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Each spring, Dubai Women’s College hosts Insight Dubai, an interactive conference that brings together sixty young women from around the world and pairs them with Dubai Women’s College students for five days of learning, sharing and growing together. Smithies have been attending the conference each year. This Thursday, April 19, the Global Studies Center at […] On Thursday, March 1, Global Studies Center will present Smith in the World: Women’s Health in India. Smith students Carina Ahuja ’12, Kiren Chauhan ’12, Margaret Harpin ’12, Karisa Klemm ’12 and Ruth Romero ’13 will share their experiences learning about women’s health issues and teaching reproductive health to Tibetan students in India. The event […] In addition to the day-long Advocacy Institute hosted by Smith College and Oxfam America, featured yesterday, Smithies can participate in a number of other interterm offerings including a few classes with international ties. 201 Tahitian Dance will be taught by Alana Lehuanani Pilialoha Griep Wilson ’14. Participants will learn to move your hips to beautiful […] The Winter 2011-12 issue of the Smith Alumnae Quarterly has come out in print and online and highlights Smithies around the world. Architect Erinn McGurn ’94 is featured in the magazine’s cover story (see SAQ page 20 for the whole story) for her work building safe, sustainable schools in Zambia. Erinn and her husband started […] Participants in the 2011 Corri la Vita. Photo courtesy of Flickr user brasilnaitalia. Last Friday, the GrécourtGate reported that eight students participating in Smith’s JYA Florence program ran in September’s Corri la Vita, an annual walk and run to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research. This “run for life” attracts participants […] As summer ends and students return to campus, stories about Praxis internships return to campus as well. Administered by the Career Development Office, the Praxis program allows sophomores and juniors access to a one-time stipend of up to $3,500 that can be used to participate in a summer internship. Kelsey “Kat” Black ’13, recently wrote […] Rising Smith juniors Emma Reim ’13 and Mackenzie Bradley ’13 were successful in their attempt to swim the English Channel. The swimmers have been tracking their progress on a blog. On Saturday, August 6 they posted an update that they “hit the French coast in the early hours of Saturday morning.” Mackenzie finished in 13 […] The Smith College Club of Great Britain is helping to support two Smithies who will be attempting to cross the English Channel this month. Emma Reim ’13 and Mackenzie Bradley ’13 are hoping to cross all 23.69 miles of the Channel sometime in the next week or so. They have already made it to England […] A Seven Sisters gathering in Bangalore ~ July 25, 2011 A group of alumnae from the Seven Sisters colleges met in Bangalore last week over dinner. The photo above was taken at the event by Brianna Dieter ’05. Two other Smithies are in the photo; on the far left is Meghna […] Geneviève de Mijolla ’13 has been awarded a one-year $10,000 scholarship as a NASA MUST Scholar. The Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology (MUST) scholarship program encourages students from underserved and underrepresented groups to enter science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Geneviève, who is from France, is a double major in engineering and physics at Smith. […] |
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