Special Visitors - Speaking at Smith

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Smith’s 137th Commencement ceremony was held Sunday, May 17, 2015. Juliet V. García, the first Hispanic woman to lead a U.S. college or university, delivered the address.

Emmy and Golden Globe--winning actress Jane Lynch was the speaker at Smith College's 134th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 20, 2012.

Jane Hirsfield Poetry Center at Smith College reading.

Sylvia Earle, the undersea explorer dubbed a “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress, was the speaker at Smith College’s 133rd commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 15, 2011.

Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana, assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, U.S. Department of Education delivered this years keynote address titled, "Providing a World-Class Education for America's Students: Priorities for Reform."

Smith College, Hampshire College and the Tibetan Association of Western Massachusetts welcomed the 14th Dalai Lama to the Pioneer Valley on Wednesday, May 9, 2007. This momentous visit by the leader of the Tibetan people and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize recognizes the colleges’ thriving exchange program with exiled Tibetan scholars in India. Years ago, Hampshire began the Five College Tibetan Studies in India Program, and since then the Dalai Lama has followed its growth as Smith collaborated with Hampshire to sustain the annual academic exchange. Smith President Carol T. Christ and Hampshire President Ralph J. Hexter hosted the daylong visit, during which the Dalai Lama delivered a talk to thousands of students, faculty, staff and invited guests from the two colleges and the Tibetan community.