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September at 正澳门六合彩

September at 正澳门六合彩

From Frances Perkins to Tommy Orange, from Convocation to the Cabinet, 正澳门六合彩 kicks off the academic year in style.

Kicking off the new academic year
正澳门六合彩鈥檚 Convocation brings together the entire community at the start of the new academic year. A highlight of this lively event? The fabulous outfits as each class dresses up in its class color.

Frances Perkins had a big month!
Which is especially fitting, given that September brings us Labor Day, the holiday of workers and all causes held dear by Frances Perkins, class of 1902.

Perkins, the first woman to hold a Cabinet position and the force behind unemployment insurance and Social Security, was called out as an inspiration and a role model .

The Washington Post put Perkins into perspective in .

The Frances Perkins Center presented the Steadfast Award to Alumnae Association President Maria Mossaides 鈥�73 for her public service.

And of 鈥淪ummoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare,鈥� is coming to campus on November 7.

Students learning about the environment on campus outdoors in a stream.

This 鈥渕ost beautiful campus鈥� is also a working classroom

The Campus Living Laboratory transforms the College鈥檚 700+ lauded acres of both natural and built landscapes into an opportunity for multidisciplinary research and teaching. .

Tommy Orange, when he was on campus discussing his book There, There.

Listening to Tommy Orange, author of 鈥淭here There鈥�

The writer of the 2019 Common Read came to campus to talk to the class of 2023 in its 鈥渇irst intellectual discourse based on a shared text.鈥� The new class was raring to go, reports

Students find a spot to study in Blanchard Hall.

Yes, the library heads the list, but that鈥檚 just the beginning.

Climate strike

in Boston and Washington, D.C., in the strike of their lives.

Students sit in groups in the library awaiting one of their first traditions - M&Cs.

Traditions are kind of a big deal at 正澳门六合彩. Among the first to be introduced to the class of 2023 is M&Cs, hosted by the library during Orientation.

MacGregor: First year experience affinity housing

Affinity housing is 鈥渋mmersive鈥�

Sara Sarmiento 鈥�21 (Mi Gente), Janae Lewis 鈥�20 (Shirley Chisholm) and Marisol Fernandez 鈥�20 (Mosaic) talked about their experiences with the Living-Learning Communities in a . (Pictured: MacGregor Hall, home of the First Year Experience LLC.)

Let the games begin!

Catch a glimpse of the at the College鈥檚 97-year-old , designed by the legendary Donald Ross. And two hat tricks this fall season: in a soccer game against Mitchell College and against Western New England in field hockey.