129th commencement ceremony

Hi All!

Sorry for blog silence, but its been crazy few weeks at work. I have been meaning to post details about commencement this year for a while. Commencement is May 20 at 10am. This year's graduation speaker is the wonderful Gloria Steinem, class of 1956. Ivy Day and the Alumnae Parade will be the morning of the 19th, with parade line up at 8:30am. All classes, regardless of reunion year, are welcome to walk in the parade

We haven't seen Ms. Steinem speak since she was on campus for the Sophia Smith Award celebrations in 1997, so we will be driving over to attend. If anyone else is planning to attend commencement this year and wants to meet up drop me a line at the class officers email. We would love to connect!!! For those too far away to make it to Northampton, I promise to take pictures of all the festivities.

Have a great weekend!
Tiffany

Smith's Press Release Below


Editor, journalist and political activist Gloria Steinem, a tireless promoter of equality for women around the world, will be the speaker at Smith College’s 129th commencement ceremony, at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 20, 2007.

Steinem’s lifelong career as a writer and journalist began when she graduated from Smith in 1956. Her early freelance articles include an investigative piece for Show magazine on the working conditions of Playboy bunnies. By the 1960s, Steinem had gained national attention as the outspoken leader of the women’s movement. In 1971, she co-founded Ms. magazine, which became an influential forum for feminist issues. Around that time, Steinem and several other leading feminists -- including Betty Friedan, Smith Class of 1942 -- also founded the National Women’s Political Caucus.

Steinem received an honorary degree from Smith in 1988 and was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, N.Y., in 1993. She has twice before delivered the commencement address at Smith, in 1971 and 1995. During the latter address, Steinem noted, “Trusting our own experience...may be the single most revolutionary thing we can do.”

More details and a list of those receiving honorary degrees is located at the Smith Commencement Site and at the Reunion Resource Center.