Wellesley College

Still Inspiring 🤩 🏆

Kitsy Rigler '61 and Nan Keohane ’61 are both Hall of Famers in the inaugural 2014 Hall of Fame class as Women of Inspiration. Wellesley Athletics recognized them at an event at reunion for all of their success and accomplishments with PERA and honored each of them with a custom varsity letter jacket!

📸 Frank Poulin

This summer, test your Wellesley knowledge (and your word search skills!) with Strands of Wellesley!

Play this week’s puzzle: https://customstrandsnyt.com/play/StrandsofWellesley-NotableAlumnae/

Reunion weekend 2026 marked the conclusion of Wellesley’s yearlong 150th anniversary festivities, featuring the capstone event on Saturday, “Shaping the Future: Presidents Reflect on Higher Education.” Before a standing-room-only audience, President Paula A. Johnson and three renowned alum leaders in higher education took the stage in the Alumnae Hall auditorium to discuss the challenges facing liberal arts colleges in 2026.

Read more about the event from E.B. Bartels ’10: https://www.wellesley.edu/news/higher-education-is-the-business-of-hope

📸 Joel Haskell

Alumnae parade or incredibly creative class color fashion show? For the 1s, 6s, and CE/DS alums this year, the answer was both!

📸 Kelly Davidson

Due to popular demand, we are bringing back Wellesley Wordle Wednesdays!

Note: all answers have to be official NYT words, so there are no proper nouns. Words vary from 4-7 letters.

Good luck!

Play here: https://www.nytimes.com/games/create/wordle/T-mqZgo5NBq96IaGxaoF6o2zlZfM-XD1LzfTL-XfbKeYKt7tJejtF49-PuCKsYpjt3TY0HCvx1mCJn8=

A moment for the caps 💙 🎓

📸 Joel Haskell and Shannon O’Brien

Thank you to the people who made it all possible 🫶

📸 Joel Haskell

This summer, test your Wellesley knowledge (and your word search skills!) with Strands of Wellesley!

Play this week’s puzzle: https://customstrandsnyt.com/play/StrandsofWellesley-BallSoHard/

Rainy weather didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the nearly 1,900 Wellesley alums who returned to campus from May 22 to 24 for their reunions. It was the first time in a decade that the classes ending in 6 and 1 and the Continuing Education/Davis Scholar (CE/DS) alums had a chance to come together officially, as Reunion 2021 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Alums of all ages attended—including seven members of the class of 1951, celebrating their 75th reunion—representing 47 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 26 countries.

Read more about this year’s reunion celebrations from E.B. Bartels ’10: https://www.wellesley.edu/news/reunion-2026-marked-the-culmination-of-wellesleys-sesquicentennial

📸 Kelly Davidson

The 19th annual Student Library Research Awards ceremony took place in early May. There were 69 submissions with 22 academic departments represented. Swipe through for the winning projects! 📚