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  1. Top: Justine Paragas '26, Solmi Grace Kwak '26. Bottom: Aislinn Grace Doherty '26, and Marzieh Darling-Donnelly '26
    Student Story

    Simmons Welcomes Bonner Community Leaders Inaugural Cohort

    The Bonner Community Leaders Program supports Simmons students who are passionate about service, community engagement, social justice, and responsible citizenship. This fall, Simmons announced the inaugural cohort of nine Bonner Leaders. We spoke with four of them, Justine Paragas '26...

  2. Marsha Maurer ’18DNP
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Marsha Maurer '18DNP Selected as Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing

    Dr. Marsha Maurer, Senior Vice President for Patient Services and the Chief Nursing Officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, was recently chosen as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. We spoke with her about receiving this honor...

  3. Spectrum Scholarship Recipients Maria Lee ’23, Marian Candelaria ’23, and Caitlin Abadir-Mullally ’23
    Announcement

    Meet the American Library Association’s Spectrum Scholarship Recipients

    The American Library Association (ALA) recently awarded Spectrum scholarships to 60 exceptional students throughout the country pursuing library degrees. Spectrum scholarships help support diversity, equity, and inclusion in library and information science. This year, five Simmons SLIS students received the...

  4. Cecilia Igwe-Kalu '23 and Susan Stone '22
    Announcement

    Cecilia Igwe-Kalu '23 and Susan Stone '22 Receive Nurses Educational Funds Scholarships

    Cecilia Igwe-Kalu '23, a student in the Family Nurse Practitioner program, and Susan Stone '22, a student in the DNP Executive Leadership program, have received Nurses Educational Funds (NEF) Scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year. NEF scholarships aim to create...

  5. Headshot of Renique Kersh on the academic quad.
    Faculty Spotlight

    Dr. Renique Kersh Named Aspen Fellow

    Simmons University is proud to announce that the Aspen Institute has named Dr. Renique Kersh as a Senior Impact Fellow. The Fellowship is "a movement to advance the future of youth leadership development." More than 90 community stakeholders from across...

  6. Sarah Shepherd '23MAMS
    Student Story

    Sarah Shepherd ’23MAMS Receives Ham Scholarship from the Society of American Archivists

    The F. Gerald Ham and Elsie Ham Scholarship Fund was established by F. Gerald Ham, past president of the Society of American Archivists (SAA), and his wife, Elsie Ham, in 1998. The fund, endowed in 2008, provides financial support to...

  7. Simmons University Main College Building
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Announcing the 2022 Alumnae/i Association Award Recipients

    The Simmons Alumnae/i Association Executive Board is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Alumnae/i Achievement Awards. The honorees were celebrated virtually during Reunion weekend in June.

  8. The SLIS Library Fellows
    Campus & Community

    Meet the Inaugural SLIS Library Fellows

    The Simmons University Library and the School of Library and Information Science are excited to welcome its first cohort of Fellows. The Fellows program has been designed to prepare a diverse group of candidates with different perspectives and experiences for...

  9. Shirley N. Tyler '50
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Lasting Legacy: Park Named in Honor of Simmons Alumna Shirley N. Tyler '50

    For over forty years, Shirley N. Tyler '50 supported her community in Alexandria, Virginia, seeing them through floods, rat infestations, drug trafficking, the effects of redlining, and desegregation of the Alexandria public school system. Tyler was an educator, teaching second...

  10. Juliette Mayers ’01MBA
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Juliette Mayers ’01MBA, Wins Phyllis Rappaport Alumnae Achievement Award

    CEO, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion consultant, author, and motivational speaker Juliette Mayers is this year's recipient of the Phyllis Rappaport Alumnae Achievement Award. This award is given each year to an alumna of the Simmons School of Business who demonstrates...