This past Sunday, current Emma Willard students had the chance to sing with alumnae in an alumnae-student choir. The choir sang at the memorial service, which took place during reunion weekend. Alums who sang in choir during their years at Emma made up the choir, as well as students who currently are a part of the [...]
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October 12, 2009
Parade on Mount Ida
On Saturday, October 10, alumni from the classes ending with 4s and 9s gathered together for the Reunion celebration this weekend. Recollections of their times here at Emma years ago came back as they walked amidst the “ye grey walls” once again. Different classes wore hats with their class color and theme and walked from [...]
October 10, 2009
Emma spirit
Check out our slide show of the Reunion parade on the Photos page and a video on the Videos page.
October 9, 2009
Reunion 2009
Today begins a weekend of reminiscing and reconnecting on Mount Ida as classes in years ending with 4 and 9 return for Reunion. Festivities for the weekend include a tour of the facilities, an arts and achievement exhibition, seminars, class dinners, and tomorrow’s Women, Power, and Place: Celebrating a Century on Mount Ida. Check out [...]
June 7, 2009
The 100th Commencement on Mount Ida
Emma Willard School held its commencement exercises today. This was the 100th commencement on the Mount Ida campus. The first class to graduate on the Mount Ida campus processed across the inner campus on June 8, 1910. The school’s graduation exercises were held in conjunction with the dedication of Sage Hall, Slocum Hall, and the [...]
May 15, 2009
Circle of Excellence Awards
Our EMMA cover design has won a gold medal in the Excellence in Design category (47 entries, 2 silver, and 2 bronze) in the Circle of Excellence Awards from The Council for Advancement and Support of Education. We also won CASE’s gold medal in the Best Articles of the Year: Independent Schools category (7 entries, [...]
April 13, 2009
A Morning with Greg Mortenson
Emma Willard students, faculty, alumnae, and friends filled RPI’s EMPAC for a morning with Greg Mortenson, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Three Cups of Tea and founder of the Central Asia Institute, which builds new schools, primarily for girls, in mountain villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan. As of 2008, over 78 schools have [...]
April 11, 2009
Want to be an Astrophysicist?
Twenty Emma girls were very fortunate to visit the Space Telescope Science Institute and the Goddard Space Flight Center in Baltimore, Maryland. The trip took place April 8–10 and was made possible through the generosity of Emma Willard alumna Carla Smith ’74. The girls enjoyed talking to scientists and engineers about the upcoming servicing flight [...]
January 23, 2009
Emma in the Senate
New York State Governor David Paterson named U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-Greenport, to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate at noon today. Kirsten is a 1984 graduate of Emma Willard School. Listen to the school’s Morning Reports announcement here.
Emma Willard School released the following statement on this historic occasion:
Emma Willard School is very proud [...]
December 11, 2008
EWS alums get social
Last weekend Emma Willard alumnae came together for gatherings in New York City, Wellesley, and Boston.
In New York, Nancy Spector ‘77, chief curator of the Guggenheim, led a tour for alumnae, followed by a reception hosted by Ruth Scott Eyre ‘44. The same weekend in Massachusetts, alumnae gathered for brunch at Bonnie Scott Jelinek ’63’s [...]
