President McCartney and the VP of Finance and Administration sent a letter to the Smith community April 3 updating students and staff on the financial…
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“When we became Smithies, we were promised that there would always be a place for us here, that we would be safe here,” Amelia Windorski…
Today, President McCartney sent out an email to the Smith community announcing that, to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19 on campus, students, unless they had…
Last week, President McCartney sent an email to inform the community that Smith College will suspend its operations in countries affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The college will also waive the Spring Break housing fee since some students may not be able travel internationally because of the outbreak.
The Campus Safety Advisory Group (CSAG), a group of faculty, students and staff who have been working to develop Smith’s new independent police department since September, 2019, recently announced that their work in designing the new department has essentially come to a close.
Hateful Posts on Smith Confessional Follow Valentine’s Day Party
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About two weeks ago, racist comments were posted to the Smith Confessional targeting a Black student who helped organize an event hosted by the Smith College Student Event Committee (SEC).
Over the last several years, students may have noticed a difference in the Smith landscape – each November, the tranquil body of water known as Paradise Pond transformed into a barren mudplain. Smith has dredged the pond periodically for decades. But outside of the Landscape and Environmental Studies departments, few members of the Smith community actually know why this happens, or why it is a significant event on the campus.
The Landscape Master Plan Committee at Smith College is currently in the “Vision” phase of its Landscape Master Plan (LMP). Based on community input from…
On Feb. 1, Residence Life sent an email to the Smith community detailing changes to special interest housing for Fall 2020. The email also included…
“Social Justice belongs to all of us,” said Laura Katz. In 2008, the Social Justice Curricular Design Group proposed a potential new minor focused on social justice. Laura Katz, co-chair of SJCDG, presented the group’s proposal of a new minor in social justice this semester with the hopes that it become an interdepartmental minor.