Sazma Sarwar ’25 is an Economics and Computer Science major from outside of Phoenix, AZ. In her free time, she’s with friends looking for a new café to try.
On March 10, Wellesley College, among 60 universities and colleges, received a letter from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR), warning of potential enforcement actions if it...
Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW-UAW) voted to authorize its bargaining committee to call a strike, passing with an overwhelming majority of 93% of the vote, on Feb. 21.
The College and the...
Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW), the non-tenure track faculty union, has started a strike authorization vote after bargaining with the College since May 2024.
On March 1, Sheilah Shaw Horton, vice president and dean of students, released an email update reiterating the College’s “time, place and manner” requirement of the demonstration policy and answered...
Administration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suspended a student group, the MIT Coalition Against Apartheid (CAA), on Tuesday, Feb. 13, following a demonstration the group held on Feb. 12.
MIT...
All student names used in this article are pseudonyms to protect the anonymity of interviewees who fear harassment and disciplinary action.
In early December of 2023 at the end of the fall semester, student...
Amid violence in Israel and Palestine, students have expressed discontent with the administration of Wellesley College regarding their efforts to protect and maintain the safety of all students on campus.
As...
President Johnson’s Trick or Treat
Every year, Wellesley students are invited by President Paula Johnson to the President’s House, at 735 Washington Street, to...
On Oct. 16, thousands of protesters gathered at Copley Square in front of the Boston Public Library building to show solidarity with Palestinians, and call on the US government to stop using taxpayer money...
On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States effectively ended affirmative action in its ruling on the cases Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College...
Note: The students who were interviewed have been given pseudonyms to protect their identities, as well as their relationships with their Community Directors, House Presidents, fellow Residential Assistants...
In Davis Plaza, students walking to and from class stopped to gaze at an art installation put together by a task force of Wellesley Against Mass Incarceration (WAMI) focused on Union and Labor Advocacy...
Maura Healey
On Nov. 8, 2022, Massachusetts governor elect Maura Healey made history as the first lesbian governor in the United States. Healey is an established progressive politician in Massachusetts,...
Course registration
Spring 2023 course registration is set to occur next week from Nov. 8-11. Each class year will have a window from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to register for spring courses, in order of seniority....
During the summer of 2022, renovations of residential buildings began with Severance Hall. The renovations were part of the Residential Hall Renewal Plan, which Dave Chakraborty, assistant vice president...
For the first time in three years, the 126th annual Boston Marathon was held on Patriot’s Day, returning to its traditional date after COVID-19 delays. Last year, the Boston Marathon was moved from its...
The Office of Student Involvement recently opened applications for student leadership positions. Despite wide interest in orientation mentor positions, students have withheld from applying for the role...
On Feb. 3, Wellesley Orientation announced that they were seeking six students to fill the orientation coordinator (OC) role. Student leaders are expected to work throughout the spring, summer and fall,...
On Jan. 24, the first day of the spring semester, a college-wide wireless outage caused numerous problems for students and professors on campus. Due to an issue with IP address configuration, devices had...
When applying for medical singles after “standard room selection” before the start of the Fall semester, Wellesley College students are not guaranteed a change in housing, nor do they know when they...
Dean Bate Appointed Chief of Staff to President Paula Johnson
Carol Bate, the current senior associate dean of students, is being appointed chief of staff in the Office of the President starting mid-January....
Dean Joy St. John Announces Departure
On Nov. 4, 2021, President Paula Johnson shared an announcement regarding the departure of the Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Joy St. John. Dean St. John...
On the way back from a trip to Salem, MA, Amelie Washington ’25 planned on using the Senate Bus to get back to campus from Boston. When the bus arrived, there were approximately 20 more students waiting...
Tanner Conference
The Tanner Conference was held over three days, from Oct. 13 to 15, with students presenting on their internship opportunities, research experiences, civic engagement and more. The Conference...
Sophomore Resource Fair
Many sophomore students attended classes remotely for their entire first year. In order to support sophomores that are completely new to campus and those who had only spent one...
Flower Sunday
Services for Flower Sunday, one of Wellesley’s longest-standing traditions, were hosted in-person by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life on Sept. 9, 2021 for the first time since...
