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  1. Lynne Kaplan ’73
    Alumnae/i Feature

    How Lynne Kaplan ’73 Made a Career Out of Her Gift for Communicating

    Lynne Kaplan ’73 has enjoyed a long career in business consulting. A common thread that links her work is the commitment to support individuals in personal and professional development.

  2. Lynne Passanisi
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Lynne Passanisi ’11 Reflects on the Broad Career Field a Math Degree Can Make Possible

    What made you choose to study Mathematics at Simmons? Simmons had a great, small, close-knit community, with the bonus of being in the larger city of Boston — it had a little of everything! When I first visited Simmons, I...

  3. three generations of Simmons graduates at Peggy’s granddaughter’s graduation. From left, Judy Saslow Bounan ’76, Shanna Saslow Engel ’03, Peggy Saslow ’44, and Susan Saslow ’73.
    Alumnae/i Feature

    A Tradition of Involvement: Peggy Saslow ’44, the Original “Sally Simmons”

    An interview with Peggy (Florence) Adelson Saslow, Class of 1944, who has supported Simmons and fellow alumnae/i with generous gifts of her time, effort, and funds, and began a multi-generational tradition of Simmons graduates within her own family.

  4. Emily Ostrow ’09MSW leaning against a wall and smiling
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Emily Ostrow ’09MSW Talks Mental Health with Teens

    In honor of World Mental Health Day, we spoke to Emily Ostrow '09MSW, therapist and host of "Not Now, Maybe Later," a mental health podcast for teens.

  5. A side by side image with Julie Bliven alongside the cover of her book "Sometimes Shy"
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Julie Bliven ’05 ’08MA Shares the Power of the Simmons Community

    Charlesbridge Publishing Children’s Book Editor Julie Bliven ’05 ’08MA worked with Simmons classmate Elaine Dimopoulos ’08MFA on her most recent novel, and this year published her debut picture book. She shares how being a writer has helped her be an editor, and vice versa.

  6. Suad Diriye ’23MSW
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Suad Diriye ’23MSW works with those experiencing homelessness

    Suad Diriye is a social worker and case manager at the Green Street Shelter-ACEDONE, a multi-service shelter assisting individuals who are experiencing homelessness.

  7. Emily Pastore Galgano with an Alaskan mountain in the background
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Emily Pastore Galgano ’18MS Documents Living Culture at Sealaska Heritage Institute

    Emily Pastore Galgano ’18MS moved to Juneau, Alaska for the role of Archives and Collections Director at Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI). In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Galgano shares what she has learned from the Indigenous culture she helps to preserve.

  8. Bethany Campbell
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Children's Librarian Bethany Campbell Upholds a Commitment to Access and Inclusivity

    In recognition of Banned Books Week, we caught up with children's librarian Bethany Campbell '21MAMS to learn how she deals with challenges to book displays at her public library.

  9. Stacey Pazar Huth
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Dr. Stacey Pazar Huth ’87 Shares Family’s Multigenerational History with Simmons

    Chemist and biomedical product developer Stacey Pazar Huth ’87 is a leading woman in medical diagnostics and research and development. Her connection to Simmons also involves her father, who helped build the campus, and her daughter, a current nursing major. We spoke with Huth about her Simmons journey, the gender bias in STEM, and her understanding of legacy.

  10. Nancy Clark seated at a kitchen table with a box of Wheaties cereal
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Nancy Clark ’73 Writes (and Updates) the Guidebook on Sports Nutrition

    Nancy Clark is a registered dietitian and board-certified specialist in sports dietetics with a private sports nutrition practice in Newton, Massachusetts. She has served as Team Nutritionist for the Boston Red Sox, and early in her career consulted with both the Celtics and the Bruins. We chatted with Clark about how she developed a career that didn’t exist while she was at Simmons.