Smithies spend summer teaching in Belize

Ed-ventures graduation ceremony. Photo courtesy of The San Pedro Sun (www.sanpedrosun.com).

This summer, six Smithies traveled to Belize for the Coral Reef Ed-ventures program. The program, which began in 2000, teaches local children about the ecological importance of the Belize Barrier Reef.

The program is sponsored by Smith College’s Environmental Science & Policy Program [...]

Alumna displays photos of children around the world

Amy S. Dane with children in New Guinea. Photo credit: Amy S. Dane.

Earlier this month, The Republican announced that a photography exhibit by Amy S. Dane ’79 entitled Cheering for Children: Photos of Kids Worldwide, is on display at the Richard Salter Storrs Library in Longmeadow, Massachusetts.

The photos on display show children around the [...]

Students from Hong Kong join School for Social Work

Two Ph.D students from Hong Kong University have joined the Smith College School for Social Work. Fu Fang and Nin Qin will spend this term auditing classes while pursuing their interests in research, teaching, and social work.

The Smith College School for Social Work (SSW) has approximately 375 enrolled students. Since its inception nearly a [...]

Iraqi students spend month at Smith

This month, Smith welcomed ten female Iraqi undergraduates from the College of Science for Women at the University of Baghdad. The students are participating in the State Department’s NeXXt Scholars Initiative, which is encouraging young women from Muslim-majority countries to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math through partnerships with U.S. women’s colleges.

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