Student Clubs and Activities

Packing up leftovers from Smith dining rooms to deliver to local homeless shelters was a no-brainer for Sibyl Brown ’14. “Recovering food from our dining rooms is such an easy way to help ease the need that exists,” says Brown. “It’s food that is already being made and would otherwise be thrown out.” Brown started a Smith College chapter of the Food Recovery Network earlier this year to great success. She organized student volunteers and began recovering food one night a week. As she has gained student volunteers, this has increased to three nights a week, and she is planning to go to five. Dining Services staff quickly got on board. Says Kathy Zieja, director of dining services, “They are truly moved by the fact that they are helping those less fortunate, and at the same time supporting a Smith student who has taken this on as a project.” Follow Brown and other students during the recovery process.

The Green Team is a student-led coalition dedicated to fostering sustainability at Smith by educating and supporting the campus community in efficient use of finite natural resources, attaining the greatest possible efficiencies and preventing pollution. The Green Team on issues related to many areas of Smith's operations, including construction, transportation, purchasing, materials use, energy use and waste management in seeking to transform the college's practices. Additionally the group works to engage the Smith community in environmental issues beyond the bounds of Smith's campus.

Since the age of nine, engineering major Anna Partridge ’16 has been juggling, walking tightropes and doing acrobatics. Her love of circus performing inspired her to found one of Smith’s most unique clubs, Bearded Ladies, where all are welcome and having fun is the most important requirement.

Nosotr@s provides a support network for Latinas at Smith through cultural, social and political exchange between students at Smith and other area colleges.

Jessica Marlor ’16 is committed to using music to serve as a voice for those who have no voice. "Iskra"—an operetta in two acts about 19th-century Polish immigrant coal miners and their families—is an example of her vision of the power of music. Here Jessica tells the story behind "Iskra" and how she ensured the authenticity of the story.

The Black Students’ Alliance (BSA) at Smith College is one of the oldest established cultural organizations on campus. BSA represents all students who identify as black regardless of socioeconomic status, religious beliefs or political affiliation. It aims to establish strong intercollegiate bonds between all black organizations within the Five College area, and to develop educational programs that promote awareness to the greater community.