Claudia Newcorn ’81

  • 1980s
Woman with short blonde hair and glasses smiles at the camera. She is in front of a blue background.

I give thanks to all the amazing faculty and staff that helped me throughout my time at Wellesley. I couldn’t have done it without them! When my parents divorced, there was suddenly no money for college. Desperate not to lose my chance, I met with then-Financial Aid Director Amy Bostaris-Nychis, but I was ineligible for aid. I despaired, until she looked me straight in the eye and asked “Are you willing to work? Because if you are, I will throw you every job you can handle.” Thanks to her, I worked my way through college, as a dishwasher, mail sorter, writer, and more. When I got the job in the College PR office, it laid the foundation for my 40-year marketing career. I pay my thanks forward by donating to the Students Aid Society, who also helped me along the way. All personified the spirit of Non Ministrari sed Ministrare.

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Fran Decker ’80

  • 1980s
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Marjorie Sussman ’88

  • 1980s
A woman wearing dark rimmed circular glasses with her hair in two buns on each side of her head holds her hand with her index and pinkie fingers extended in the horns symbol and pokes her tongue out at the camera.

Toy Lei ’88

  • 1980s