Congratulations, Wellesley College Class of 2025!

Wellesley celebrated the green class of 2025 along with their families and friends at Wellesley’s 147th commencement exercises on Friday, May 16, 2025. Commencement speaker Isabel Wilkerson—Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author—urged the class to “transcend humanity’s current upheavals.”

Speeches

  • Nehal Farghaly ’25 speaks from the podium

    Nehal Farghaly ’25

    “We entered as students and left as something far greater—siblings,” observed senior speaker Nehal Farghaly.

  • Isabel Wilkerson speaks from the podium.

    Isabel Wilkerson

    “Sometimes you can’t see history when you’re making it,” said Ms. Wilkerson to the assembled graduates.

  • Paula Johnson speaks from the podium

    President Johnson

    “Find what you value—and stay true to those values,” President Paula A. Johnson shared in her address.

students clapping

Ceremony recording

Watch the recording of the livestream. An edited version will be available next week.

Future commencement dates

Class of 2020: During the fifth year reunion May 23-25, 2025
Class of 2026: Friday, May 15, 2026

Press contacts

Address
Green Hall
106 Central St.
Wellesley, MA 02481
Contact
Stacey Schmeidel

Commencement team

Address
Physical Plant
106 Central St.
Wellesley, MA 02481
Contact
Commencement staff