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LOCAL RESIDENT GRADUATES FROM WELLESLEY COLLEGE

WELLESLEY, Mass. -- of was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree at Wellesley College on June 1, 2001. Madame Jehan Sadat, an internationally recognized human-rights activist dedicated to women's education and opportunity, addressed the nearly 600 members of the graduating class at the College's 123rd Commencement Exercises. majored in at Wellesley and plans to (WORK AT ABC COMPANY IN CITY, STATE, or ATTEND XYZ GRADUATE SCHOOL, or TRAVEL, VOLUNTEER, etc.). was one of 31 Elisabeth Kaiser Davis Scholars (non-traditional age students) who graduated this spring. The Elisabeth Kaiser Davis Degree Program is named in honor of a Wellesley alumna from the Class of 1932 whose generosity supports financial aid for non-traditional age students. Davis Scholars participate in the same courses, meet the same exacting standards and earn the same degree as students of traditional college age, but on a schedule tailored to their personal and professional needs. While at Wellesley, activities included In addition, she completed a Wellesley College, a prominent liberal arts college, has been a leader in the education of women for 125 years. The College's 500-acre campus near Boston is home to about 2,300 undergraduate students. Wellesley's distinguished alumnae include U.S.Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and broadcast journalists Cokie Roberts, Diane Sawyer and Lynn Sherr.   ###

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