Today's
Immigrants Straddle Life in Two
Countries
July 8,
2001--Traditionally, transplants said good-bye to
home and family and started a new life. But today,
it¹s a smaller world where cheap airfares and
telecommunications shrink distances and expand
possibilities. "Today you can call each night from
Jamaica Plain to the Dominican Republic and say,
ŒJosé, do your homework!¹ You can really
be involved on a day-to-day basis," says Peggy Levitt,
assistant professor of sociology at Wellesley and
associate at the Weatherhead Center for International
Affairs at Harvard University.
Learning
To Let Go When A Child Leaves for
College
June 27,
2001-- When millions of
teenagers leave home for college this fall, will it be
harder for them or the anxious parents they leave
behind? The first days of college can be an exciting yet
anxious time for first-year students and for first-time
college parents.
Class
of 2001 Hears Messages for Peace and
Responsibility
June 1, 2001-- Make
a difference by working for peace and taking
responsibility for making the world a better place. That
was the message at Wellesley College's 123rd Commencement
Friday, June 1, as Jehan Sadat, an internationally
recognized human rights activist, told members of the
Class of 2001 and their guests about her lifelong mission
for peace in the Middle East.
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