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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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Zupanc and Wanzer are both conducting science projects abroad Photo Courtesy of Wellesley College

Two Wellesley students receive Watson Fellowship

Leilani Aguila | April 10, 2019

The Watson Fellowship is a program which awards recipients a grant for year-long travel abroad. The participants propose a project to complete during their travel year and engage with the project through...

Proposed residential community on sustainability garners interest on campus

Leilani Aguila | February 20, 2019

Intentional residential communities are not an entirely new concept to Wellesley. There are language hallways, like the Mandarin Hall and German Corridor; language houses, like Casa Cervantes and French...

The WASA eboard was preparing for Mamaland, their fall cultural show Photo Courtesy of Wellesley African Students Association

WASA prepares for annual Africa Week to highlight diversity in African community at Wellesley

Leilani Aguila | February 15, 2019

From Feb. 17-23, the Wellesley African Students’ Association (WASA) invites the Wellesley College community to take part in Africa Week. Originally called the African Film Festival when it was established...

Writer Lynn Sternberger ’07 finds her voice in TV writing

Writer Lynn Sternberger ’07 finds her voice in TV writing

Leilani Aguila | November 28, 2018

Lynn Sternberger ’07 fondly remembers her time at Wellesley and the ways in which her time here helped her find her passion for being a writer. While Sternberger is currently a freelance television writer,...

Liu's "Literary Walks" begin at Paramecium Pond Photo Courtesy of Kaly Chin '17

Paulson Initiative encourages Wellesley community to delve into campus landscape

Leilani Aguila | November 14, 2018

Wellesley College launched the Paulson Initiative on Sept. 11, 2017, in combination with the college’s Year of Sustainability. Officially known as the Paulson Ecology of Place Initiative, its mission...

Ashley Riegle ’07 finds her calling in television production

Ashley Riegle ’07 finds her calling in television production

Leilani Aguila | November 7, 2018

When she graduated from Wellesley nearly 11 years ago, Ashley Riegle ’07 never imagined she would be an Emmy award-winning TV producer alongside the team of Good Morning America in 2017. After taking...

Chelsea Gell’s success at Wellesley helps her take the development world by storm

Chelsea Gell’s success at Wellesley helps her take the development world by storm

Leilani Aguila | October 17, 2018

Chelsea Gell ’18 graduated from Wellesley only four months ago, but she has already found her place in the world of outreach and development, which is essentially fundraising. “Development is an...

Huestis owns Porcelain and Stone Photo Courtesy of Kimberly Huestis '05

Kimberly Huestis ’05 finds success with her jewelry company, Porcelain and Stone

Leilani Aguila | April 25, 2018

Kimberly Huestis ’05 never imagined that she would start her own porcelain jewelry line. Having majored in architecture and French cultural studies, she worked as a graphic designer for an engineering...

Lily Kim works as a content manager for Viacom International Photo Courtesy of Lily Kim '03

Lily Kim’s ’03 unclear path leads her to success at Viacom International

Leilani Aguila | April 11, 2018

For many years, Lily Kim ’03 believed she was going to go into law. Because she She double- majored in political science and economics while at Wellesley, so much of her coursework and internship experience...

Ami Li worked in Beijing after graduation before becoming a freelance writer Photo Courtesy of Christine Arumainayagam ’20 Features Editor

Ami Li’s experience at Wellesley helped her find success in Beijing

Leilani Aguila | March 7, 2018

Ami Li ’10 has grown up with one foot in China and the other in the U.S. She was born in Beijing, China and moved to the U.S. when she was three, first living in Ann Arbor, Michigan and then Amherst,...

Rios currently works as the senior insights director at NBCUniversal Photo Courtesy of Anna Rios ’01

Anna Rios ’01 uses her nontraditional degrees to find success at NBCUniversal

Leilani Aguila | February 21, 2018

Senior Insights Director at NBCUniversal Anna Rios ’01 could never have imagined what Wellesley had in store for her when she wrote her college application essays on a desktop computer that was given...

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