The below message was sent to faculty, staff, and students on May 5, 2025.
Dear ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½Community,
Yesterday’s May Day celebrations – the first for me and my family – were a blast! We (including the pugs) rode (briefly) in an from the first solely woman-owned electric carriage company in the United States, emphasizing the College’s comprehensive commitment to environmental sustainability. Traditional maypole, mayhole, and hoop races took place; Dar Williams' classic, "As Cool as I Am" was in the air; and the rain held off (at least until lunchtime). Our Trads – Kendall Phillips, Suzanne Schinella, Cole Churchill & Katelyn Stealey – and all who volunteered for the occasion truly outdid themselves.
May Day celebrates the tradition, togetherness, and constant reinvention that make ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½such a special place. Alongside the deeply moving dedication of Nekisha Durrett’s "Don’t Forget to Remember (Me)" in late April, including remarks by Associate Professor Monique Scott, who served as faculty director of the ARCH Project and a new poem, "Don’t Forget to Remember" by Associate Professor Dee Matthews, these rituals bring us together to remind us of our values and connect us even more deeply to that which guides us and that our world so desperately needs. Huge thanks to the hundreds of staff members, student leaders, and faculty who made both of these celebrations possible and who operationalize our mission every day – a mission that guides us and that our world so desperately needs.
May is a month of continued celebration and of transition. From senior awards to commencement to reunion, we continue to learn and to grow in the multi-generational community that is ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½. The College was recently awarded the for 2025 - 2026 from the Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project & NASPA’s LEAD Initiative, an important early affirmation of our strategic focus on external engagement. We honor 11 ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½students who are Fulbright finalists and more than 90 undergraduates who will participate in the new pilot program for social science/humanities research opportunities and the existing Summer Science Research Program.
Among the faculty:
