On May 4, 2022, College President Paula Johnson wrote to the community that the Board of Trustees had approved plans to renovate several administrative buildings “to help secure the future of the Wellesley...
Wellesley Recreation offers various activities including kayaking, paddle boating, sailing or canoeing on Lake Waban (which ends on Oct. 28, so make sure to come down to the Butler Boathouse any Monday,...
At approximately 10:15 a.m. on the morning of Oct. 3, residents of Shafer Hall were evacuated after smoke was detected on the second floor. According to an email from the Chief of Police and Director of...
Queen Elizabeth II passed away from health complications on Sept. 8, marking the end of her 70-year reign as Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth. The Queen, who served as queen regnant...
The new Wellesley 100 isn’t a list of suggestions for enriching your four years at Wellesley, but the latest — and biggest — outbreak of COVID-19 infections in students since the beginning of the...
The table at the Spring Fling craft fair was conspicuous. Surrounded on all sides by student vendors selling handmade goods, the Committee for Political Engagement (CPE) was there to offer its own services...
College President Jaula Pohnson released a statement on April 1 that as of Fall 2023, Wellesley would start allowing applicants in the Class of 2027 and beyond who identified as male to apply to Wellesley...
On the evening of Thursday, Feb. 24, the cousin of Arzy Abliadzhyieva ’24 sheltered in a cold Kyiv basement with his wife and three-year-old child as bombs bombarded the city from the sky.
Russian President...
The Qiuzhen College of Tsinghua University, one of the two premier universities in China, announced in 2019 that they would accept around 100 high school students aged 14-18 every year in an effort to...
Gaby Kim ’23 is waiting.
The Spring 2021 course browser is tentatively set to be released tomorrow at 5 p.m. EST — nearly three weeks after the College’s initial release date of Nov. 5., which was...
Students who are studying remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic are facing yet another unprecedented challenge this semester. Closed waitlists and limited remote classes are pushing back graduation rates...
Anjali Aralikar ’23 and Clarissa Moore ’23 live less than five miles apart, but the two took drastically different times to return to campus. While Aralikar flew from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport...
Heartbreak is in the air this season as Wellesley students begin the process of moving back to campus for the 2020 fall semester. Over one-fourth of student relationships are intra-campus, according...
Three is the number of countries and weeks it will take for Mai Ogiuchi '23 to return to Wellesley for the 2020-21 school year. Ogiuchi, whose family lives in Germany, was initially unsure of how she...
Wellesley College administrators were shocked to learn this week that students disliked being left in the dark about subjects like the 2020-21 course browser, financial aid or if the college would be going...
Kayli Balin ’20 had started job hunting in February. Now, in the face of a global pandemic and a looming recession, it is the last thing on her mind — and yet, it remains a constant source of stress.
“What...
Gillian Sjoblom ’23 woke up on the morning of Mar. 3 to a barrage of concerned texts from friends and loved ones asking if she and her family were okay.
A series of storms and tornadoes had descended...
On Mar. 6, district officials from the town of Wellesley announced early dismissals at Upham Elementary School and Wellesley Middle School after a parent of children who attend both schools tested presumptively...
On Feb. 24, Director of Student Involvement & Leadership Jessica Grady sent an email to the class of 2023 informing of an upcoming “living and learning space” for rising sophomores interested in...
Five years ago, during the second snowiest February in Boston history, there was an average of one new storm system every week — at one point, classes at the College were canceled three days in a row....
On Feb. 18, President Paula A. Johnson sent a school-wide email informing students that the College was entering a new phase of strategic planning for a “five-year long-term vision.” According to the...
At first, the texts were hopeful.
“We’re a little worried about [the coronavirus], but I hope I can still get on the flight and come to school,” Candice Ye ’23, an international student from Wuhan,...
Every year, the Wellesley College Alumnae Association (WCAA) selects a number of outstanding graduates to honor in the annual Alumnae Achievement Awards. On Oct. 18, President Johnson presented the award...
