Information to Anchor Your Simmons Experience

Welcome to The Anchor. This bi-weekly communication will provide you with relevant information to anchor your Simmons experience.

TONIGHT

The Almost Midnight Break tradition takes place tonight in Bartol Hall starting at pm! There is no swiping required. We hope to see you there!

Health & Wellness

End of Semester Service Updates

Student Affairs will offer all students on Tuesday, May 10th, Reading Day, Free Massages from 3:00pm - 5:00pm in two locations. You can visit either the Center for Leadership and Engagement or the Multicultural Center in first floor of the Management and Academic Building. First come, first served. No advance sign-ups.

The Counseling Center closes for ongoing appointments on Friday, May 13th. Urgent care hours available through the end of May.

The Sports Center schedule adjusts starting May 11th. 

• May 11 - 6am to 8pm
• May 12 - 10am to 8pm
• May 13 - 6am to 6pm
• May 14 - 9am to 5pm
• May 15 - Closed
• May 16 - 6am to 8pm
• May 17 - 10am to 8pm
• May 18 - 6am to 8pm
• May 19 - 10am to 8pm
• May 20 - 6am to 6pm
• May 21 & 22 - Closed

Summer hours will start May 23rd.

• Mondays-Thursdays - 10am to 8pm
• Fridays - 10am to 6pm
• Saturdays & Sundays - Closed

Student Experience

Upcoming Events

Dignified Resistance: The League of Women for Community Service Leading and Lifting pop-up exhibit

May 10, 2022 | 3:00 - 5:00 pm |4th floor student lounge of the Management and Academic Building.

This interpretive, immersive exhibit of previously unavailable archival documents (league minutes, letters, photos) illuminates the experiences and stories of Black women who boarded at the League of Women for Community Service’s headquarters, as well as tenets of leadership employed by the members of the League. Additional themes further explore: Dignified Resistance, Community Service, Public and Civic Engagement and Leadership among Black Women (exploration of the concepts of justice, civic responsibility, overcoming systemic racism, and education).

The League of Women for Community Service is one of the oldest African American women’s organizations in the city. The headquarters at 558 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston is steeped in Black American history and was a station on the Underground Railroad (southendhistoricalsociety).

The exhibit was curated by our own faculty member Johnnie Hamilton-Mason, Ph.D., Eva Whiting White Endowed Professor, King Boston Visiting Scholar & Ifill College Public Humanities Fellow

Outdoor Yoga, hosted by Wellness Ambassadors and Fit @ Simmons

May 11, 2022 | 4:30 - 5:30pm | Residential Quad

FIT @ Simmons will also be hosting special mid-day classes from Monday, May 9th through Thursday, May 12th to help you work off some excess stress.

Check out the website for schedule and drop-in to these free classes in the Sports Center on the Residential Campus!

None of these events fit your schedule? No worries! We've compiled a bunch of online resources for you on the Wellness Ambassador website.

Exhibition Reception - Research & Restoration: Carlos Mérida - Dances of Mexico

Thursday, May 12, 2022 | 4:00 - 6:00pm | Communications Lounge, 1st Floor MCB

This exhibition on the "Next Generation" wall in the Ifill wing of the Main College Building features images and information from a semester-long research project by Gallery & Curatorial Fellows Anek Yen, Aria Cooper and Mae Blackwell. Learn more about Mérida's prints, the dances they highlight, the lithography process and the artist who created these stunning modernist works in 1937. Light refreshments will be served and the Gallery & Curatorial Fellows will debut an informative video about the life and work of Carlos Mérida.

Stay safe, and be well.

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