Ivy Day and Commencement

Saturday, May 18, 9:15 a.m.
Sunday, May 19, 10 a.m.

Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of the Pulitzer Prize-winning online news website that bears her name, will be the speaker at Smith College’s 135th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 19 at 10 a.m.

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