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  1. The USA flag flying next to the Main Campus Building on the Simmons University campus
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Coming Full-Circle: Simmons Alum with Veteran Parents Now Supporting Veterans in Need

    Sarah Clinton ’17MSW is an Aftercare Social Work Case Manager for the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program. In honor of July 4, we spoke with her about what drew her to social work and working with Veterans.

  2. Morgan Library and Museum, New York. Photograph by Mike Peel, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Creative Commons.
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Library and Information Science Alumnus Named Curator of Morgan Library and Museum

    The Morgan Library and Museum in New York City recently announced three new curatorial appointments. Among them, Dale Stinchcomb ’16MS has been named the Drue Heinz Curator of Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

  3. A side-by-side photo collage of Rebecca Wellington and the book cover for "Who is a Worthy Mother"
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Gender and Cultural Studies Alumna Publishes Breakthrough Book on Adoption History

    In her new book, Dr. Rebecca Wellington ’02MA reveals the unsavory underbelly of adoption practices in the United States. Part memoir and part scholarly monograph, Who Is a Worthy Mother? An Intimate History of Adoption demonstrates how adoption became entangled with the histories of assimilation, race, patriarchy, and law.

  4. 100-year-old Isabelle Chang '46, who says reading is the secret to a happy life. Photo credit: Evan Walsh, Community Advocate
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Simmons University Celebrates the 100th Birthday of Isabelle Chang ’46

    100-year-old Isabelle Chang '46 says reading is the secret to a happy life. A first-generation American, Chang graduated from Simmons (then-College) with an undergraduate degree in Library Science.

  5. Christa Perry ’23MSW
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Simmons Alumna Shares the Challenges and Rewards of Mental Health Therapy

    Christa Perry ’23MSW is a mental health therapist for Embark Behavioral Health, a national company that provides mental health treatment to teens and young adults. Based in Vienna, Virginia, Perry counsels individuals and families in the eight-week Partial Hospitalization Program and the 15-week Intensive Outpatient Program.

  6. Krystianna Pietrzak (KP) ’20 and Jessie Andrew ’20 in front of a color wall of graffiti
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Simmons Alums Create “Queer-Led Web Design” Team

    We celebrate Pride Month with 2020 graduates KP and Jessie, who run Inkpot Creative, a unique website development company that offers cutting edge website design for photographers, with a focus on inclusivity.

  7. Kiani Jacobs
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Finding Community at Simmons as a Transfer Commuter Student

    While at Simmons, Exercise Science major and Health Care Management minor Kiani Jacobs ’23 received the 2023 Senior Scholar Award and interned at the Harvard Medical Ginty Lab on Neurological Research. Starting a PhD in Exercise Science this fall, she...

  8. Misty Neader ’25MWS and Devin Ryan ’21
    Student Story

    A Mother Follows Her Child’s Footsteps to a Simmons Education

    During high school, Devin Ryan ’21 toured Simmons, where they later majored in Biology. Meanwhile, someone close to Ryan was also inspired by that campus tour: their mother, Misty Neader ’25MSW.

  9. Gracyn Delaune ’24 poses with the coastline of Ireland in the background
    Student Story

    A Multidisciplinary Education: Irish Immersion, State House Internship, and Reproductive Health Research

    Sociology major Gracyn Delaune ’24 reflects on her time abroad, impactful internships and research opportunities, her favorite professors and what it is like to attend school in Boston.

  10. Stephanie Wladkowski ’14PhD
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Breaking Ground with Qualitative Research in Hospice Care

    Stephanie Wladkowski ’14PhD was a clinical social worker in hospice care when policy changes impacted her clinical practice. In a search for answers, Wladkowski began her PhD in Social Work at Simmons. Her dissertation, “Dementia Caregivers and Live Discharge from Hospice: What Happens When Hospice Leaves?,” has inspired further research in the field.