For this special issue, we commissioned
nine essays from alumni writers about
the College’s influence on their lives.
Travel back in time to the seconds after
a hard row, to a Cuban meal cooked
with two professors, to a treasured
year in the land of open doors, and more.
Take a stroll through some significant moments in the 200-year history of Amherst College.
Here’s what it was like to be a student during five critical years in College history: 1821, 1871, 1921, 1971 and 2021.
A year before she’ll end her tenure, the College’s 19th president reflects on the job and assesses Amherst at this point in history.
Amherst magazine won a 2021 silver award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education for best general interest magazine, and Amherst contributing writer Naomi Shulman’s article His Biggest Fear is We’ll Go Back to Normal won a 2021 CASE silver award for in the profile writing category.
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