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Wellesley College Book Award Program
About the Program:
Recognition of outstanding young women for exceptional
scholarship and distinction in other fields is a primary objective
of Wellesley College. To extend that recognition beyond the
College and to alert superior students to what a Wellesley
education provides, the Alumnae Association offers and partially
underwrites the Wellesley Book Award Program to clubs and individual
donors as an annual project.
A Message from the Dean
of Admission:
The Wellesley Book Award honors young women
who have been top scholars in high school as well as talented
performers in extracurricular
areas. The Book Award Program recognizes young women who
have excelled and gives them the opportunity to become better
acquainted
with Wellesley. Young women should be chosen for their intelligence,
determination, motivation, and achievement. They should
be visible members of their schools and communities.
Most importantly, however, they should be the academic leaders in their secondary
schools. Wellesley's history is rich with women who have demonstrated excellence
in the classroom and in personal achievements. We hope to continue that legacy
with the Book Award.
We also realize that some areas of the country
are not as familiar with Wellesley as we would wish.
The Book Award Program allows teachers, parents, and students
to get to know Wellesley better. If those students decide to apply to Wellesley,
we will be delighted, but our aim is to distinguish these young women who
have been so outstanding in their academic and personal lives.
The Award
The Alumnae Association is pleased to
offer The
Norton Book of Women's Lives, a collection of twentieth
century literature of women's lives--autobiographies,
journals, memoirs--a celebration of life itself. The
Wellesley edition
is a blue linen slip-cased publication with the Wellesley
seal embossed in gold and a bookplate printed on a special
tipped-in page. To order books, please use the
online order form or contact our
award
coordinator at bookawards@alum.wellesley.edu,
781.283.2310. Information
for High Schools:
If you are a high school interested in learning
about the Wellesley College Book Award Program, please contact
the Clubs
Office of the Wellesley College Alumnae Association
(781-283-2310). Please include the name of your school
and your location
in your message so we can match you approriately
with a local Wellesley club or alumna volunteer.
Information
for Alumnae Volunteers:
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