Winter 2005 Features
Internships: Stepping Stones to Careers
Last fall, students were fortunate to participate in a well-structured,
fun, and exciting Internship Program. Students of varied majors and
disciplines got the opportunity to challenge themselves, learn new
skills and abilities, and enhance and build on already existing ones
in areas of their interest....
PMC Reaches Out to Boston’s Women
Leaders
In the first of a series of coordinated receptions, PMC welcomed more than 60
of the Boston area’s most prominent women leaders at a reception...to introduce
them to the College and inform them about the College’s mission and successes
over the past decade....
Emily Kernan
Rafferty ’69:
New President of NYC’s Metropolitan Museum
of Art
Emily Kernan Rafferty ’69 was named the first woman president of New
York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art by the board of directors in mid-September....
As Tough as It Gets:
Women
and the Boston City Council, 1920–2004
When Mildred M. Gleason Harris won a seat on the Boston City Council as a representative
from Roxbury in 1937, she broke a barrier for women in municipal politics....
Ombudsperson Helps Students
Manage Money and Stay in School
Last September 2004, the position of Student Financial Resources Ombudsperson
was established—an innovative office that focuses on personal outreach
to PMC students and their families who are struggling with college expenses and
shrinking family budgets....
PMC’s Innovative Educational Initiatives
Attract Regional Interest
As the PMC student body has become increasingly diverse, faculty
and administrators alike have been well aware that diversity brings
with it remarkable opportunities for, and challenges to, learning....
Professor Mary Gegerias
Receives New Honor from French Government
A standing-room-only crowd...gathered
in the Founder’s Room...as French Ambassador
Alain Briottet, acting on behalf of the French Republic and President Jacques
Chirac, presented Professor Mary Gegerias with a medal representing her promotion
to Officer in the National Order of Arts and Letters...
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