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.

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

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 ...

Held has since expanded her own culinary empire by serving as CEO of RecipeKick, an online platform that provides live cooking classes and other resources for home chefs, and writing her first ...

Megan Gardner ’98 doesn’t mince words: “Financial aid at Smith changed the trajectory of my life and the lives of my two sisters.” After launching her career on Wall Street, Gardner branched out into ...

The Smith community comes together for events throughout the year. From the first Rally Day in 1876, to Julia Child Day and the Sherrerd Teaching Prizes, begun in 2004, the college's annual events ...

Martha Ackelsberg joined the Smith faculty in 1972, was appointed Five College 40th Anniversary Professor in 2006, and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor in 2007. She retired at the end of 2014. At Smith, ...