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This past weekend, Smith held its first on-campus vaccine clinic at the Indoor Track and Tennis Facility to administer the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to eligible members of the general public, including undergraduate and graduate students participating in Smith’s COVID-19 screening program.
On April 13, The Smith College Office of Multicultural Affairs, supported by the Mwangi Fund, hosted a lecture by Dr. Crystal Marie Fleming on critical race theory and white supremacy for Smith’s inaugural Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture as a part of its annual series.
In an email to the Smith community on Friday, President of Smith, Kathleen McCartney announced the college’s Fall 2021 plan to invite all students to campus for an in-person semester.
On April 1, President of Smith, Kathleen McCartney, hosted a Presidential Colloquium on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Joining her were two disability rights activists, Judy Heumann and Tom Hehir.
On March 18, Massachusetts announced that vaccine eligibility will open to all adults ages 16 and up beginning April 19.
An April 20 email from President Kathleen McCartney and Vice President for Finance and Administration David DeSwert to the Smith community outlined the college’s plan moving forward amid the COVID-19 crisis.
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
photo courtesy of Smith Confessional
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).