The Wellesley 100

A constantly evolving list of 100 marvelous things about Wellesley, including an invented language class, particle physics, and many women who permanently alter, for the better, the way the world works.

Wellesley College's 14th President, Paula A. Johnson smiles in El Table.
3

President Paula Johnson

  • Resources
Student riding a bike outside in the spring.
74

The Hive

  • Resources
24

Malinda Lo ’96

  • Alumnae
Grid List
Five Wellesley College students pose for a photo in front of blue canoes in a boat house
4

The importance of belonging

  • Social Life
16

Harambee House

  • Social Life
Three students smiling while walking down stairs.
99

Our alumnae

  • Alumnae
Four women smiling and holding flowers.
14

Flower Sunday

  • Social Life
38

Vicky Tsai ’00, choosing happiness

  • Alumnae
Wellesley College professor smiling and holding glasses.
1

The faculty

  • Resources
Two Wellesley College students work on a science experiment in a labratory
70

Science Center

  • Campus
29

English and Creative Writing Department

  • Academic Life
10

Kwan Kew Lai ’74

  • Alumnae
Barbara Morris Caspersen Associate Professor of Humanities and Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Irene Mata, speaks to her classroom
65

Pinanski Teaching Prize

  • Academic Life
The Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center in the fall.
87

Lulu!

  • Campus
A modern room with many tables and chairs and a television.
35

Acorns

  • Campus
Student explaining a concept while talking with their hands.
46

The Camellia Student Leadership Awards

  • Social Life
Wellesley students use a telescope in the Whitin Observatory
60

Whitin Observatory

  • Campus
Wellesley College field hockey player, Arielle Mitropolis, celebrates with her teammates after scoring a goal.
68

Arielle Mitropoulos ’19, feeling confident

  • Alumnae
Students standing outside brick building smiling and laughing.
28

Our intentional endowment

  • Resources
Blue bells in Galen Stone Tower.
11

Guild of Carillonneurs

  • Social Life
Students sitting watching a performance and smiling.
40

Office of Intercultural Education

  • Resources
Two college students walk through Wellesley College academic quad
56

Financial Aid

  • Admission and Financial Aid
53

Lake Day

  • Social Life
A group of students in a library with a laptop.
43

WHACK

  • Social Life
Students looking at artwork on the wall of a museum.
80

Museums, stadiums, and aquariums…oh my!

  • Resources
Student sitting on indoor steps studying and chatting with other students.
84

Wellesley Centers for Women

  • Campus
Students wearing backpacks laughing walking along grass.
20

Mariana and Alberta in Cuba

  • Academic Life
24

Malinda Lo ’96

  • Alumnae
Malika Jeffries-EL '96 wearing purple gloves and glasses.
9

Malika Jeffries-EL ’96, doing the hard work

  • Alumnae
A Wellesley College student raises her hand in a seminar class while professor looks on
48

Calderwood Seminars in Public Writing

  • Academic Life
21

Traying!

  • Social Life
58

The curriculum

  • Academic Life
A group of Wellesley College students enjoy talking outside.
100

Our indefinable, unclassifiable, simply phenomenal students

  • Social Life
50

Ophelia Dahl ’94, addressing the problem

  • Alumnae
Large windows in a room with couches and tables for studying.
41

Slater International Center

  • Resources
12

Majors

  • Academic Life
Students explore artifacts during and outside class for Adam Van Arsdale’s forensic anthropology class
30

Adam Van Arsdale’s forensic anthropology class

  • Academic Life
Two students walking and talking outside on campus in the spring.
17

The Honor Code

  • Academic Life
Wellesley College students rehearse on a dark stage.
34

24-Hour Shakes

  • Social Life
55

Ministrare Council

  • Resources
27

Multifaith Center

  • Campus
7

The liberal arts & sciences

  • Academic Life
Kavi Thennakoon, Wellesley College alumna, poses for a photo while smiling
44

Kavindya Thennakoon ’19, building a brighter world

  • Alumnae
15

Wellesley Career Education

  • Resources
Two students look at a piece of art in a dark gallery.
76

Elizabeth Ferrer ’80 and Sandra Riaño ’21 #timeisacircle

  • Alumnae
Students studying next to whiteboard.
69

Wellesley Mentorship Affinity Program (MAP)

  • Athletics
Students looking at a laptop screen outside.
86

FLI Network

  • Resources
Students looking down at a laptop and smiling.
93

HRC Center

  • Academic Life
People play drums as part of Yanvalou Drum & Dance Ensemble, a group that performs the folkloric music and dance of Africa.
94

Yanvalou

  • Social Life
Student riding a bike outside in the spring.
74

The Hive

  • Resources
Sheet music.
72

Wellesley-Brandeis Orchestra

  • Off Campus
Students cooking a meal together and laughing.
31

Clubs

  • Social Life
Students in a lab wearing goggles and gloves.
59

What happens after Wellesley

  • Resources
A Wellesley College student leads a tour of two other students through the Davis Museum, explaining an art installation
81

The Davis Museum at Wellesley College

  • Campus
Students smiling on a boat located in Boston.
36

Boston

  • Off Campus
A student browses for books in the Wellesley College Clapp Library
52

Libraries

  • Resources
Athlete in blue shirt and orange shorts running on track.
67

Athletics

  • Athletics
Two students smiling while studying.
66

Anna Rios ’01, doing it anyway

  • Alumnae
18

Traditions

  • Social Life
A group of students walk up a steps in Wellesley College's Green Hall
42

The surprisingly painless (and free!) process of applying

  • Admission and Financial Aid
An inflatable duck on grass.
22

Duck Day

  • Social Life
Four college students laugh on a bench in downtown Wellesley
57

Wellesley, the town

  • Off Campus
Person holding cone of blue ice cream.
5

Ice cream (and gelato)

  • Social Life
33

The residential experience, so like a fuzzy sweater

  • Social Life
2

The campus

  • Campus
Liz Miranda standing on steps of a building.
98

Liz Miranda ’02’s call to action

  • Alumnae
6

The best reasons to cancel classes!

  • Academic Life
Students on shore of Lake Waban in a hammock.
79

Lake Waban and Tupelo Point

  • Campus
Student in conversation while in a classroom.
85

Constructive (and challenging!) conversations

  • Academic Life
A Wellesley College student holds out her hands in front of her, covered in dyed sand
91

Research

  • Resources
Two students in blue shirts laughing while stretching on a track.
63

Couch to 5K

  • Athletics
Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall in the spring.
75

Everything that is named…

  • Campus
Student in a lab wearing safety equipment while performing an experiment.
49

Internships (funded!)

  • Resources
A Wellesley College student holds a laptop while sitting outside.
92

WZLY, 91.5 FM

  • Social Life
Student in floral shirt talking with hands to another student.
97

Albright Institute

  • Resources
Students studying at desks in a dorm room.
39

House Council

  • Social Life
A Wellesley College student sits and talks with her professor
82

First-Year Writing Courses—that everyone loves

  • Academic Life
8

Culture shows

  • Social Life
47

Study abroad

  • Off Campus
Students sitting next to each other on a bench with laptops open.
89

CLCV 241? How to run a business in ancient Rome!

  • Academic Life
Wellesley College student, Lilly Armstrong, and a group of friends, pose fora photo cheering on Lilly's dad who is running the Boston Marathon
77

The Boston Marathon

  • Social Life
Upside down blue boats on a rack.
95

Blue Crew

  • Athletics
Students sitting on grass and smiling while holding plates of food.
23

Schneider Board of Governors (SBOG)

  • Social Life
Laptop covered with stickers next to a water bottle covered in stickers.
71

Knapp Media and Technology Center

  • Campus
Schneider and Billings Hall with a blue sky in the background.
78

LGBTQ+ Programs & Services

  • Resources
Polaroids of students and a banner spelling "El Table".
32

El Table

  • Social Life
Wellesley College alumna, Serenity Hughes, smiles for a portrait, wearing a pink blazer
83

Serenity Hughes ’18, finding a family

  • Alumnae
Student holding a stack of frisbees.
19

The Whiptails

  • Athletics
37

Hillary Rodham Clinton ’69

  • Alumnae
Professor talking with hands explaining topic to student looking at laptops in a classroom.
13

First-year seminars

  • Academic Life
A student studies hanging artwork.
61

Short Internship Projects (SHIPs)

  • Academic Life
Student sitting down explaining a concept to other students sitting nearby.
90

Languages

  • Academic Life
A group of students walks across a quad smiling.
54

Dolores Arredondo ’95, from protecting democracy to guiding Wellesley

  • Alumnae
Wellesley College's 14th President, Paula A. Johnson smiles in El Table.
3

President Paula Johnson

  • Resources
51

Pendleton West and the Jewett Arts Center

  • Campus
A greenhouse with large windows and plants on the wall.
64

The Botanistas!

  • Social Life
Two Wellesley College students work in the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
96

HCI Lab

  • Resources
Students sitting in a circle smiling and listening to each other.
62

Angela Carpenter ’99’s invented language class

  • Academic Life
A Wellesley College student works on a mixed-media project in a new art studio within Jewetts Arts Center
26

Limitless educational opportunities from Wellesley (and friends!)

  • Academic Life
25

Impressive-sounding (and -acting!) scientific equipment

  • Resources
Flowers in front of a building and a lantern in the spring.
88

The Frost Center

  • Campus
Students studying at a table outside.
45

Rocío Ortega ’16, doing heroic things

  • Alumnae
A Wellesley College student kneels, petting a certified service dog during a Paws for Wellness study break
73

Paws for Wellness

  • Social Life

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