Wellesley
College Students Win Rhodes Scholarships December 12, 1997 -- Wellesley College seniors Laura
Tavares and Julie Levison have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships.
The Rhodes Scholarships were established in 1904 by the estate of
Cecil Rhodes and provide American students the opportunity to
attend Oxford University in England...
NASA
Shuttle Astronaut Pamela Melroy to Speak at Wellesley College
Commencement March 4, 1998 -- Only the second US woman in the history of
NASA to qualify as a shuttle pilot, Pamela Melroy is currently
assigned as pilot on the third and last Space Shuttle mission to
assemble the International Space Station before a crew occupies
the structure...
Tennis-Playing,
Economics Major is Winner of 103rd Annual Hoop-Rolling
Contest May 2, 1998 -- An economics major from Unterwössen,
Germany, is the winner of this morning's 103rd annual hoop-rolling
competition at Wellesley College. Kat Pick, who is also the No. 2
singles player on the College tennis team, was met at the finish
line by Wellesley College President Diana Chapman Walsh...
NASA
Astronaut and Alumna Delivers Keynote Address at Wellesley College
1998 Commencement May 29, 1998 -- Presiding over Wellesley College's 120th
Commencement exercises, President Diana Chapman Walsh today
presented Bachelor of Arts degrees to 548 women, including 39
Davis Scholars, non-traditional aged students. Lieutenant Colonel,
USAF, and NASA Astronaut Pamela A. Melroy returned to her alma
mater to address the graduating class...
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