Category: Fall 2022

A Campus Steward Retires

A picture of Karen Fiene talking to another person. She is caucasian with short brown hair. She has triangle earrings, a necklace, and a top covered in yellow circles, blue circles, and a black base.

Nearly every building project that’s taken place on the Mills campus since 1992 bears the fingerprints of Karen Fiene. Known colloquially as the campus architect (her most recent title was director of facilities, compliance, and sustainability), Fiene first started working on Mills campus projects when employed by the architectural firm EHDD, initially coming on board to assist

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Report From August Alum Forum

Image shows zoom meeting recording with multiple people. From top left to top right: Lynette Castille Hall. Has long white/blonde hair and brown glasses. Alumnae Relations has aurora borealis background, long black hair, and a black shirt. Dawn Cunningham has short brown hair and a turquoise v-neck shirt. Behind her is a book shelf. Nikole Adams has her hair pulled back and is wearing a black v-neck shirt. Her background is blurred, but behind her is a yellow wall. From middle left to middle right: Amanda Harper. Her blonde hair is pulled back and she is wearing a floral ruffled collar shirt. Lori Jacques has brown hair in a short bob, cat eyed glasses and a white vested blouse. Beth Kochly has dark shoulder length hair and a navy blue shirt. Her background is the Mills college campus. Beth Hellman in an office. She has short grayish/blonde hair, glasses, a purple shirt and a black button down blouse on. Behind her sits a picture on he wall. From bottom left to bottom right: Lucy Do has short dark hair and glasses on. Cristie Chung has shoulder length hair, glasses, and a cream colored top. Behind her is an image of Mills Hall.

On August 11, the Office of Alumnae Relations cohosted an online alumnae forum alongside the Alum Engagement Committee (AEC), a new group working with the Office of Alumnae Relations that formed last fall to support the relationship between Mills alums and the College as it embarked upon the merger with Northeastern. Questions were solicited through

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Engaging in Grassroots Problem-Solving

A newer element of Northeastern’s research offerings is a series of “impact engines” and “accelerators,” which are cross-divisional projects dedicated to solving a broad range of specific societal problems—and one of them will call the Mills campus home. Professor of Business Practice Carrie Maultsby-Lute, MBA ’11, who also serves as the director of the Center

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Student Life Adjusts Post-Merger

The Mills campus welcomed approximately 300 returning Mills students in addition to 500 first-year Northeastern students for the fall semester. The question of how to create a welcoming environment for all of those students is one that has occupied the collective minds of Mills’ Division of Student Life and Northeastern’s Student Affairs Office since well

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