upcoming events
Workshops & Talks
This top section features the highlighted workshops and talks that are listed in our current "Passport to Life After Smith." View and register for all of our workshops here.
The Brain and Emotional Intelligence: New Insights
A lecture by psychologist Dr. Daniel Goleman
Thursday, November 29, 2012
5:00 - 6:30, Weinstein Auditorium, Smith College
Open to the Public
Dr. Goleman's talk will focus on new insights into the brain and emotional intelligence. He will address the social and emotional circuitry of the brain from age four to adult. He will address key developmental stages and what children, youth and adults need to learn at each stage. He will also discuss how curricula in social-emotional learning may use developmental science to design lessons for students that focus on enhancing those developmental needs and will discuss such programs in terms of neuroplasticity. Dr. Goleman will answer questions from the audience. The event will be followed by a book signing and book sale in the lower lobby.
Event Sponsors
Dean of StudentsSmith College Executive Education
Center for Work and Life
Smith College Center for Early Childhood Education
Education and Child Study
Student Event Committee
Past events
This section features the highlighted workshops and talks that were listed in every previous "Passport" series.
Workshops & Talks
Risk-Taking and Its Rewards:
A Conversation Between Sisters
The Inaugural Elizabeth Miller '81 Lecture
on Risk-Taking and Women's Leadership
Thursday, September 27, 2012
"So what are you doing after college?"
A Workshop on Creating a Career With Purpose
Lara Galinsky, Senior Vice President of Echoing Green and author of Work on Purpose
Thursday, March 8, 2012
In this workshop, students learned to develop a framework for creating a career that is both right for them AND has a positive impact on the world. Workshop activities were lively and dynamic, featuring group sharing and personal reflection. Each activity was designed to help students identify their gifts and abilities as well as what moves them most deeply. By the end of the workshop, students were introduced to frameworks and methodologies for creating personal and societal change, based on best practices of some of the world's most successful change-makers.
Ask for It: How to Use Negotiation to Get the Recognition That You Deserve
Friday, February 10, 2012
A workshop with Sara Laschever,
co-author of Ask For It: How Women Can Use Negotiation To Get What They Really Want and Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation -- and Positive Strategies for Change
This event was co-sponsored by the Smith College Center for Work & Life and Mount Holyoke's Weissman Center for Leadership, and was preceded by a “teach-you-how-to-network” brunch with students from Smith, Mount Holyoke, Wellesley, Amherst, and Hampshire.
My Family Doesn't Want to Hear About My Partner: Home & Out For The Holidays
A "Work, Life & Reali-tea" Discussion with . . .
Tina Wildhagen, Assistant Professor, Sociology
Ryan Ambuter
'04
Corynn Stoltenberg 'AC
Friday, November 9, 2012
Does Work-Life Balance Exist?
A "Work, Life & Reali-tea" Discussion with . . .
Tom Riddell, Lecturer and Professor Emeritus, and former Dean of First-Year Class
Kate Queeney, Professor of Chemistry
Riche Barnes, Professor of Afro-American Studies
Friday, October 19, 2012
What do you bring with you to Smith?
What do you leave behind?
A "Work, Life & Reali-tea" discussion with . . .
Dahna Black '13, Dannia Guzman '15, Alida Pelli '13
and Monika Valecic '12
Friday, September 28, 2012
Personal Relationships and Decision-Making
A "Work, Life & Reali-tea" Discussion With . . .
Kevin Quashie, Associate Professor of Afro-American Studies
Julie Ohotnicky, Dean of Students
Yenisleidy Simon AC, Psychology Major
Friday, April 20, 2012
This Isn't What I Planned:
Unusual Routes and Paths to Success
A "Work, Life & Reali-tea" Discussion with . . .
Elizabeth Pryor, Assistant Professor, History
Boe Morgan AC '04
Su Meck AC '14
Friday, March 30, 2012
Where Do You Do Most of Your Learning?
A "Work, Life & Reali-tea" Discussion with . . .
Jennifer Guglielmo, Associate Professor of History
Oona Coy, Co-owner of Town Farm, a Northampton CSA
Bridget Mientka 'AC
Friday, February 24, 2012
Border-Crossings: What is it like to leave Smith and go home for the Holidays?
A "Work, Life, and Reali-tea" discussion with . . .
Floyd Cheung, Associate Professor of English
Jennifer Walters, Dean of of Religious and Spiritual Life
Judy Lei '11
Friday, November 18, 2011
How Has Smith Changed Your Life?
A "Work, Life, and Reali-tea" disucssion with . . .
Carrie Baker, Assistant Professor in the Study of Women and Gender
Ana Gorman, Program Coordinator for Diversity & Equity and Legal Services
Erika Laquer, Dean of Sophomore, Juniors and Ada Comstock Scholars
Friday, October 28, 2011
Are All Smithies Perfect? A Real Conversation About Perfectionism, Mistakes, and Resilience
A "Work, Life, and Reali-tea" discussion with . . .
Sonia Alves '10
Patrcia DiBartolo, Professor of Psychology
Borjana Mikic, Professor of Engineering
Friday, September 23, 2011
How to Find Your Passion and Follow It
A "Work, Life, and Reali-tea" disucssion with . . .
Nanci Young,
College Archivist
Anne Leone, Professor of French Studies
Suleiman Mourad, Professor of Religion
Friday, March 25, 2011
Check Your 'Good Girl at the Door: Why Self-Awareness, Courage and Clear Communication are Leadership Skills for Your Generation
A talk by Rachel Simmons, author of Odd Girl Out and The Curse of the Good Girl
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Sponsored by the Center for Work & Life
and First Year Programs
Do It Anyway: Joining the New Generation of Activists
A talk by Courtney Martin, author of Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists
April 13, 2011
Sponsored by the Center for Work & Life in collaboration with the Smith College Centers for Engagement, Learning and Leadership
Leadership for Rebels: A Recipe for Courage and Personal Authority
A four-part workshop series led by best-selling author and educator Rachel Simmons.
October 2010 and February - March 2011
Leadership for Rebels Reunion Dinner - April 6, 2011
Students who participated in the October 2010 and
February - March 2011 Leadership for Rebels workshop.
Rachel Simmons with Leadership for Rebels partipants (from left to right) Molly Sauvain
'11, Sunny Zeng '14, and Emma Brown '13.
Cooking Healthy Meals on a Budget
A workshop led by Smith alumnae Rachel Pryzby '09 and Hannah Cohen '09 on February 12, 2011
Photographed above (on left): Workshop instructor Rachel Przyby '09 teaches students a lesson in kitchen knife safety.
Photographed above (from left to right): Madelyn Forden '14 and Esther Shi '14 help prepare a curry chicken dish.
Photographed above (from left to right): Imogene Williams '13 and Kelsea Thornton keep an eye on the stir-fry.
How to Change a Tire and Look Cool Doing It
A workshop led by Hannah Durrant, Assistant Director of Residence Life, on April 21, 2011
Photographed above: Hannah Durrant, Assisant Director of Residence Life, teaches students how to change a tire.
CWL in the News
Center for Work and Life Seeks to Incorporate Social Justice, The Sophian, November 15, 2012.
How to Repair the Gender Pay Gap? Teach Negotiation Skills in College, The Huffington Post, November 8, 2012.
CWL Kicks Off "How to be an Adult" Workshops,
The Sophian, April 4, 2012.
CWL Hosts "Reali-tea" on Paths to Success,
The Sophian, April 4, 2012.
Jacobson Center Leads Discussion on Perfectionism,
The Sophian, March 15, 2012.
Center for Work and Life Introduces New "Toolbox,"
The Sophian, February 9, 2012.
Annals of Academia, Daily Hampshire Gazette,
February 8, 2012. (PDF)
Teaching Smith Students About Life Beyond the Course Book,
The New York Times blog "The Choice," February 6, 2012.
New Guide Offers Answers Not Found Elsewhere,
The Grecourt Gate, January 26, 2012.
Center for Work & Life to host talk on perfectionism,
The Sophian, September 21, 2011.
Girls, Northampton shopkeeper join forces to reclaim beauty,
Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 28, 2011.
'Leaders in their own lives': Students get coached in taking charge, Smith Alumnae Quarterly, Summer 2011.
Toward a fulfilling life, Smith Alumnae Quarterly, Winter 2010.
CWL and Rachel Simmons nurture "unconventional leaders," The Sophian, September 16, 2010.
Trip of a Lifetime: College helps students prepare for life on the outside, Currents, May/June 2010. (PDF)
