Dear friends:

I am delighted to report that PMC has been approved by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education to offer a low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. We will be enrolling the first group of graduate students next summer.

As the most diverse College in the country, we feel a particular responsibility to use the liberal arts to explore cultural differences and human similarities. Our faculty and staff are leading the way and getting recognition for using the diversity among our students to increase learning.

In July we hired a new Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Robin Engel. I am especially pleased that one of the first things he did was to hire four recent graduates of the College to help recruit new students. No one can better represent the strengths of a Pine Manor education than an alumna. The energy and intelligence of these highly motivated young women will contribute to continued increases in enrollment.

Best wishes,

Gloria Nemerowicz, President