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With Smith students, faculty and alumnae gathering in Washington, D.C., on December 15 for the inaugural colloquium of the Women in Public Service Project. Throughout the program, speakers often directed their remarks to the college students in the audience. Time and again, they advised the young women to be unafraid to take risks, fail and take more risks; to mentor other women; and to take inspiration from the successes of other women. “We want all women in public service or aspiring to public service to know they are not alone,” said one. The next work for the Women in Public Service Project steering committee includes planning a summer institute for up to 60 women in early- or mid-career, an event that is expected to become an annual affair hosted by each of the founding colleges on a revolving basis. Other, shorter-format training sessions and an online mentoring program are also being planned. Project leaders also hope to turn the initiative into a non-profit organization with a director who can spearhead those and other efforts.

For residents of Lamont House, the tradition of Mountain Day is amplified by an annual group trip to Quonquont Farm, a fruit farm in nearby Whately, where delicious red and golden apples are ripe for picking.

Two students, Helen Queenan '14 and entering Ada Comstock scholar Kelly Rowland discuss their first week at Smith.

Smith College 2010 Convocation address by English Professor Floyd Cheung.

The tradition of Friday afternoon tea, where students mark the end of a busy week with snacks and tea, stretches back more than 100 years

Dance performance using the campus and downtown Northampton as the stage.