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“When I got my acceptance letter from è����˶���Ƶ, it felt like I was being introduced to a community that genuinely wanted me to be part of it,” said è����˶���Ƶ College senior Emmanuella Umoye ’25.

è����˶���Ƶ College senior Yunwei Ni ’25 said, “è����˶���Ƶ gave me the sense that everyone has the opportunity to go anywhere they want to go.”

è����˶���Ƶ College senior Grace Jaeeun Lee ’25 said, “è����˶���Ƶ has a very collaborative community, a very accepting environment, which helped with [my] confidence. Even if I bring just a little to the table, I know my peers will have my back.”

“I feel more confident and open-minded, open to doing things I would have been afraid to try before. I feel ready to take on challenges,” said è����˶���Ƶ College senior Sumaiya Jahan ’25.

è����˶���Ƶ College senior Sander Ivanenko ’25 said, “If it weren’t for è����˶���Ƶ and the environment and professors and students, I never would have gone into science.”

Mayan Caplan ’25 shares how she made connections at è����˶���Ƶ: “It’s not just that everyone is really open and willing to connect; it’s that everyone is dazzlingly interesting, and I want to be in community with them.”

è����˶���Ƶ College has been a vibrant and safe second home for Mars Bickford ’25. “I don’t think I would have felt that I could explore my personal gender identity anywhere else,” they said.

è����˶���Ƶ College senior Marley Berano ’25 said, “I was looking for a place to grow [and] challenge myself but also to have a social life or work on the side while not losing my sport at the same time.”

Senior Cynthia Obianuju Akanaga ’25 said, “è����˶���Ƶ changed my life. I’ve always been afraid of making the wrong choice, but being here helped me put that fear into a positive light.”

è����˶���Ƶ College student Alexandra Mihailopol ’26 has been selected by Middlebury College as a recipient of a Projects for Peace grant. She will offer financial literacy education to women in rural Romania via her EmpowHER project.