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Alumnae from the 60s to the Class of 2006 were inspired and challenged by Saturday's opening plenary speaker, Carla A. Harris (HBS, MBA '87). Ms. Harris is managing director at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. She has received numerous accolades, including being named to Fortune magazine's list of "The 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America," Black Enterprise magazine's "Top 50 African-Americans on Wall Street," and Essence magazine's list of "The 50 Women are Shaping the World."
Ms. [Gwen Ifill] holds two of the most highly respected posts in her field. She is moderator and managing editor of "Washington Week," the longest-running public affairs program on public television, and senior correspondent for "The News Hour with [Jim Lehrer]." "Every woman has a hammer in one hand and hope in the other for the life she wants to build," Ifill stated to the audience of alumnae and current students.Boston native, [Rehema Ellis]'74 hosted Saturday's evening gala at the Boston Plaza Hotel. Ellis had been a news anchor at WHDH-TV in Boston, working weekend newcasts, and "Urban Update," WHDH-TV's weekly half-hour news broadcast since 1990. Ms. Ellis has worked as an NBC News correspondent based in New York since 1993. When asked what her Simmons education has done for her, Ellis responded, "We were taught that we didn't need to look to a man for the answers. We could be women empowered, courageous and determined not to take no for an answer."See the full content of this document
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Black Alumnae Gather for Simmons Conference
More than 300 black alumnae descended on Simmons College in Boston, last weekend, to attend the black alumnae/i symposium entitled, "The Power of Our Presence, Past, Future."
College President Daniel Cheever welcomed the alumnae, faculty and staff a...See the full content of this document
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