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I am thrilled to be
the 10th president of Smith College and couldn't imagine a better job.
 Before
coming to Smith, I taught English, served as provost and later executive vice chancellor
at the University of California, Berkeley. My husband, Paul
Alpers, is a scholar of English Renaissance literature, an emeritus
professor at Berkeley and professor in residence at Smith. We live in Smith’s
lovely president’s house overlooking Paradise Pond. I have
two children, one of whom is grown and making his way in
the world; the younger is a recent graduate of Mount Holyoke College.
I am pleased to be co-teaching, with Grant Moss of the music department, an interdisciplinary
seminar on the arts around us.
As president, my goals for Smith are to continue
to maintain faculty excellence and stimulate curriculum development;
to foster increased diversity on campus; to make the college
more accessible and affordable; to enhance the sense of campus
community; and to encourage responsible and active citizenship
in each of the communities in which Smith thrives: the campus,
Northampton, Massachusetts, the United States, the world.
I am honored to serve the college
and proud of its distinguished faculty, loyal staff, accomplished
students, enthusiastic trustees and successful alumnae. You’ll
be able to sample all of this on Smith’s Web site, and
I invite you to come to our beautiful campus to see and experience it for yourself.
Carol T. Christ, President
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