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.

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The campus

  • Campus
58

The curriculum

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

24-Hour Shakes

  • Social Life
Grid List
12

Majors

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

Couch to 5K

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

WZLY, 91.5 FM

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

Internships (funded!)

  • Resources
Two college students walk through Wellesley College academic quad
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Financial Aid

  • Admission and Financial Aid
Barbara Morris Caspersen Associate Professor of Humanities and Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Irene Mata, speaks to her classroom
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Pinanski Teaching Prize

  • Academic Life
A student browses for books in the Wellesley College Clapp Library
52

Libraries

  • Resources
2

The campus

  • Campus
Students on shore of Lake Waban in a hammock.
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Lake Waban and Tupelo Point

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

Research

  • Resources
15

Wellesley Career Education

  • Resources
Students sitting on grass and smiling while holding plates of food.
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Schneider Board of Governors (SBOG)

  • Social Life
24

Malinda Lo ’96

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

Museums, stadiums, and aquariums…oh my!

  • Resources
25

Impressive-sounding (and -acting!) scientific equipment

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

Languages

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

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

Albright Institute

  • Resources
Student in conversation while in a classroom.
85

Constructive (and challenging!) conversations

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

24-Hour Shakes

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

WHACK

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

Science Center

  • Campus
58

The curriculum

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

The Hive

  • Resources
An inflatable duck on grass.
22

Duck Day

  • Social Life
8

Culture shows

  • Social Life
Students studying at desks in a dorm room.
39

House Council

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

Knapp Media and Technology Center

  • Campus
33

The residential experience, so like a fuzzy sweater

  • Social Life
16

Harambee House

  • Social Life
Students looking at a laptop screen outside.
86

FLI Network

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

Acorns

  • Campus
Student holding a stack of frisbees.
19

The Whiptails

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

LGBTQ+ Programs & Services

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

Arielle Mitropoulos ’19, feeling confident

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

First-year seminars

  • Academic Life
Wellesley College professor smiling and holding glasses.
1

The faculty

  • Resources
Students wearing backpacks laughing walking along grass.
20

Mariana and Alberta in Cuba

  • Academic Life
A Wellesley College student raises her hand in a seminar class while professor looks on
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Calderwood Seminars in Public Writing

  • Academic Life
53

Lake Day

  • Social Life
Students studying at a table outside.
45

Rocío Ortega ’16, doing heroic things

  • Alumnae
Two students look at a piece of art in a dark gallery.
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Elizabeth Ferrer ’80 and Sandra Riaño ’21 #timeisacircle

  • Alumnae
29

English and Creative Writing Department

  • Academic Life
Upside down blue boats on a rack.
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Blue Crew

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

Athletics

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

The Frost Center

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

The Honor Code

  • Academic Life
47

Study abroad

  • Off Campus
Two Wellesley College students work in the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
96

HCI Lab

  • Resources
38

Vicky Tsai ’00, choosing happiness

  • Alumnae
55

Ministrare Council

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

Wellesley Centers for Women

  • Campus
Blue bells in Galen Stone Tower.
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Guild of Carillonneurs

  • Social Life
10

Kwan Kew Lai ’74

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

  • Social Life
The Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center in the fall.
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Lulu!

  • Campus
Wellesley College alumna, Serenity Hughes, smiles for a portrait, wearing a pink blazer
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Serenity Hughes ’18, finding a family

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

  • Social Life
A Wellesley College student leads a tour of two other students through the Davis Museum, explaining an art installation
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The Davis Museum at Wellesley College

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

Our indefinable, unclassifiable, simply phenomenal students

  • Social Life
21

Traying!

  • Social Life
A greenhouse with large windows and plants on the wall.
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The Botanistas!

  • Social Life
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Hillary Rodham Clinton ’69

  • Alumnae
Students studying next to whiteboard.
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Wellesley Mentorship Affinity Program (MAP)

  • Athletics
Wellesley students use a telescope in the Whitin Observatory
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Whitin Observatory

  • Campus
6

The best reasons to cancel classes!

  • Academic Life
Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall in the spring.
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Everything that is named…

  • Campus
Four women smiling and holding flowers.
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Flower Sunday

  • Social Life
Students looking down at a laptop and smiling.
93

HRC Center

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

Our alumnae

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

  • Academic Life
Students in a lab wearing goggles and gloves.
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What happens after Wellesley

  • Resources
Two students smiling while studying.
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Anna Rios ’01, doing it anyway

  • Alumnae
A group of students walks across a quad smiling.
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Dolores Arredondo ’95, from protecting democracy to guiding Wellesley

  • Alumnae
Students standing outside brick building smiling and laughing.
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Our intentional endowment

  • Resources
27

Multifaith Center

  • Campus
18

Traditions

  • Social Life
Students smiling on a boat located in Boston.
36

Boston

  • Off Campus
A Wellesley College student works on a mixed-media project in a new art studio within Jewetts Arts Center
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Limitless educational opportunities from Wellesley (and friends!)

  • Academic Life
Students sitting in a circle smiling and listening to each other.
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Angela Carpenter ’99’s invented language class

  • Academic Life
Polaroids of students and a banner spelling "El Table".
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El Table

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

The Camellia Student Leadership Awards

  • Social Life
Kavi Thennakoon, Wellesley College alumna, poses for a photo while smiling
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Kavindya Thennakoon ’19, building a brighter world

  • Alumnae
Liz Miranda standing on steps of a building.
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Liz Miranda ’02’s call to action

  • Alumnae
Students sitting watching a performance and smiling.
40

Office of Intercultural Education

  • Resources
Person holding cone of blue ice cream.
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Ice cream (and gelato)

  • Social Life
50

Ophelia Dahl ’94, addressing the problem

  • Alumnae
7

The liberal arts & sciences

  • Academic Life
Students cooking a meal together and laughing.
31

Clubs

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

  • Social Life
Five Wellesley College students pose for a photo in front of blue canoes in a boat house
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The importance of belonging

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

Wellesley, the town

  • Off Campus
Malika Jeffries-EL '96 wearing purple gloves and glasses.
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Malika Jeffries-EL ’96, doing the hard work

  • Alumnae
Sheet music.
72

Wellesley-Brandeis Orchestra

  • Off Campus
A Wellesley College student sits and talks with her professor
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First-Year Writing Courses—that everyone loves

  • Academic Life
Large windows in a room with couches and tables for studying.
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Slater International Center

  • Resources
51

Pendleton West and the Jewett Arts Center

  • Campus
A student studies hanging artwork.
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Short Internship Projects (SHIPs)

  • Academic Life

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