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Newsweek Names Simmons a Top Women-Centered College in MA

The 2026 Honorary Degree Recipients: Gregory Maguire ‘78MA, Dr. Anthony Estreet, and Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll

Simmons Names 2026 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients

The six Simmons students who received the 2026 Senior Scholar Award

Six Students Selected for the 2026 Senior Scholar Award

President Lynn Perry Wooten with Maureen Flores and others

Women’s History Month: Legacy and Leadership

Celtics VP of Team Operations Allison Feaster, Business Case for Women’s Sports Podcast Host Caroline Fitzgerald, and ESPNw VP Susie Piotrkowski.

Sports Industry Leaders Bring Expertise to Simmons

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Meet Our 2025–26 Bonner Community Leaders

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New Master’s Degree Focuses on Business of Women’s Sports

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Boston Globe Highlights Women’s Sports Management at Simmons

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  1. Lindsey Fern ’97
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Meet Lindsey Fern ’97, the Only Female Wine Director of a Three-Star Michelin Restaurant in the U.S.

    How did you get into the wine business initially? I started bartending in college. It was easy money and I could work nights. After I graduated from Simmons with a degree in Psychology, I expected that I would come back...

  2. Headshot of Brittany Contratto ’19MS
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Archiving Nearly 200 Years of History: Brittany Contratto ’19MS at the Museum of Science, Boston

    "Throughout my childhood, I loved history and natural history. I visited museums with my dad, and my mom was a high school science teacher," says Brittany Contratto ’19MS, Senior Archivist at the Museum of Science, Boston. "My goal was to...

  3. Lina Osho-Williams '21MS
    Alumnae/i Feature

    The Accidental Librarian: Lina Osho-Williams ’21MS

    How does your experience of immigrating to this country impact your career choices? Immigrating to the US provided a landscape of opportunities for me. First, it gave me my very first job as a cashier at TJMAXX. Three months later...

  4. Susan Rich '93MA
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Susan Rich '93MA on the "Creative Collaborative Chemistry" of Children's Book Publishing

    Little, Brown Editor Susan Rich '93MA will be presenting with illustrator Michaela Goade at the Summer Institute in Children's Literature in July 2022. What led you to Simmons? I wasn't really enjoying my political science major at McGill University in...

  5. Kirath Miller ’21MS
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Kirath Miller ’21MS On Her Move From Law to Libraries

    What made you choose to pursue LIS after corporate law? I always wanted to be a librarian. When I graduated from college, the career development office was pushing new graduates toward corporate jobs. I worked as a legal assistant, and...

  6. Kelsey Ford ’22MS
    Alumnae/i Feature

    By Teens, For Teens: Kelsey Ford ’22MS Asks Teens What They Want in Young Adult Literature

    Kelsey Ford '22MS is the creator of Bookish in the 'Burgh, Pittsburgh's Teen Book Festival, as well as the creator and adult advisor of the Bridges & Books Podcast and PA Reads YA, both projects created alongside teen leaders in...

  7. Joanna Edwards ’16MSM
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Joanna Edwards ’16MSM on Connecting her Community to Real Estate

    What led you to your Master’s of Science in Management at Simmons? For fifteen years, I was an advocate for survivors of domestic violence. I had a bachelors degree in criminal justice and psychology, but my manager told me that...

  8. Interim Dean of COCIS Sanda Erdelez at Commencement 2022
    Alumnae/i Feature

    At 94, Mildred Kagan Greenbaum ’22MS Receives Her Degree

    At Simmons University's 117th Commencement, President Lynn Wooten officially conferred a Master's of Science degree in Library and Information Science to Mildred Kagan Greenbaum '22MS. This degree was fifty years in the making. "Education is an important subject in our...

  9. Photo of Martha Duffield ’08MBA
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Chief Equity Officer Martha Duffield '08MBA Finds Meaning in Public Service

    What led you to your MBA at Simmons? I was working in civil engineering, a male-dominated field, and I knew it wasn't a fit for me. I wanted to explore other options, and being around a bunch of powerful women...

  10. Photo of Mare Parker-O’Toole ’88MS
    Alumnae/i Feature

    The Makerspace as the Go-To Place for Mental Health

    Mare Parker-O'Toole '88MS established her first makerspace at the Medfield Public Library, where she was Head of Reference in 2009. "We were exploring the idea, so I turned my office into a makerspace," she recalls. "I love building community. The...