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中心 & 倡议

中心 and initiatives make it possible for you to put your education into practice. Through hands-on learning and real-world projects, you will gain the skills and experience needed to thrive in an ever-changing world.

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诗歌的中心

Explore what it means to express yourself through poetry, be inspired through readings by renowned poets, and craft your own verses at The Boutelle-Day 诗歌的中心.

A student reading a poem at a podium

CEEDS

Blend your cross-disciplinary knowledge and experiences in support of environmental decisions and actions with the Center for the Environment, 生态设计, 和可持续性.

Four students working as "EcoReps"

康威中心

Assess the interconnectedness of people, 地球, and profit when developing your solutions to pressing problems through the Conway Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center.

设计思考

性别问题, 比赛, 种族, 权力, and ability as dynamics that shape who gets to participate in creating the worlds in which we live with the 设计思考 Initiative.

A group photo of the 设计思考 Partners. Left to right: Back row: Emily, Nermine, Emily, Annie, Millie, Kathy. Middle row: Bailey, Ariel, Juli, Erica. Front row: Margaret, Emma, Yuhan. Not pictured: Sydney, Katie

Jandon中心

Partner with communities to work on real-life issues and challenges and bring about real change through the Jandon中心 for 社区 Engagement.

Smith student doing community service and hugging a child in school

全球研究

Engage with international and intercultural issues to cultivate an understanding of the global context of a Smith education at the Lewis 全球研究 Center.

Photo of students posing in front of ancient ruins in Italy

Reflective Practices

Deepen your knowledge of yourself, explore your passions and personal capacities, and articulate your values and goals through Reflective Practices.

Wurtele中心

Unlock your leadership capacities through workshops, 项目, and talks geared toward creating equitable and thoughtful leaders at the Wurtele中心 for Leadership.

Blackout Poetry Project at Smith

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Blackout Poetry Project

每年, The Boutelle-Day 诗歌的中心 and 设计思考 Initiative invite the Smith community to reimagine an iconic work of literature one page at a time, encouraging artwork and erasure poetry techniques as a means of transforming the work.

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我的全球故事

我的全球故事 is a collaborative initiative between the Lewis 全球研究 Center and Reflective Practices. 每年一月, international students opt in to an off-campus storytelling retreat, during which they reflect and talk about home, about their paths to college, and their Smith experiences.

Housing In/Justice and Tiny House Dreams

学生 in Evangeline Heiliger’s first year seminar learned from the Wurtele中心 for Leadership how to create effective teamwork dynamics and polished, creative group research presentations. They put theory into practice by forming research groups, establishing norms, setting expectations, and presenting their projects to the class.

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事件

我们身边的艺术

What to expect—and what you won’t want to miss—at the college’s inaugural Smith Arts Day.

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  • 2024年4月8日
可持续性

Saving the Mountain Magnolia

Magnolia fraseri is facing extinction. Can Smith researchers figure out how to save it?

  • 可持续性
  • 2023年9月25日
校园生活

And the Winners Are...

A gallery of winning student entries in this year’s Amplify competition is now online.

  • 校园生活
  • 2024年3月5日
Text on pink background: Amplify Competition There's never been a better time to have your voice heard
研究 & 调查

为所有人设计

学生 are using design thinking to help bring about disability justice.

  • 研究 & 调查
  • 2023年12月12日
研究 & 调查

Becoming ‘Money Mentors’

A new financial literacy training program at Smith aims to educate students about finances.

  • 研究 & 调查
  • 2023年3月30日
学生 participating in Smith's new Money Menntors program pose for a group shot in Neilson Library