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Celebrating 150 Years

Since we opened our doors in 1875, Smith has been educating women to be forces of change. Throughout 2025, we’ll reflect on and celebrate all the ways Smith has pushed the world forward. Celebrate with us!

Welcome to Smith, Transfer Students!

We’re so glad you’re joining our community. As you get settled in and prepare for your first semester at Smith, check out some resources designed especially for you.

Orientation Details Plan Your Semester

Smith, in the Moment

Stay current with all things Smith. Learn about upcoming events and peruse the news on Smith Today.

Conversations with Sarah

Expanding Sophia Smith’s Dream

President Willie-LeBreton reflects on Smith’s history and how the college keeps moving forward.

  • Conversations with Sarah
  • January 7, 2025
Sarah Willie-LeBreton smiling outdoors and sitting on a bench.
Campus Life

Shave, Plane, Chisel, Learn

For a small group of students, January was the perfect time for a woodworking master class

  • Campus Life
  • January 16, 2025
Elizabeth Rennert ‘25 in a blue 2024 Mountain Day shirt, pushes a Lie Neilson handplane across a block of wood
Little Love Stories

Smith Allowed Me to Dream Bigger

Inspired by a book from a public library, Christy Hardin Smith ’91 found a whole new world at Smith.

  • Little Love Stories
  • January 9, 2025

A Culture of Curiosity

Mehreen Mirza ’25

Economics major; Statistical & Data Sciences minor; Community Engagement & Social Change concentrator

“Knowledge at Smith represents a diversity of perspectives and experiences. My learning has been through my experiences not only in the classroom, but through the many opportunities provided to me by Smith such as an internship in Nairobi, Kenya and studying abroad in Geneva.”

Learn About Studying Abroad

Naila Moreira

Writing Instructor for Science Writing at the Jacobson Center; Co-Director of the Journalism Concentration

“Knowledge at Smith is a landscape of shared and created information, a mutable body from which we can broaden our thought, and to which we can contribute.”

Discover the Jacobson Center

Chris Aiken

Professor of Dance; Chair of the Department of Dance

“I find at Smith there is an acceptance that knowledge resides both in the mind and the body and in the social relationships and collective wisdom that we accrue through working together.”

Knowledge in Movement

Robin Brooks ’95

Visiting Faculty Fellow, The Fletcher School at Tufts University

“My Smith experience 100% shaped my path! I came in thinking I’d major in theatre, or maybe something that could lead to a career in architecture. Of course, I was 18, and I really believe it’s impossible to know what you want to do at that age, which is why I’m incredibly glad I went to a liberal arts college, and to Smith in particular!”

Learn About Our Open Curriculum