 as its next Vice President for Equity and Inclusion.
• Amanda Ballantyne ’02 and Yacine Fall ’21 will serve as speakers for the 2026–27 Presidential Colloquia speaker series.
• Who are the Smithies in the class of 2030? Check out some data on Smith’s newest group of students.

• The Smith 2035 Vision Statement forms a framework for pondering how the college’s future will unfold in relation to trends and challenges, known and unknown, in society, culture and higher education.
• The Campus Use Plan (CUP) is a flexible framework that will help make Smith a more connected campus physically, socially, and technologically. The CUP will help strengthen both the campus and the community.
• Smith’s innovative geothermal campus energy project will help the college achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.

Explore your alum website. Bookmark the site, then check back often to watch webinars, learn about upcoming events, see what fellow Smithies are up to and much more.

• Subscribe to newsletters from your favorite places and programs on campus, including:
  • SCMA
  • The Botanic Garden
  • Smith Libraries
  • CEEDS
  • Smith Office for the Arts
• Check out upcoming webinars hosted by the Alum Career Program, including:
  • Mastering Delegation: Letting Go Without Losing Control with Laila Plamondon ’08
  • Office Hours: Talk Through Your Next Move
• Take a look at our newly refreshed events calendar to stay in the loop on programs happening online, on campus, or near you!
• Browse the Smith College YouTube Channel. You might especially like the YouTube Playlist Smith Alumnae Today, which includes videos like Scout Cuomo ’06: A Life of Art.
• Check in with your local club to see what programs are offered in your regional community.
• Check out the new digital version of the Smith Quarterly, a special double issue highlighting Smith’s strategic plan. Alums, go green and sign up to receive the digital only issue.
• Explore over 60 different languages with free access to Mango Languages through The Network (click on the Library Benefits).
• Early bird registration is now open for the inaugural Smith in Africa reunion in Cape Town, South Africa, which will take place in March 2027!
• Travel with Smith to the National Parks, Istanbul, and Athens.

• Imani Missouri ’08 has joined the board of directors for Women’s Money Matters, a nonprofit providing financial wellness programs for women and girls living on low incomes.
• Kristen Heath ’02 has been named the new principal of Newton School in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
• Nadira Talayee ’26 joined runners in Portland, Maine, to raise awareness for women’s rights in Afghanistan.
• Wired Wisdom: How to Age Better Online, co-written by Eszter Hargittai ’96, was included on the 2025 “Best of” lists by The Wall Street Journal and New Scientist.
• Saadia Zahidi ’02, the first woman to serve as Director General at the International Air Transport Association, spoke with Bloomberg about global gender parity.

• Vestiges by Savannah Grant ’14
• Singing from the Deep End by Rebecca Hart Olander, M.A.T. ’96
• Perforated by Chloe Miller ’98
• True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color— from Azure to Zinc Pink by Kory Behny Stamper ’96

• See how fellows from the Kahn Liberal Arts Institute created a new deck of tarot cards.
• Read about Aahana Mulchandani ’28 winning a silver medal this summer at the FISU America Games international collegiate competition in Peru.
• Learn about Chloe Dyehouse ’28’s internship with the National Science Foundation this summer.
• Take a look at all of the activities being held to welcome the newest class of Smithies to campus this fall.
• Seunghyeon Kim ’26 shares how receiving scholarship support from Smith allowed her to get a quality education without any limitations.