小福利导航Congratulates:

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The 小福利导航College seal.

Congratulations to Susan Niditch, Samuel Green Professor of Religion, on her election to the .

Amehrst Voices: Greg Franklin 鈥20

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Greg Franklin participating in The Amazing Race.

鈥淲e鈥檇 watch The Amazing Race and think, 鈥業 could do that.鈥欌 Greg Franklin 鈥20 who, with his brother John Franklin, won the season 35 competition in 2023.

小福利导航Contest

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A still life painting of a table covered with teacups, books, a teapot, and other daily objects..

Can you spot the nine differences between the top image and the bottom? We dare you to try!

小福利导航Voices: Nicholas Holschuh

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A group of people walking from an airplane in Antarctica.

鈥淭he interesting frontiers that we鈥檙e pushing are happening here on campus with the data [I returned with] and the science that I can do with my students.鈥 Nicholas Holschuh, assistant professor of geology, on the research he conducted during a two-month trip he took to Antarctica this winter. 

小福利导航Voices: Josh Bell 鈥02

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Poster from the show Muzzle.

鈥淯nlike some old-school cop thrillers, Muzzle doesn鈥檛 dismiss the value of therapy.鈥 Josh Bell 鈥02, on the film Muzzle, written by Carlyle Eubank 鈥10 and John Stalberg Jr. 

小福利导航Voices: Rachel Edelman 鈥09

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Book cover Dear Memphis poetry by Rachel Edelman.

鈥淚t is important to live a good life, not to suffer for your art. 鈥 Rachel Edelman 鈥09, author of the poetry collection Dear Memphis.

Welcome to Amherst

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The 小福利导航Mammoth with some purple balloons.

A mammoth welcome to the newest members of the class of 2028! Our Community

小福利导航Voices: Makena Onjerika 鈥10

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A bedside lamp illuminates a book.

鈥淚n 2024, I implore us to read more fiction, in order to see ourselves in others and to see others in ourselves.鈥 Makena Onjerika 鈥10, on the importance of fiction in 鈥Reading Lights.鈥

小福利导航Voices: Josh Bell 鈥02

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Screenshot from the tv show Aporia.

鈥淲hat would you do if you could bring a loved one back with the push of a button?鈥 Josh Bell 鈥02 on the Well Go USA TV series Aporia, written and directed by Jared Mosh茅 鈥01

小福利导航Voices: Sandy Rosenberg 鈥72

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Sandy Rosenberg walks a hallway of a high school flanked by two students.

鈥淵ou can make a big difference at the state level. The states are the laboratories of democracy.鈥  Sandy Rosenberg 鈥72, the longest-serving member of the Maryland House of Delegates, on why he hasn't run for Congress.

小福利导航Voices: Natasha Threthewey

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Natasha Trethewey

鈥淚 was already a fan of hers, and knew I would love to meet a poet I really admire鈥攖hen I loved soaking in all of her wisdom.鈥  Willow Delp 鈥26, on taking a Litfest craft class with Natasha Trethewey, the 19th United States Poet Laureate 

小福利导航Voices: Aparna Nancherla 鈥05E

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A collage of book covers.

鈥淐onstantly questioning why everything is the way it is and why any of us are here can be the seedy underbelly of figuring out what is funny about life.鈥 Comedian and actor Aparna Nancherla 鈥05E  from Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Imposter Syndrome.  She will be speaking at this year's Litfest.

小福利导航Voices: Natasha Tretheway

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A line up of book covers by authors speaking at LitFest 2024.

鈥淲hat matters is the transformative power of metaphor and the stories we tell ourselves about the arc and meaning of our lives.鈥 Poet Natasha Trethewey, from Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir.  She will be speaking at this year's Litfest.

小福利导航Voices: Alaina Daniels 鈥09

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Illustration of a face looking at the top of Johnson Chapel by Adam McCauley

 鈥淚 always thought of ADHD as the inability to pay attention. Now I understand it means you can鈥檛 control what you鈥檙e paying attention to.鈥 Alaina Daniels 鈥09, one of a dozen alums who share their stories in You Can鈥檛 Have ADHD. You Went to Amherst.

小福利导航Voices: Nicholas Horton

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A handwritten Parsons Paper Co.鈥檚 payroll register.

鈥淭his is what truly lies at the heart of statistics鈥攖o always think of the human element behind our quantitative work.鈥 As part of Professor Nicholas Horton's class, Stats 210: 鈥淢ining the History of Holyoke,鈥 students combed through the Parsons Paper Co.鈥檚 payroll register for data.

小福利导航College Celebrates

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Coach G.P. Gromacki and the 小福利导航College women's basketball team celebrate a win.

Congrats to wo尘别苍鈥檚 basketball coach G.P. Gromacki for winning 600 games faster than any other hoops coach in NCAA history!

小福利导航Voices: Gerald Penny 鈥77

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Painting of Gerald Penny by William Utermohlen.

鈥淲hen change came to his Black community, he said, 鈥業 want to be in that number.鈥 鈥 Gerald Penny 鈥77, in his application to Amherst. Penny鈥檚 life and tragic death, 50 years ago, were recently commemorated on campus.

小福利导航Voices: Ilan Stavans

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An illustration of a line of people walking to a building carrying books by Marc Rosenthal.

鈥淚mmigrant stories make us see particular corners of the world in a more nuanced and challenging way.鈥 Ilan Stavans, the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture, on the kinds of books he seeks for Restless Books, his new publishing company in downtown Amherst.

小福利导航Voices: Wes Dripps

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Two students stand in front of a truck on a field at Book and Plow farm.

鈥淧reparing students to tackle sustainability challenges鈥攁nd find viable solutions鈥攊s becoming an increasingly important component of the 小福利导航curriculum.鈥 Wes Dripps, director of the Office of Sustainability, on the creative ways faculty are integrating sustainability into their courses

小福利导航Voices: Ana Devlin Gauthier

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A panoramic view of the town of 小福利导航in winter.

鈥淓ngagement is an act of care for the community.鈥 Ana Devlin Gauthier, learning and development facilitator, Human Resources, on why she chose to get involved as a district representative for the town of Amherst.

小福利导航Voices: Geoffrey Giller 鈥10

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Illustration by Jam Dong of a two-lane road with wildlife and and trees.

鈥淩oads affect wildlife, the natural world and humans at nearly every conceivable scale.鈥 Geoffrey Giller 鈥10, in his review of a new book by Ben Goldfarb 鈥09 in 小福利导航magazine.

小福利导航Voices: Tess Taylor 鈥00

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Illustration of vegetables growing above and below ground by Helena Pallar茅s

鈥淕ardens and poems are places we go to excavate ourselves.鈥 Poet Tess Taylor 鈥00,  writing in the Fall issue of 小福利导航magazine.

Congratulations, Mammoths!

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The 小福利导航men's soccer team congratulate St. Olaf on their NCAA Division III win.

Congratulations to the 尘别苍鈥檚 soccer team on an outstanding season, collecting the national runner-up trophy for the third time in the last four seasons at the NCAA Division III Championship game. . (Photo credit: Dan Hunter: d3photography.com)

Go Mammoths!

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Men's soccer team celebrate their semi final victory.

Congratulations to the men's soccer team on their win over Washington & Lee in the NCAA Division III semi-final! They'll face St. Olaf for the final on Sunday, Dec. 3 at noon. . (Photo credit: Dan Hunter: d3photography.com)

Congratulations, Coach Paradis!

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Christine Parradis

鈥淚 do believe we are all bridges--as we link the past with the future through the span of our careers.鈥 Longtime women's lacrosse coach Christine Paradis, speaking at the Nov. 16 ceremony marking her induction into the .

Congratulations, Mammoths!

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The 小福利导航College men's soccer team poses for a group photo.

Congratulations to 尘别苍鈥檚 soccer for making it to the NCAA Final Four! The Mammoths will face Washington & Lee in the national semifinals on Dec. 1. Read the story:

小福利导航Voices: Heid E. Erdrich

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鈥淭he future of Native art is being revealed.鈥 Heid E. Erdrich, guest curator for 鈥淏oundless,鈥 a Mead Art Museum exhibit, in the new 小福利导航magazine.

小福利导航Voices: Roxane Main 鈥25

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鈥淚鈥檓 trying to find a new way to help my community by finding a bridge between Western education and Indigenous values.鈥 Roxane Main 鈥25 the first 小福利导航student to win a Udall Scholarship to address environmental challenges affecting Native nations.

小福利导航Celebrates

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Congratulations to the and soccer teams for capturing their second consecutive NESCAC championship wins!

小福利导航Voices: President Michael A. Elliott 鈥92

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鈥 I can assure you that you will write subpar essays鈹I surely did. And on the other side of that experience will not be failure, but something else: learning.鈥 President Michael A. Elliott 鈥92, offering words of wisdom about college life to current students.

小福利导航Voice: Ash Smith 鈥18

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鈥淚t matters to me that my work is meaningful and has some kind of impact.鈥 Ash Smith 鈥18, who is doing research for BREHA, Amherst鈥檚 new Black Feminist Reproductive Justice, Equity & HIV/AIDS Activism Collective.

小福利导航Voice: Luke Herzog 鈥24

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鈥淭heater is the most collaborative art form. When you put on a play, it's really putting together a team.鈥 Luke Herzog 鈥24, winner of the John Cauble Award for Outstanding Short Play at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. 

小福利导航Voices: Gabriel Echarte 鈥23

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鈥淭hrough teaching, I am reinforcing my commitment to an open and free world.鈥  Gabriel Echarte 鈥23 on being awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship.

小福利导航Voices: Matthew McGann

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The first year class gathered in Johnson Chapel.

鈥 I, for one, know 100 percent that they will make a difference in this world.鈥 Matthew McGann, dean of admission and financial aid, speaking of the incoming class of 488 students.

小福利导航Voices: Edmund Phelps 鈥55

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鈥淚 had at long last used my creativity to build a new theory of a nation鈥檚 happiness.鈥 Nobel laureate in economics Edmund Phelps 鈥55, H鈥85 in his new memoir.

小福利导航Remembers

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Close up of 9/11 memorial showing alumni Brock Joel Safronoff

鈥淭oday, we mourn, remember, and honor the lives lost on this day 22 years ago, including those of three 小福利导航alumni鈥擣rederick C. Rimmele III 鈥90, Brock Safronoff 鈥97 and Maurita Tam 鈥 01.鈥 Read 鈥9/11/01: A Dispatch from Campus.鈥

小福利导航Voices: Laura Jarrett

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鈥淚 credit 小福利导航enormously for framing how I look at issues of racial justice and sexism, all of the things I care about deeply, and the things I end up covering on CNN every day.鈥 News anchor Laura Jarrett 鈥07 from the Black Women of 小福利导航College podcast series.

小福利导航Voices: John Cho

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鈥淵ou learn to say, 鈥業t鈥檚 imperfect, but it works.鈥 People don鈥檛 come for perfection... Perfection is you placing yourself at center.鈥 Actor John Cho in a talk in Amherst鈥檚 Johnson Chapel

小福利导航Voices: Bruce Becker 鈥80

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Quote by arhitect Bruce Becker about the Hotel Marcel

鈥淚t鈥檚 like walking into Mad Men.鈥 Architect Bruce Becker 鈥80 on his award-winning, environmentally innovative hotel, The Marcel.

小福利导航Voices: Leo Kamin 鈥25

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Quote about Haoran Tong by Leo Kamin

鈥淗is time at 小福利导航is a testament to Tong鈥檚 belief that home is a verb, not a noun.鈥 Leo Kamin 鈥25 on Haoran Tong 鈥23, in 鈥The Pride of Amherst.鈥

小福利导航Voices: President Michael A. Elliott

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the 小福利导航College seal with a quote by President Elliott

鈥淲e remain resolute in our commitment to recruit and support a diverse community of scholars within the bounds of the law.鈥 President Michael Elliott responds to the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding race-conscious admissions practices.

小福利导航Voices: Ilan Stavans

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Quote by Ilan Stavans

鈥淚n un placete de La Mancha of which nombre no quiero remembrearme, viv铆a, not so long ago, uno de esos gentlemen who always tienen una lanza in the rack, una buckler antigua, a skinny caballo y un greyhound para el chase.鈥 Professor Ilan Stavans, in his Spanglish translation of Don Quixote, from the new issue of 小福利导航magazine.

小福利导航Voices: Niki Russ Federman 鈥99

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Quote by Niki Russ Federman

鈥滻 think I was drawn to it on some subconscious level, finding my own entryway to think about food on a more intellectual level.鈥 Niki Russ Federman 鈥99, co-owner of the New York landmark Russ & Daughters, on her favorite 小福利导航class.

小福利导航Voices: Philip Palmer

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Black and white group portrait of librarians at 小福利导航College in 1900 including Belle da Costa Greene.

鈥淭he 小福利导航photograph is the most exciting discovery we鈥檝e made while preparing for the exhibit.鈥 Philip Palmer, curatorial lead for an exhibit on Belle da Costa Greene at New York鈥檚 Morgan Library.

小福利导航Voices: Jonathan Putnam 鈥88

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鈥淲e planted thousands and thousands of mango trees. One of my proudest moments was going back years later and seeing how high they鈥檇 grown.鈥 Jonathan Putnam 鈥88 in the new 小福利导航magazine.

小福利导航Announces

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Announcement about Peter Pouncey

小福利导航College mourns the loss of former President Peter Pouncey, who died on May 30. He served from 1984 to 1994 and is remembered for guiding the College through a time of transition into greater stability and diversity.  Read the story.