"Students of Color" weekend?

mini
Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:29:50 +0000

The Smith “Students of Color” day is, from what I have learned, absolutely unique among colleges (as in, I can’t find a single one that does the same.) That is, they hold it on the same day as presentations of honors theses and research work, and expect the acceptees to attend at least part of it. Students - whether of color or not - are considered serious students first and foremost, and what they intend to “sell” are the academic opportunities availability to Smith students and the accomplishments of those who have made the decision to attend.

(The year we were there it was also the day of the 5-College Student Anthropology Conference, also held on the Smith campus.)