Wellesley College’s annual Spring Week, hosted by the Schneider Board of Governors (SBOG), marks the end of the school year with Cold War Kids and Jeremih at the Last Day of Classes (LDOC) concert. Spring Week 2012 began with the ‘Kick Off Party in the Pub’ on the night of Thursday, April 12.
Students from the Diversity Committee and the multicultural requirement working group are wrapping up a year-long effort to gauge student opinion concerning the current multicultural requirement. The reform campaign culminated in a series of roundtable discussions held in the beginning of this month.
President Bottomly announced on Tuesday, April 24 that the Board of Trustees has approved the new operating budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. The Provost’s Budget Committee (PBC) and the Budget Advisory Committee (BAC), comprised of Trustees, faculty and staff, collaborated together to create the budget for the upcoming year.
More than 70 students from Wellesley, Middlebury and surrounding colleges gathered at Society Zeta Alpha’s house on Tupelo Lane on Sunday, April 29 to attend “Trans 101,” a workshop hosted by Siblings, a support group for students who identify as TGNC (transgender or gender nonconforming).
There is an ongoing effort by the Committee on Curriculum and Academic Policy (CCAP) to make the College grading policy more accessible to students. Starting in March, student representatives from CCAP and Provost Andrew Shennan appeared at Senate to present the grading policy and take questions from members of student government.
In celebration of Latina Month this year, the Office of the Advisor for Latina Students collaborated with Mezcla, Alianza, Cielito Lindo and Mezcla’s Familia organization to bring a series of cultural events to the Wellesley College campus. Events included the 10th annual Latina Cultural Show, an alumnae panel and a screening of the film “La Hija Natural” (“Love Child”).