Senior Vice President of Organizational Culture, Inclusion & Equity, Debra Pérez tells us why she's excited to join the Simmons community. What do the words “organizational culture, inclusion and equity” mean? A healthy organization and culture is inclusive of the...

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Leadership

We are proud to announce the appointment of Debra Pérez, PhD, as Senior Vice President of Organizational Culture, Inclusion & Equity. Simmons, one of the first institutions of higher education in the United States to focus on preparing women for...

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Leadership

The American Library Association selects Ashleigh as one of their 2018 Emerging Leaders! Ashleigh Coren ’14MS is the Special Collections Librarian for Teaching and Learning at University of Maryland College Park and was selected as an Emerging Leader by the...

• Leadership

Take a look at all the excitement from the 2018 Simmons Leadership Conference! The Simmons Leadership Conference was filled with inspiring messages and powerful leaders — we're still buzzing with excitement! The day featured incredible speeches from Gretchen Carlson, Nely...

• Boston
• Leadership

Kayla reflects on her experience as SGA president and how Simmons has set her on the path to succeed. On choosing Simmons I love that Simmons has a strong focus on leadership. When I was looking at colleges, every Simmons...

• Careers and Internships
• Leadership

Anne Pepitone ’15MS is the Resource Discovery and Library Management Systems Coordinator for the University of Washington Libraries. What was your favorite course at SLIS? It's a tie between Candy Schwartz’s "Digital Libraries" course and Rong Tang’s "Usability and User...

• Leadership

Molly tells us about the importance of getting involved and becoming a student leader at Simmons. What made you make the decision to come to Simmons? As a transfer student, I wanted to make sure my transition was going to...

• Leadership
• Transfer Student

A Message from President Helen Drinan. I am writing today to reflect on the recent reversal of the Education and Justice Department’s joint guidance directing school districts and colleges to enable transgender students to use facilities that correspond with their...

• Leadership