Elinor Lipman ’72 and Mameve (Stern) Medwed ’64 did not overlap at Simmons, but met later at a fiction workshop, bonding over their shared love of literature and writing. With 21 published books between them, and numerous awards and accolades...

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Adjunct Elaine Dimopoulos ’08MFA is the author of Material Girls (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015). Her new novel, Turn the Tide (HarperCollins, 2022) is her middle grade debut, inspired by real life environmental activists.

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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...

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Simmons takes pride in giving students the real-world skills and experiences they need to thrive in the workplace. For recent grad Shukri M. Mohamud ’21, her Simmons education has served her well post-grad. “Simmons prepares you to network and communicate,”...

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“I experienced the joy of learning while at Simmons. Going to a women-centered college boosted my confidence. I’m a pretty shy person, but the environment encouraged me to speak up more.”

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Tell us about being selected to participate in the Ifill Forum. I’m incredibly honored. Being selected for the Ifill Forum was completely unexpected and so exciting! I still don’t know who recommended me, but I know Professor Griffith, the panel...

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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,”...

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Why did you decide to attend Simmons? The idea of a woman-centered education was appealing to me, as I had attended an all-girl’s school in the Washington D.C. area since the fourth grade. I had family members who had attended...

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“I help connect our resources to all the schools in our network,” says Araceli Hintermeister ’16MA, '16MS, Knowledge Manager for Uplift, the largest public charter school system in Texas and one of the largest in the U.S. “The central management...

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Assistant Professor of Practice Clark Cassone ’12MSN can attest to the longevity and successful outcomes of the Simmons nursing program. “The School of Nursing at Simmons has been around for decades, which lends the program a lot of depth” says...

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