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The Simmons Alumnae/i network is a diverse, interconnected community of passionate professionals.
No matter your background or career path, if you graduated from Simmons you share a bond with more than 50,000 alumnae/i across the country and all over the world.
Simmons Network
Simmons Network is an online community exclusive to Simmons alumnae/i and students to empower you to connect with each other and build your personal and professional networks.
Reunion 2025
Prepare for an unforgettable celebration as we mark 125 years of Simmons University! The Anniversary Reunion June 6-8, 2025 will be a historic event uniting all alumnae/i—undergraduate, graduate, and online—from across decades and around the globe for three days of memories, connections, and Simmons spirit! We also welcome the larger Simmons community to take part in this celebration, faculty, current and former Simmons community members are invited to join us in traveling down memory lane and making more magical moments. This reunion is also a fundraiser to celebrate and support generations of Simmons students eager to meet societal needs. Registration packages will include donation levels that will help us achieve our $500,000 scholarship goal for the weekend.
Simmons Alumnae/i Referral Program For Graduate Students
We all have a relative, friend, acquaintance, or colleague who we know would benefit from a graduate degree at Simmons. We want to help make that a reality by offering a $500 referral scholarship for any enrolling student who is nominated by a Simmons alum!
Double Shark Scholarship
Simmons alumnae/i, want to advance your career or move into a new field? With the new Double Shark Scholarship, Simmons makes it easy and affordable!
Give to Simmons
When you make a gift to Simmons, you know you’re making an investment that has long-term benefits. Your gift supports students who, like you, aspire to do great things in their lives and careers.
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Alumnae/i Features
Cambridge Director of Libraries Fosters Learning and Community
Maria McCauley ’17PhD says some of her fondest childhood memories are of visiting her local public library. This lifelong passion for knowledge is part of the reason she decided to pursue library and information science as a second career.
Thriving in Simmons’ Online Degree Completion Program
A flexible and student-centered environment were two reasons why Libby Lassiter ’24 chose Simmons’ online degree completion program, which helps adult learners achieve their goal of graduating from college. “It was a great experience,” Lassiter says. “If I had my...
Integrating Forest Spirituality into a Social Work Mindset
Grant Pike ’18MSW ’24DSW shares how the vitality of nature can be combined with social work and social justice, with a positive impact on humans and the planet.
An Advocate for Women and Children
Esta Soler ’68, ’06HD is the President of Futures Without Violence (FUTURES). Based in San Francisco, Boston, and Washington D.C., this nonprofit organization aims to prevent violence against women and families.
Gregory Maguire ’78MA Defying Gravity
Gregory Maguire '78MA, best-selling author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, reflects on his time as one of the first graduates of the Master of Arts in Children’s Literature program at Simmons, now celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Harbinger of Health, Racial, and Gender Equity
An early proponent of reproductive rights and a courageous advocate of racial, socioeconomic, and gender equity decades before the Civil Rights and Women’s Movements, Dr. Dorothy Celeste Boulding Ferebee, Class of 1920, was a visionary leader ahead of her time.
Lived Experience: An Engine of Advocacy
A motivated advocate for social justice, Rayna Hill ’22MA/MPP is creating an equitable future for LGBTQ+ youth in the state of Massachusetts.
Realizing Reparative Justice
In honor of the University’s 125th anniversary, we examine Barbara (Schneider) Margolis ’51 and her resolute commitment to rehabilitating incarcerated individuals. Barbara Margolis ’51, who majored in retail management (then retailing) at Simmons, became one of the nation’s most beloved prisoners’ rights advocates. Margolis developed rehabilitation and career-transition programs for male inmates at Rikers Island, the world’s largest penal complex (situated within the Bronx and accessible via a girder bridge in Queens).
Alumnae/i & Friends
Executive Education
Executive Education is dedicated to working with organizations and individuals to develop more diverse and successful leadership teams that can effectively meet tomorrow’s challenges.
Alumnae/i directory
One of the special things about Simmons alumnae/i is that they want to help other alumnae/i! Our database allows you to connect and network with alums who share your professional interest, or can offer career advice.
Upcoming Alumnae/i Events
Simmons 125th Anniversary Regional Gathering in Pittsburgh
- Apr 2, 2025
- 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
- Duquesne Club, 325 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
Simmons 125th Anniversary Regional Gathering in New York City
- Apr 16, 2025
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- The Cornell Club New York, 6 E 44th St., New York, NY 10017-3606
125th Anniversary Reunion
- Jun 6, 2025 to Jun 8, 2025
- All Day
- Simmons University, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115