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In a spelling bee, multiple winners are to be celebrated, argues Professor Pawan Dhingra in this The New York Times op-ed. "We don’t want co-NBA champions, but we should want there to be more spaces for children to strive for excellence and to raise up that trophy alongside — rather than always above — their peers," she writes.

Amazing news today: The Emily Dickinson Museum has received a $22 million gift from the late William McC. Vickery ’57. The endowed gift, the largest ever received by the Museum, is to be used for the maintenance and improvement of its buildings, grounds and collections. The remainder of the $25 million donated by Vickery will fund the maintenance of pianos for the College’s music department.

In an Amherst research seminar, students took hundreds of historic documents in Chinese, Russian and Spanish and converted them into English for the first time.

Jesse Brill ’64 was so impressed by Amherst College’s plan to achieve carbon neutrality that he has pledged one million dollars towards the goal and challenged his peers to join him. Watch the video, join the pledge. #AmherstReunion Video by Maria Stenzel

#AmherstReunion is here! Alumni from the classes of 1949 through 2014 are returning to campus to take part in more than 100 programs—a record number for this annual event.

The perspective of farmer Maida Ives—who grows food for the campus dining hall at Book & Plow Farm—brought home the realities of a changing climate for one senior seminar class.

On Memorial Day, Amherst held an intimate graduation ceremony at the top of Memorial Hill to celebrate the ten lacrosse players who missed Commencement to compete at the NCAA DIII championship. The event included a presentation of diplomas and remarks by President Biddy Martin. Read more about the 2019 NCAA Championship Final: amhrst.is/NCAADivisionIIIRunnerUp

Miss something during the weekend? Want more from Commencement 2019? Videos, audio, photos (and more!) are now up on the Amherst website.

Under a canopy of leaves, President Biddy Martin sent 471 new graduates into the world with a message of hope. “You have what you need to do well, also to create more truth, better politics and the relationships worth having,” she said. “Go out and plant trees. Remember they do not stand alone—and neither do you.”

Commencement 2019, procession. Sunday, May 26, 2019. Photo by Young-Ji Cho

Hats off to the class of 2019! #Amherst2019

“In difficult times, if we clear out the debris and ignore the noise, we are reminded of what really matters,” says President Biddy Martin.

The procession has started and we’re now live at Amherst.edu/go/webcast

Are you ready #Amherst2019? Today’s the day!