Reason #17 You Should Visit
Paradise Pond
Experience a living tradition of intellectual rigor and scope. Take a risk on an untested concept. Develop the acuity to frame an argument, and the eloquence to persuade others of its merit. Take an art class even though your major is engineering. Work with a faculty of scholars who respect their students enough to expect the highest standards of academic achievement.
Smith is reimagining its historic Neilson Library as an innovative intellectual commons at the heart of the college campus—a building that will shape new ways of teaching, learning and conducting research for generations to come.