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  1. Photo of Danita Callender by Simmons sign
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Engaging in Community as an Online Student

    Recent SLIS graduate Danita Callender '23MS was selected by faculty to receive the Kenneth R. Shaffer Outstanding Student Award, which acknowledges a student with impressive scholarship and leadership potential. We caught up with Callender for her thoughts on her time...

  2. Simmons University Cupola
    Campus & Community

    With HERE4Justice, MPH Students Work to Advance Social Justice

    For many students in the Department of Public Health, activism begins at Simmons. In 2018, MPH students established HERE4Justice, a student-run organization that works to advance health equity, racial equity, and social justice. "Students started this collective because they saw...

  3. photo of Student Working At Computer
    Alumnae/i Feature

    An Alums Journey from Online Learning to Social Work

    Annie LaRochelle '20 shares her experience with getting a degree in social work through the online BSW program, including her first clinical experience.

  4. Kasie Cassell '23
    Student Story

    Kasie Cassell '23 DNP Finds Fulfillment Working in Mental Health

    Tell us about the work that you do. I am a dual licensed, board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner. I work at Columbia Associates in Psychiatry, an outpatient psychiatric practice based in Virginia, with...

  5. Student using Computer
    Student Story

    Why Miladys Perez ’23 Chose to attend Simmons online for Computer Science

    We spoke to online student Miladys Perez about why she chose the Simmons online program for her second bachelor's degree, and what her experience has been so far.

  6. Taylor Lacroix ’23 MSW
    Student Story

    Taylor Lacroix '23 MSW Makes a Difference in Vulnerable Communities

    Taylor Lacroix is currently pursuing a Master's of Social Work at Simmons. Here she shares her experience with advocating for the homeless, the incarcerated, and those with behavioral health challenges. Tell me about the kind of work that you do...

  7. Anisha Srivastava ’23
    Student Story

    Online student Anisha Srivastava ’23 on Finding Space and Time for STEM

    Online student Anisha Srivastava '23 describes what it took to leap into her second bachelor's degree in Computer Science, and the support she's received from Simmons professors.

  8. Cody Zygmont '18MSN
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Cody Zygmont ’18MSN Helps Save a Life as a Bone Marrow Donor

    After completing his nursing graduate program at Simmons, Cody Zygmont is now a nurse practitioner based in Providence, Rhode Island. He recently made headlines for saving a young life. What made you become a bone marrow donor? Before Simmons, I...

  9. Linda Hinkle '23DSW at the Grand Canyon
    Student Story

    Meet Linda Hinkle ’23DSW, Military Veteran and Doctor of Social Work Candidate

    I have not faced anything in my life for which my military service has not prepared me. The hard work aspect that I honed in the military helps me in a very rigorous doctoral program at Simmons, and I also learned work-life balance from being in the military.

  10. Computer Science Student Tabytha Smith '23
    Student Story

    Computer Science Student Tabytha Smith '23 Exceeds her own Expectations at Simmons

    After completing her undergraduate degree, Tabytha Smith thought it was too late to change fields and study computer science. Now, a student in the online Bachelor's program at Simmons, she looks forward to a career in software engineering. She has...