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College receives a $99,357 grant for community-based youth programs

Amanda Jiang ’20 | Jandon Center Student Fellow

The Jandon Center for Community Engagement has received federal grant funding to support the College to collaborate with community members, local organizations and schools in Springfield, Mass. on helping young adults transition to life after high school, including college or employment. Young people in Springfield will lead a research team to explore how to mobilize community assets to support the long-term success of their peers seeking to bridge the economic, educational and social obstacles facing Springfield residents.

What living in Bo-kaap, South Africa taught me

Yawen Tsao ’19 | Contributing Writer
The Nurul Islam Mosque is a mosque that was founded in 1844 in Bo-Kaap, South Africa. Last Monday, I went there for an Islamic class with my host mom, who has been an Islamic teacher for her whole life — 72 years.

Horoscopes

Sylvia Moon | Staff Writer There is a sophomore that lives in my house named Kim. We all love her so I decided share that…

Freeman Hrabowski discusses the importance of diversity in STEM education

Claudia Olson | Assistant Features Editor

According to Freeman Hrabowski, the president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, STEM fields in higher education need to better serve students from underrepresented backgrounds. Hrabowski came to Smith Mon., Oct. 29 to talk about this as part of the Presidential Colloquium series.

Entrepreneurship conference connecting to people outside of Smith

Lingchuan Xu ’21 | Features Editor

This weekend (Oct. 26–Oct. 28), the Western Massachusetts Idea Jam (WMIJ) was held at UMass Center in Springfield. It was an entrepreneurship event cosponsored by Smith College, Mount Holyoke College and Western Massachusetts University; other universities were invited to attend. People from a range of different schools met and got to know each other, exchanging their ideas.