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Aug. 3 , 2009

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AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Aug. 1, 2009

New York City's 'Shakespeare in the Park'

American-Stateman reporter Ben Wear recalls how six Smith students became his and his 14-year-old daughter's makeshift family recently while they waited in line nine hours together for free tickets to 'Shakespeare in the Park' in New York City. "The Smith students — Sarah and Maggie are opera singers, while Alex and Jillian are instrumental music majors — had a lively chat for a while...They were tolerant of the old fogy in their midst."

SMITH COLLEGE MENTIONS

DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, Aug. 3, 2009
Area colleges make the grade in Princeton Review
In addition to taking top honors as the college with the best dorms (#1) in the The Princeton Review's recently published "The Best 371 Colleges - 2010 Edition," Smith ranked highly in several categories including the best quality of life (#7).

BEND BULLETIN, Aug. 2, 2009
'Cowboy up, Wallowa-style'
It took an exodus of several years to convince Smith alumna and rancher Nora Hawkins '04 that she is a country girl. Hawkins is a fourth-generation outfitter.

DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, Aug. 1, 2009
Muppets help on home front: Smith researcher helps Sesame Workshop test effectiveness of programming for military families
Can Elmo really help heal a military family torn apart by the emotional and physical hardships of war? According to Smith College, the answer is "yes."

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DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, Aug. 1, 2009
Smith program finds many ways to help nation's veterans
Created in 1918, the Smith College School for Social Work was founded to help meet the needs of veterans returning from World War I. Today, SSW is helping aid veterans by shaping instructional tools like "Coming Home: Military Families Coping with Change," a Sesame Workshop production that focuses on how to help young children cope with the sometimes turbulent return of deployed parents.

BOSTON GLOBE, Aug. 1, 2009
TV critic's corner: 'Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith'
Cybill Shepherd continues her oddball career trajectory with a star turn as the title character in the original Hallmark movie 'Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith.' In signature greeting-card fashion, the plot concerns middle-age divorcee Alice Washington’s return to Smith to finish her degree, become the school’s oldest-ever basketball player, and cope with a rebellious pink-haired roommate.

See also LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 1, 2009

INSIDE HIGHER ED, July 31, 2009
Ph.Do.: More than merit
The first in a series by Smith alumna Eszter Hargittal '96 on the inner workings of academic life. Hargittal is associate professor of communication studies and research associate of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University, where she heads the Web Use Project.

HARTFORD COURANT, July 29, 2009
Obituary: Ann Elizabeth Sherman, 85
Former elementary school principal and Smith alumna Ann Elizabeth Sherman '45 died July 17.

HIGHER EDUCATION STORIES

BOSTON GLOBE, Aug. 3, 2009
Despite costs, campus tours thriving
Despite the troubled economy, the cost of travel, and the growth of online virtual visits, the New England college tour not only endures, but thrives - with some schools even showing an increase in visits.

HUFFINGTON POST, July 29, 2009
Lobbying showdown over the future of student loans
When Sallie Mae, the nation's largest provider of student loans, saw the possibility of its own extinction in a plan advanced by the Obama administration, it did what just about any big corporation would do: It hired the best lobbyists money can buy.

USA TODAY, Aug. 2, 2009
College students are flocking to sustainability degrees, careers
With an increased interest in the environment and growth in the "green collar" job sector, colleges and universities are beginning to incorporate sustainability into their programs.

News Releases

Exhibit on Smith Ties to Yaddo

Yaddo, the storied artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., has hosted many of the 20th century's most celebrated American writers and musicians, including John Cheever, Aaron Copland and Truman Capote. Sylvia Plath ’55 and Smith professor Newton Arvin have also occupied rooms in the estate mansion. An exhibition of Smith's Yaddo connections will open in mid-August in Neilson Library, NewsSmith reports.

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