What started as a way to keep the campus maintained in the early 20th century has since evolved into vibrant farewell messages every spring.
Category: Summer 2023
For better or worse, Oakland has a reputation, but what’s the real story? These Mills graduates add nuance to the conversation about The Town.
A unique class celebrates its achievements.
A Bent Twig is a Mills student or alumna whose family tree includes another Mills alumna. Photos by Zac Borja. ‘Tis education forms the common mind: Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined. Alexander Pope, 1734
In joining with Northeastern University, Mills College became part of an R1 institution, which is defined by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as doctoral universities with “very high” research activity. And with that change comes more funding and support for faculty members pursuing projects beyond the classes they teach. In the 2022–23 academic year, those included seed grants
Carrie Maultsby-Lute, MBA ’11, professor of practice and the former director of the Center for Transformative Action, has been named to the new position of director of partnerships for Northeastern’s Oakland campus. In that role, she will work with Mills College at Northeastern University and the Mills Institute along with other on-site programs. “We want to build leaders while uplifting the region and its
On March 28, Northeastern’s Chief Inclusion Officer Karl W. Reid announced the first awardees of the Inclusive Impact Innovation Fund, which were culled from 59 entries submitted by faculty, staff, and students across the Northeastern network. One of the five winners was the Social Justice Peer Mentorship Program, which traces its roots back to sundry projects that have taken place in the public health and
As the Mills campus prepares to welcome first-year undergraduate students this fall who will be majoring in Northeastern programs brought to the West Coast, faculty members are pushing forward the academic development of Mills College at Northeastern specialties set to debut in fall 2025. In a faculty/staff meeting on May 3, Interim Dean Beth Kochly
Five alums working in showbiz share their struggles and victories.
