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The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

Inside the Bursar’s Office: Behind the scenes of funding decrease

Inside the Bursar’s Office: Behind the scenes of funding decrease

Lyanne Wang and Skye Bulman | October 2, 2024

Between this year and last year, there was a 28% decrease in funding distributed out of the Student Activity Fund. The Student Bursar’s Office allocated a total of $674,877.38 amongst fully-funded...

Provost Kristine Din. Photo courtesy of stonehill.edu.

New OSI director Kristine Din focuses on putting students first

Phoebe Rebhorn | September 19, 2024

Dr. Kristine Din, Wellesley’s newest Director of Student Involvement, is focused on putting students first this year.  I sat down to speak with Din this last week, and from the beginning of the conversation,...

Phia Nachmanoff standing at the SAAFE orgs fair booth.

SAAFE restarts for a SAAFE-r campus

Jaq Cambra-Cho | November 16, 2022

When COVID-19 restrictions began impacting the College, student organizations had to restructure their activities and events. Some organizations had to go on a semi–hiatus, and are only now beginning...

Chapter for The Women’s Network Constituted

Iris Martinez | October 5, 2022

The Women’s Network (TWN), a national networking organization with nearly 150 chapters, has recently had a chapter constituted at the College. Cristiana DeAgazio ’24 acts as founding president for...

SAW Combats Updated COVID Policy

Iris Martinez | September 29, 2022

In preparation for the new school year, Dean Sheilah Shaw Horton announced that the College’s COVID-19 protocols would be relaxed for the Fall 2022 semester. The changes included making masking and testing...

Image courtesy of Wellesley Wushu.

Wushu’s “Reflection” Celebrates Sapphic Retelling of “Mulan”

Maimoonah Shafqat | May 4, 2022

Wushu is a student organization that, according to their Instagram, practices contemporary Wushu, a form of martial arts, with a focus on Taoist and Shaolin tradition. This year, they did a sapphic retelling...

Wellesley for Life Facebook Post Sparks Controversy

Quelam Tran-Perez | October 10, 2021

Wellesley for Life (WFL) leaders advertised their organization through a post on the Wellesley College Class of 2025 Facebook group on Friday, Sept. 10th, just over a week before the College’s 2021 Orgs...

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