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The Fall 2025 SAQ includes a crossword puzzle on Smith houses - you can do this puzzle online! Here's the link:

www.smith.edu/news-events/...
scroll down to the puzzle and you can get the answers - this one is pretty tough! Let us know if you got through it!
November 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Stand by Smith Doll, 1919, in the Fall 2025 SAQ, read about a “Stand By Smith” campaign aimed to raise $2 million using hand-stitched dolls resembling Sophia Smith-they were designed to be filled with coins until they could stand upright—at which point the money went to the college. Link in comments
November 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Fall Smith Alum Quarterly is arriving in mailboxes! Here's a link to the online version if you are interested: saqonline.smith.edu/publication/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
DECEMBER 3, 2025 - Thriving in a Creative Career, free Alum event presented by the Smith Alum Career Network - Thinking of pivoting to a creative, freelance or non-traditional career path but not sure where to start? Join Emily Brown, '11 for a free virtual session - see comments for link :)
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Submit Nominations for Commencement Speakers & Honorary Degrees. Any member of the Smith community, students, faculty, staff, alumnae, trustees-may make a nomination to receive an honorary degree. We have some amazing Class of 1987 classmates, let's nominate someone for an honorary degree!Thoughts?
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
You know them. You love them. You’ve probably had food stolen by them. They’re the legendary squirrels of Smith, and thanks to Chloe Dyehouse ’28 and the rest of the Smith College Equitable Seating Association (ESA), they no longer have to forage for a seat to enjoy their culinary contraband.
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Love to get snail mail that is happy and not bills or ads? Think about joining the Smithie Alum Holiday Card Exchange! It's fun! You get a name/address of a Smith Alum and you send 10 holiday cards and get 10 holiday cards ! See comments for more info....
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Julia Child, Class of 1934, HUBBARD HOUSE, whoo hoo!
Julia Child day is celebrated on November 20th each year - you can check out the links in the comments for last year's cooking class and Cornbread Stuffing & Cranberry Chutney recipes 🙂
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
There's still time to get your update in the Spring 2026 SAQ, deadline is today, no update is too big or too small! Email update to 1987SmithSecretary@gmail.com, thanks!
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is pretty cool - 2 Smith College alums—author and feminist icon Gloria Steinem ’56 and lawyer and civil rights advocate Deborah N. Archer ’93—are among the nearly 250 outstanding individuals elected this year to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
www.smith.edu/news-events/...
Two Smith College Alums Elected to Prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Gloria Steinem ’56 and Deborah N. Archer ’93 are joining the distinguished honorary society.
www.smith.edu
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Looks like the Coming Home to Smith event 11/1/25 was great! Check out the story below, classmate Susan Pelis is quoted about why she attended and our Class Co-President Suzanne Doud-Galli attended and really enjoyed it.

www.smith.edu/news-events/...
Coming Home to Smith
Nearly 700 alums and their guests returned to campus on November 1, 2025, for Come Home to Smith.
www.smith.edu
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We want to hear from you, whoo hoo!
Please send us updates at 1987SmithSecretary@gmail.com asap, deadline is this Friday, thanks!!!
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
WHOOO HOOOO! The dates for our 40th Reunion in 2027 have been published! Please put May 13th - May 16th 2027 on your calendar now, it will be here before we know it 🙂 We will be sharing much more about our 40th reunion in the near future.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
More from our recent Health & Wellness panel, some great advice from our classmate Martica Heaner, PhD
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
From our recent Health & Wellness panel, some great advice from our classmate Martica Heaner, PhD
November 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is pretty neat, each quarter, Smith College's magazine highlights outstanding projects by alums and other members of the Smith community. Got a project you'd like to share?
Here is the link to sign up:

www.smith.edu/form/favorites
November 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Happy Halloween all! Remember these? So many possibilities were contained in those bags!
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
What was your favorite flavor at Herrells? Check out their current flavors here:

herrells.com/current-nort...
October 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If you haven't seen the Smith Travelling Diary, you should check it out, it's pretty cool!

www.smith.edu/news-events/...
Capturing Stories, Creating History
Students and alums have the chance to participate in a global diary project to celebrate our 150th.
www.smith.edu
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Check out this workshop offered by the Smith Alum Career Program! Grow Through Pressure October 29 | 2:30–4 p.m. ET - Learn how to turn constant demands into a catalyst for growth in this interactive workshop with executive coach Sabina Nawaz '88, award-winning author of You're the Boss.
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Thelma Golden ’87 and Kemi Ilesanmi AC ’98 Interviewed on Arts Podcast - Hosted by journalist Charlotte Burns and art adviser Allan Schwartzman, The Art World: What If...?!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Art World: What If...?! with Thelma Golden
Podcast Episode · The Art World: What If...?! · 10/09/2025 · 1h 3m
podcasts.apple.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Tell us about your hobbies! Have a great book you'd recommend? Seen a movie you love and want to share? Found a great way to attract hummingbirds to your yard? We'd love to hear about it!
October 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
More from our Health & Wellness panel last week from our class co-prez Dr. Suzanne Doud Galli, thanks so much for sharing Suzanne!
October 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
What's in your personal health vision?
Thanks so much to our classmate Holly Ladd, Certified Health Coach, for this info! Check out Holly's website: www.hollyladd-healthcoaching.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Thanks so much to our classmate Holly Ladd, Certified Health Coach, for this info! Check out Holly's website: www.hollyladd-healthcoaching.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM