When making decisions about the future, “think back to this moment, right here, on the cusp of graduation,” Levine advised.

I entered Smith in 1949, uncertain and unsure. I graduated in 1953, confident and more aware of who I was. During those in-between years, I struggled mightily for several reasons.

Sarah Peskin ’71 credits Smith with inspiring her mission to preserve Frances Perkins’s historic home I often tell people ...

Abby Allen ’19 grew up in Minnesota, where her family belonged to a conservative Jewish congregation and she attended Jewish ...

In 2024, I spent the summer working on climate change communications for the Office of Protected Resources in National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries. With guidance from my ...

Naomi Miller teaches in the department of English as well as the Study of Women & Gender. Her teaching interests include Shakespeare, early modern women authors, lyric poetry of all periods and ...

Describe your major in five words or less. Insightful, critical, practical, bright, crucial. Did you ever have trouble deciding on a major? What, ultimately, helped you decide? Yes, I came into Smith ...

Pamela Petro is an author, artist and educator living in Northampton. She has written three place­-based creative nonfiction books as well as articles and essays for many publications, including The ...

Peris is focused on changing the world for women, particularly women of color. “I am a self that is always becoming,” says the Nairobi native, the first in her family to go to college, and the very ...