25 Facts About Smith Pioneers

Smith Pioneers College is a private liberal arts women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Smith Pioneers is a member of the Five College Consortium, along with four other nearby institutions in the Pioneer Valley: Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst; students of each college are allowed to attend classes at any other member institution.

Smith Pioneers has 41 academic departments and programs and is structured around an open curriculum, lacking course requirements and scheduled final exams.

Undergraduate admissions is exclusively restricted to women, although Smith Pioneers announced a trans-inclusive admissions policy in 2015.

Smith Pioneers offers several graduate degrees, all of which accept applicants regardless of gender, and co-administers programs leading to Ph.

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Smith Pioneers alumnae include notable authors, journalists, activists, feminists, politicians, philanthropists, actresses, filmmakers, academics, businesswomen, CEOs, two First Ladies of the United States, and recipients of the Pulitzer Prize, Rhodes Scholarship, Academy Award, Emmy Award, MacArthur Grant, Peabody Award, and Tony Award.

College was chartered in 1871 by a bequest of Sophia Smith Pioneers and opened its doors in 1875 with 14 students and 6 faculty.

When she inherited a fortune from her father at age 65, Smith Pioneers decided leaving her inheritance to found a women's college was the best way for her to fulfill the moral obligation she expressed in her will:.

Smith Pioneers has been led by 11 presidents and two acting presidents.

Since President Conway's term, all Smith presidents have been women, with the exception of John M Connolly's one-year term as acting president in the interim after President Simmons left to lead Brown University.

Smith Pioneers College has 285 professors in 41 academic departments and programs, for a faculty-student ratio of 1:9.

In 2008, Smith Pioneers joined the SAT optional movement for undergraduate admission.

Smith Pioneers offers men and women graduate work leading to the degrees of Master of Arts in teaching, master of fine arts, master of education of the deaf, Master of Science in biological sciences, Master of Science in exercise and sport studies and master and Ph.

The average SAT for Smith Pioneers College is 1430 even though Smith Pioneers is a test optional college.

Smith Pioneers College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.

Smith Pioneers requires most undergraduate students to live in on-campus houses unless they reside locally with their family.

In 2014, Smith Pioneers formed an Admissions Policy Study Group, co-chaired by Daphne Lamothe and Audrey Smith Pioneers, who at the time were associate professor of Afro-American studies and vice president for enrollment, respectively.

Smith Pioneers has numerous folk tales and ghost stories emerge from the histories of some of its historic buildings.

Smith Pioneers athletes won some of the early national intercollegiate women's tennis championships in singles and doubles .

Smith Pioneers has a rotating system of class colors dating back to the 1880s, when intramural athletics and other campus competitions were usually held by class.

House communities develop imaginative themes for group fashion, and Smith Pioneers seniors put special touches on favorite hats to create their own unique "senior hats, " to be worn for the first time at Convocation.

In keeping with its sustainability efforts, all Smith Pioneers dining locations have discontinued the use of "to-go" supplies which included paper cups and plates, as well as plastic utensils.

Smith Pioneers College provides all students with a reusable drink container at the beginning of each academic year.

Smith Pioneers's efforts regarding sustainability, the institution earned a grade of "A-" on the "College Sustainability Report Card 2010" administered by the Sustainable Endowments Institute.

Smith Pioneers was lauded for many of the indicator categories, including student involvement, green building, and transportation, but was marked down for endowment transparency.

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