The advent of coeducation at Middlesex in 1974 made it possible for Helena White to join the sophomore class in 1975 and attend the alma mater of her brother Dan ’72. Appreciated for her talents on the Middlesex stage, she was elected the first female valedictorian in 1978. After graduating from NYU with a degree in theater/video, Helena worked for…
In honor of forty years of coeducation, we begin our Q & A series with the women nominated for living their promise long after graduating from Middlesex. Wewill commence with Patricia Melton ’77. One of the first girls to attend Middlesex in the fall of 1974, Patricia is an award-winning educator who is known for her reform work with communities.…
Earlier this month marked the 30th Annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day, which recognizes and celebrates the extraordinary achievements of those who have effected change and created opportunities for women and girls in sports over the past three decades. National Girls & Women in Sports Day has empowered women and girls to get moving, embrace physical activity and…
The recent and ongoing construction of the Music and Campus Center has given many time to reflect on the music programs at Middlesex. While it is true that music programs at MX have never had a home worthy of its talent, most recently residing in the refurbished phone booths in the basement of the Warburg Library, music has always been…
January is career panel month for the Middlesex Alumni Association and the annual Boston and New York panels drew strong crowds recently. Nearly 60 alumni turned out in Boston on January 5 at the Harvard Club to hear from Ike Williams ’56, Karen Darby Scott ’80 P’11’12’14’17, Bill Driscoll ’87 P’19, Eileen Berkery Tortora ’96, and Will Danoff P’17’19. The…
Played before a near capacity crowd of 26 (unofficially the game’s largest audience ever), the annual alumni hockey game returned to Pratt Rink on Sunday afternoon, January 10. Participants from a 30 year age range took to the ice for a fun and spirited contest. Players were given red and white throwback jerseys to help bring back memories of their…
Atiya ’12 reports on her 2015 summer internship experience. First and foremost I would like to thank the 2015 Middlesex Alumni Association Internship Stipend Committee for granting me a stipend for the summer of 2015. I used my stipend this summer to buy my monthly metro card. Though almost trivial sounding, these metro cards enabled me to not only work…
Tenable. Gourmand. Neophyte. Truant. Just a few words a Middlesex student can define and use in a sentence, thanks to the infamous Words Book. However, a group of Marines is well versed in the world of Words words as well, thanks to 2nd Lt. Barrett Moorhouse, a 2008 graduate of Middlesex. A short time ago, Barrett asked Middlesex to send…
Parisa ’12 shares her 2015 summer internship experience: I sometimes wonder how things might have been different if I had never had that conversation with one of my mentors, Dr. Joseph Burdo of the Boston College biology department. I told him about my previous summer doing benchwork research at BU Medical Center. It was an extremely rewarding and valuable experience…
Sophia shares her internship experience from the summer of 2015: I’m currently a junior at Cornell majoring in Applied Economics and Management concentrating in Applied Economics and Finance, minoring in French. Around campus I am part of Cornell Consulting Club, Mutual Investment Club of Cornell and on the executive board of my social sorority. This summer I interned at a…