Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Smith College
Smith College
Smith College is a women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. Founded in 1871, the private institution is the largest member of the Seven Sisters, a group of seven northeastern liberal arts colleges that were originally created for women. Smith is part of the Five Colleges consortium, which includes Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In 2010, U.S. News & World Report ranked it 14th among Best Liberal Arts Colleges.
Smith has more than 120 student organisations specialising in various fields of interests such as a botany group and several cappella groups on campus. The Smith Pioneers have 14 NCAA Division III varsity sports that compete in the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Smith does not have large dorms but rather 36 separate houses that range from 18th century to modern in style. Each house is home to between 10 and 100 students, allowing for socialisation among students from all classes.
Notable alumnae include Catharine MacKinnon, Jane Bannister, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush (dropped out before graduating), Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Julia Child, Madeleine L'Engle, Sylvia Plath, Sherry Rehman, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Rochelle Lazarus, Laura D'Andrea Tyson and Yolanda King.
- Part of Speech: proper noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Education
- Category: Colleges & universities
- Company:
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Quidditch
The popular sport in the Harry Potter series, Quidditch is likened to rugby, but with players flying on broomsticks. With the popularity of the book ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
stanley soerianto
0
Terms
107
Blossaries
6
Followers
15 Hottest New Cars For 2014
Browers Terms By Category
- Mapping science(4042)
- Soil science(1654)
- Physical oceanography(1561)
- Geology(1407)
- Seismology(488)
- Remote sensing(446)
Earth science(10026) Terms
- Body language(129)
- Corporate communications(66)
- Oral communication(29)
- Technical writing(13)
- Postal communication(8)
- Written communication(6)
Communication(251) Terms
- General seafood(50)
- Shellfish(1)
Seafood(51) Terms
- General furniture(461)
- Oriental rugs(322)
- Bedding(69)
- Curtains(52)
- Carpets(40)
- Chinese antique furniture(36)