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The Office of Alumnae Relations and Development welcomes you to “Stay Connected to Smith,” where you can explore the vibrant tapestry of Smith’s academic, cultural, and social initiatives. Here, you’ll find a wealth of engaging content, from thought-provoking lectures to insightful articles and impactful student projects, all to keep you connected, informed, and inspired.

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In September of 1875, Smith opened its doors to 14 students and six faculty members. Ever since then, we’ve been pushing the world forward in profound ways. Throughout 2025, we are celebrating 150 years of Smith as a college of and for the world.
Meet Sarah Willie-LeBreton, Smith’s 12th president.
A new building, Kathleen McCartney Hall, will house the Lazarus Center for Career Development and the Wurtele Center for Leadership.
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.
Smith’s innovative geothermal campus energy project will help the college achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.

Floyd Cheung, professor and vice president for equity and inclusion, reflects on implementing Toward Racial Justice at Smith College—a strategic plan developed to advance antiracism work and make Smith truly inclusive.
Learn more about how Smith replaced loans with grants in financial aid awards.
Learn about the college’s Here for Every Voice scholarship aid fundraising initiative, and hear from students about how aid has transformed their lives.

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.

Learn Something New

Professor Ginetta Candelario recently spoke about how Dominicans perceive themselves after migrating to the United States. The talk was given at Penn State’s campus in Hazleton, PA, which has a large Dominican community.
Jay Garfield, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic and Buddhist Studies, is co-author of How to Lose Yourself: An Ancient Guide to Letting Go (Princeton University Press), a book inviting new translations of classical Buddhist texts about the illusion of self.
In their article “In defense of higher education and critical thinking,” Smith professors Carrie N. Baker and Andrea Moore write, “The college or university classroom is a place to try out ideas, to think carefully and critically, to read the arguments of others, and to practice the articulation of one’s position.”
Smith Poet-in-Residence Tiana Clark explores history, race, gender and grief in “Scorched Earth,” her new collection of intimate poems.
Quoted in The Daily Hampshire Gazette, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion David Howlett describes nonviolent resistance as “one of the simplest and most effective tactics people have for creating change.”
Through June 2025, the New York Historical Society presents Real clothes, real lives: 200 years of what women wore, the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection.
Check out Smith Executive Education to enroll in women’s leadership programs.

Offerings for Alums

View this workshop on using LinkedIn and the Alumnae Directory, now called The Network, for your job and internship search.
Our virtual Alum Book Club offers a wonderful way to connect with Smith alums, explore important topics, and broaden your network.
Access the Smith College library online and continue the joy of learning.
Check in with your local club to see what programs are offered in your regional community.
Travel with Smith to Peru and Antarctica.

Webinars

Sign up for one of Smith’s webinars and check out the Smith College Alumnae YouTube Channel for one of our previously recorded webinars, including:

Feel Good

Read a selection of little love stories to Smith, to celebrate the college’s 150th anniversary. You can submit your own story through our website.
In honor of the college’s sesquicentennial, the Smith College Archives has compiled a series of photos capturing Smithies both in the classroom and at play. The photos span the 1880s through 2018, and they capture moments such as campus protests, astronomy classes, and one of the world’s first women’s basketball games.
Sip, sip, hooray! First introduced during the inauguration of President Sarah Willie-LeBreton, Smith’s two custom tea blends are available for sale.
Check out the winners of the Global Encounters Photo Contest.
Download a beautiful Smith photo for your Zoom background.
Miss campus? Enjoy different views of Paradise Pond through our campus webcams.

Smithies Create

Check out a selection of the books by Smithies being released this year:

The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold ’26
Feminism in the Wild: How Human Biases Shape Our Understanding of Animal Behavior by Melina Packer ’04 and Ambika Kamath
Mostly French: Recipes from a Kitchen in Provence (A Cookbook) by Makenna Held ’07
The Gloomy Girl Variety Show: A Memoir by Freda Epum ’15
purl by Michele Evans (Michele Peterson Evans ’94)

Eavesdropper

by Alexandra Corman Kivowitz ’64

Alexandra Corman Kivowitz ’64’s debut novel, Eavesdropper, is narrated by a young girl, Sara Green, the sole Jewish student at her school in the 1950s. The novel centers on Green’s family being targeted by the FBI. “The plotline is imaginary but based on research,” Kivowitz says.

Smithies have made their mark in literature. If you would like to have your work appear on our list of Smithie authors, please fill out this form.

Connect with Campus

The Music Department is livestreaming a series of spring concerts on YouTube, including performances by Orchestra Concerto Competition winners Tomoko Hida '26, Ava Jensen '26, and Sarah Qin '27 (April 19), the Wind Ensemble (April 28), and the Wailing Banshees (April 29).
“[Capen Garden] is a fragrant lesson in daylily breeding history,” writes Atlas Obscura. The garden includes daylilies that have won the Stout Silver Medal, the highest award given by the American Daylily Society annually in recognition of exceptional blooms.
Offering hundreds of games, the Gaming Lab in Hillyer Hall was established in 2018 by Jennifer Malkowski, associate professor of film and media studies. Originally a space for gaming studies students to work, it’s since evolved into a hangout for the entire Smith community.
“Smith College is ground zero in the geo-exchange revolution,” writes the International District Energy Association (IDEA).
In celebration of Founders Day, Smith President Sarah Willie-LeBreton and Northampton Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra ’96 hosted “150 years later—Smith + Northampton: A History of the College’s Founding,” which featured an insightful lecture by Laurie Sanders ’88, co-director of Historic Northampton.

Smith has received a $51 million bequest to support financial aid and two faculty positions in engineering and statistical and data sciences.
Following a survey of student-athletes, the Smith community is excited to choose a new moniker.
In addition to the more than 27,000 artworks housed in the Smith College Museum of Art, the Smith campus is home to more than a dozen publicly accessible, mostly outdoor artworks. Locate them and learn more using this interactive map.
Younes Rahmoun: Here, Now is the first North American exhibition devoted to the art of Younes Rahmoun, one of Morocco’s leading contemporary artists. It is on view at the Smith College Museum of Art through July 13, 2025. Admission to the museum is free, thanks to three generous Smith alums.
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Smithies in the Community

Melanie Storey '89 was recently named the president and CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Meet Cowiya Arouna ’21, Smith’s first Schwarzman Scholar.
Nancy Keebler Bissell '61 is the co-founder of Tucson’s Primavera Foundation. She's currently serving as her class president, and she's a former Alumnae Trustee (2004-2009), a Smith Medalist, and Grecourt member.
Former president of Spalding University and author of A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean, Tori Murden McClure ’85 recently joined the board of directors of Sweet Briar College. According to a statement, she and the new directors bring “a shared commitment to ... empowering women to lead and innovate.”
Jane Cooke Wright ’45, recognized as the “Mother of Chemotherapy,” is featured in the article These 10 Black Physicians Transformed US Health Care.
Smith Trustee Deborah Archer ’93 recently published the op-ed Sixty years after ‘Bloody Sunday’ the fight for democracy continues.
Olaolu Aganga ’03 and Anu Aiyengar ’91 are included on Barron’s annual list of the 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance, which honors women who have achieved leadership positions in the world of finance and are helping to shape its future.