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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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Simmons Named a Top 100 Women-Led Business

President Lynn Perry Wooten and Provost Stephanie Cosner with a group of alumnae/i at Reunion 2025

Simmons Celebrates 125 Years

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Simmons University Celebrates the Class of 2025

Ava Dugan ’27

Unsung Contributions to the History of Nursing

Mariana Rodríguez Rivera ’25

Cultivating Diverse Perspectives, in Boston and Abroad

Angie O’Connor ’25

Sexual Health Research, Travel, and Community Involvement

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  1. Three Generations of Simmons
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Janet Freedman '62, '66LS, P '89 Shares Her Family's 93-Year Simmons Legacy

    Freedman's mother grew up in Waterville, Maine. "Her half-sister from her widowed mother's first marriage saved money each week from her job as a bookkeeper to assure that my mother could get a college education." Freedman recounted. "That encouragement brought...

  2. Mary Grahame Hunter '20MS
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Mary Grahame Hunter ’20MS Advocates for Intellectual Freedom for Youth in Libraries

    Mary Grahame Hunter '20MS is a Youth Services Librarian at the Ferndale Area District Library in Ferndale, Michigan. She also serves on the Michigan Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Task Force, where they have a coalition called MI Right to Read...

  3. Noah Sheola '11MS
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Noah Sheola ’11MS Discusses His Role at the John J. Burns Library at Boston College

    Talk about your work at the John J. Burns Library at Boston College as a Senior Special Collections Cataloging Librarian I'm a rare book cataloger. The Burns Library is a special collections library with rare books and archives. Some of...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. Photo of Kayla Cottingham '20MS
    Student Story

    Kayla Cottingham ’20MS Gives Cosmic Horror a Modern, Inclusive Twist

    Which was your first calling, writing or librarianship? Being a writer was my first passion, but every author needs a day job! It was sort of a guessing game to see what I wanted that day job to be. I...

  7. Christina Shutt showcasing a recent donation of a letter written by Lincoln to his friend, Elihu Powell.
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Christina Thompson Shutt ’10MS, ’11MA Inspires Positive Change as Executive Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

    Since joining the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum as Executive Director in March 2021, Christina Thompson Shutt ‘10MS, ‘11MA has been eager to create positive change. “My role is to lead and provide vision for the Library and Museum,”...

  8. Kylie Lee Baker, graduate student in the Master of Library and Information Science (MS) degree program.
    Student Story

    Kylie Lee Baker '22MS Explores the Challenges of Being Biracial in Debut Novel, "The Keeper of Night"

    Baker's work is informed by her heritage. When she embarked on writing "The Keeper of Night," Baker wanted readers to understand the challenges biracial people face, but through a fun adventure story. Learn more about her debut novel.

  9. Eva Rios Alvarado, graduate of the library and information science degree program
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Eva Rios-Alvarado ’14MS Advocates for Equity in Community College Libraries

    As the Student Equity & Outreach Librarian at Mt. San Antonio College, Rios-Alvarado wants students to know that the library is for everyone. Learn how she reframes the idea of a college library and empowers others to use the library to their advantage.

  10. Headshot of Kristen Whitworth
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Kristin Whitworth ’95MS named Librarian of the Year by the New Hampshire School Library Media Association

    This award recognizes the work Whitworth has done within NHSLMA, mentoring new librarians, serving on committees, and supporting initiatives. We spoke with Whitworth about her work at Dover High School and how she's working to diversify the collection.