Simmons welcomed new students to campus with a series of activities and celebrations.

• Community Engagement
• Orientation

Simmons is pleased to welcome over 371 first-year undergraduate students and 800 new graduate students to the start of the 2024–2025 academic year.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• First-generation Student
• International Student
• Online Student

President Wooten welcomes new and returning students, faculty, and staff, and shares her excitement about all the opportunities that lie ahead as the 2024–2025 academic year begins.

• 125th Anniversary
• From the President

In celebrating Women's Equality Day, President Wooten reflects on the vital role that women-centered higher ed institutions play in the effort to advance gender equity and leadership.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• From the President

The Stephen D. London Center for Community Engagement and Social Justice selected Boston Health Care for the Homeless (BHCHP) as the recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Community Partner Award.

• Community Engagement
• Social Justice & Advocacy

Michael Prout, Jr. is the Head Swimming and Diving Coach and Aquatics Director at Simmons. We spoke to Prout about what swimming means to him, his experience as a Paralympian, and what drew him to coaching.

• Athletics
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. Boston offers a variety of ways to celebrate, involving art, music, dance, food, and a shared remembrance of the history of slavery and freedom.

• Boston
• Traditions & Annual Events

A celebration for all Classes celebrating 50 years or more since graduation, the Reunion weekend featured campus tours, visits to the Gardner, a Red Sox game and a night at Boston Pops, in addition to on-campus programming with Simmons University staff and faculty.

• 125th Anniversary
• Traditions & Annual Events

Throughout June, Pride Month celebrates the LGBTQ+ community and commemorates the June 28, 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City, the presumed birthplace of queer activism in the United States. For Pride Month 2024, we are spotlighting local organizations dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ individuals. (Note: this is not an exhaustive list of available resources in the Boston area).

• Boston
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Traditions & Annual Events

Orientation Leaders Katelyn Fox ’25 and Maggie Wettergren ’26 share the inside scoop on First Bite Orientation, June 13 and 14.

• Orientation
• Traditions & Annual Events