#five colleges

[westernmassposting]

congrats to the locals on surviving 5 college commencement weekend #1 (smith, umass, hampshire). stay strong you can make it through weekend #2 (amherst, mount holyoke).

and this is your reminder that downtown amherst and noho are going to be bonkers for the next 2 weeks. godspeed and good luck.

Let good thrifting season begin!

[disappearedbones]

behold: which of the 5 colleges the bg3 companions attended

[marzipanandminutiae]

Hello fellow five college former attendee!

Hello!

Lovely valley they've got there. Shame about the necessity of a car if you're doing literally anything besides attending college full-time.

[newyorksmithie]

Spring Classes

This semester I’ll be taking:

Shakespeare with Naomi J. Miller

Asian American Women Writers with Ambreen Hai

Race and Education with Lucy W. Mule

Introduction to the Study of Women and Gender with Jina Boyong Kim

English majors are required to take either Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer, so I’ve decided on Shakespeare! However, I really enjoyed reading Milton in English 200 last year, so I might take Milton as well.

I took my Servants in Literature and Film seminar with Ambreen Hai last fall, and absolutely loved it! Professor Hai is an amazing professor, so I’m really excited to take another class with her, and the authors we’re supposed to read look great.

I’ve been hearing a lot about Race and Education since I first started at Smith. Tons of people have told me that it’s one of the best classes they’ve ever taken-- so it’s a no-brainer for me. I’ve also wanted to take an education class for a while now as I’m definitely interested in teaching English literature after college. I also met so many of the professors in the department while working as an office assistant and social media liaison last year, so, all in all, this is really exciting!

As for Intro Swag, I’ve been meaning to take it since my first semester at Smith, but timing has never worked out! So, I’m really eager to finally take it.

[youthbookreview]

Got a tour of the new Makerspace at Mount Holyoke College today and had to stop to take a photo of the lakeview. Mount Holyoke students made that bench swing, by the way!

[Image description: View of a lake surrounded by trees, a couple of Adirondack chairs, and a wooden bench swing]

[third-moon]

anyone else heading to smith college next year?

[smithbysmithies]

Hi, I recently decided I will be attending Smith, and I wanted to know how quickly are students allowed to take advantage of the consortium to take other classes? Thank you!

You can start taking classes at the other four colleges (Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Hampshire College, and UMass Amherst) starting your second semester. Smith is the most traveled to campus, so you’ll probably have Five College students in your classes from the get go! 

Interesting stats... 46% of Smith students take classes in the Consortium, compared with 45% of Amherst students, 90% of Hampshire students, 60% of Mount Holyoke students, and 10% of UMass students. 

Learn more about the five colleges here. 

[smithcollegecuriosities]

🎈 Celebrating Collaborations 🎈 Collaborations is a day at Smith where students get to present their own projects, research, and work to the campus. The morning starts with a poster session and then presentations follow throughout the day. In order above: Emmie: trying to get parent yeast to have baby yeast with a certain color (very simplified science here folks) Chase: something very cool that has to do with voles Lynnie: perfectionism in children Silvana: something very cool that has to do with genealogy Anastasia: using photos to research seals Bev and crew: why Smith could save money by having an on campus thrift store (this one I understood!) Bev and Veronica's presentation: Food justice work in Holyoke Maggie's presentation: feminism and Futurism in the home Bev and Veronica post presentation The jazz band playing at the luncheon afterwards - including another Tylerite, Alma. All of these projects require a lot of time and hard work and it was cool to see so many people in so many disciplines getting involved. I'm proud of all my pals! Anna