@millsquarterly
The alum magazine of Mills College in Oakland, California.
Back to School?
Back to School?
These Mills-affiliated educators take stock of the state of learning post-lockdown Words By Rebecca Bodenheimer It was six years ago when the world came to a screeching halt, sending everyone home …
“Held in High Esteem”: The History and Legacy of Education at Mills
“Held in High Esteem”: The History and Legacy of Education at Mills
Words by Allison Rost Is it even possible to capture the magic of teaching education at Mills into one story? We’re certainly going to try. We count at least 1,600 living graduates of graduate educ…
Mills Quarterly Website
Mills Quarterly Website
Salon: Book Art by Ellen Schmidt Melchiondo ’87
Salon: Book Art by Ellen Schmidt Melchiondo ’87
ELLEN SCHMIDT MELCHIONDO ’87 studied studio art at Mills and co-founded The Women Lifers Resume Project in 2014 to support women who receive life sentences in prison throughout Pennsylvania. Throug…
From Public Health to Painting: How Kate Swartz-Means Tackles Tobacco & More
From Public Health to Painting: How Kate Swartz-Means Tackles Tobacco & More
By Jessica Lipsky As an undergrad, Kate Swartz- Means ’08 found solace and inspiration at Mills Hall, sneaking in late at night so her muse would find her in the quiet hours. That was where, while …
Hot and Bothered About the Menopause Industry
Hot and Bothered About the Menopause Industry
Words by Mary MacWilliams Hunter ’72 WHAT GOT ME SO RILED UP? Numerous women in my social orbit were diagnosed with breast cancer while using hormone therapy (HT). Their cancer diagnoses spanned se…
Healing at the Edge
Healing at the Edge
Suegee Tamar-Mattis’ Journey from Street Patrol to Psychedelic Medicine Words by Arya Samuelson, MFA ’19 IN THE 1980s, long before she became a physician, Suegee Tamar-Mattis ’95 walked the streets…
Doing the Research: Mills Alums on the Forefront of Science – Mills Quarterly
Doing the Research: Mills Alums on the Forefront of Science – Mills Quarterly
Words by Sarah J. Stevenson, MFA ’04 When medical research makes headlines, the news can be sensational: the discovery of a deadly disease, for instance, or finding a new cancer treatment. As for t…
Salon: Prose by Evette Davis '90
Salon: Prose by Evette Davis '90
THE MAN HOLDING THE SIGN with my name on it inside the arrival lounge at the Friedman Memorial Airport offered little more than a slight nod when I acknowledged him. Silent as the grave, he packed …
Throwback: Mills College Art Museum
Throwback: Mills College Art Museum
Throwback: Mills College Art Museum We asked for your MCAM memories to wrap up our year of celebrating its 100th anniversary. Click here for the next Throwback prompt! I was fortunate enough to wor…
From the Archives: December 1977
From the Archives: December 1977
Legacy Current and archive coverage of the magical madness of Mills. Ahh, the days of analog registration! Before computers and the Internet made choosing classes a solitary affair, long lines defi…
A Slice of Quarterly History: Winter 1996
A Slice of Quarterly History: Winter 1996
Paul Schulman’s public policy students access most federal agencies, the records of congressional committees, and the White House library through Netscape and FedWorld programs. John Vollmer’s orga…
Profiles: Chantrelle Edwards '20
Profiles: Chantrelle Edwards '20
By Jill Robi Chantrelle Edwards ’20 is the founder and owner of the Bay Area’s Hella Tea. Located in Oakland, the tea company prioritizes loose-leaf artisanal tea blends with pun names that celebra…
The Business of Giving Back
The Business of Giving Back
Beyond Profit: How Darcelle Lahr is Training the Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurs – Mills Quarterly
Beyond Profit: How Darcelle Lahr is Training the Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurs – Mills Quarterly
By Tasmiha Khan and Shaikh Rahman In a business world that seems to reward competition over cooperation, success is often measured in quarterly profits, not community impact. For marginalized commu…
Photos from Reunion 2025
Photos from Reunion 2025
Salon – Mills Quarterly
Salon – Mills Quarterly
Profiles: Samantha Lake '17
Profiles: Samantha Lake '17
Production Value
Production Value
Commencement 2025
Commencement 2025
Throwback: The Ave…& Other Off-Campus Locales
Throwback: The Ave…& Other Off-Campus Locales
The Sound of Sims
The Sound of Sims
It's About Women in Gaming
It's About Women in Gaming
Gaming the System
Gaming the System
Mills Alum GoFundMe Links
GoFundMe for Kristin Rooney, MFA '09
GoFundMe for Kristin Rooney, MFA '09
GoFundMe for Chloe Garcia '11
GoFundMe for Chloe Garcia '11
GoFundMe for Amanda Klotzsche Landry '04
GoFundMe for Amanda Klotzsche Landry '04
GoFundMe for Kelly Sheahan Gerner '04
GoFundMe for Kelly Sheahan Gerner '04
Dear Friends and Family, My sister's home of 12 years is gone. They… Scott Sheahen needs your support for Help Kelly and Chuck Gerner After the Eaton Fire
Share your memories of the Tea Shop!
Share your memories of the Tea Shop!
Catching Up With…: Cross-Country 2009-2011
Catching Up With…: Cross-Country 2009-2011
Community Weaver
Community Weaver
Poets Reading The News
Poets Reading The News
Their Struggle
Their Struggle
So You Want to Publish a Book…
So You Want to Publish a Book…
The “Why” of YA
The “Why” of YA
Submit a Class Note
Submit a Class Note
What Starts in the Garden Can Heal the World
What Starts in the Garden Can Heal the World
Community at the Center
Community at the Center
Three Paths, One (Deliciously Sustainable) Destination
Three Paths, One (Deliciously Sustainable) Destination
Salon
Salon
Throwback
Throwback
Catching Up With…
Catching Up With…
A Guide to the Updated Quarterly
A Guide to the Updated Quarterly
Fall 2024 on ISSUU
Fall 2024 on ISSUU
Reunion 2024 Registration
Reunion 2024 Registration
Faculty Village: A Place They Called Home
Faculty Village: A Place They Called Home
Commencement 2024
Commencement 2024
Prof studies Supreme Court patterns
Prof studies Supreme Court patterns
The Hope of History
The Hope of History
Time's Person of the Week: Ana Zamora '05
Time's Person of the Week: Ana Zamora '05
“Millsie” and the contested terrain of identity-based terms
“Millsie” and the contested terrain of identity-based terms
Obituary of Evelyn (Muffy) McKinstry Thorne '48
Obituary of Evelyn (Muffy) McKinstry Thorne '48
Between Dreams
Between Dreams
The Joy of Defeat
The Joy of Defeat
Joy Finds Joy
Joy Finds Joy
From Fall 1992: Stein’s Oakland: Why There Was No There There
From Fall 1992: Stein’s Oakland: Why There Was No There There
And the Show Goes On…
And the Show Goes On…
Selling Your {Authentic} Self
Selling Your {Authentic} Self
Susan Ito, MFA '94: "What I Did Over Spring Break"
Susan Ito, MFA '94: "What I Did Over Spring Break"
Maui Strong
Maui Strong
The Gregarious Ghosts of Mills
The Gregarious Ghosts of Mills
Summer in the Emerald Isle
Summer in the Emerald Isle
Mills Quarterly Fall 2023
Mills Quarterly Fall 2023
The Long (and Short) History of the Senior Paint Wall
The Long (and Short) History of the Senior Paint Wall
Bent Twigs 2023
Bent Twigs 2023
Commencement 2023
Commencement 2023
Summer 2018: Aloha from Oakland
Summer 2018: Aloha from Oakland
Mills Quarterly Fall 1992
Mills Quarterly Fall 1992
The View from Here
The View from Here
The Producers & Directors
The Producers & Directors
Mills Quarterly Summer 2023
Mills Quarterly Summer 2023
Sizing Up Works of Art
Sizing Up Works of Art
Conference kicks off new Black Reparations Project
Conference kicks off new Black Reparations Project
Info on Ambassador Michèle Nichols Taylor ’88
Info on Ambassador Michèle Nichols Taylor ’88
Mills Institute's inaugural Executive Director Nicole Guidotti-Hernández: “I Am Committed to the Mills Legacy”
Mills Institute's inaugural Executive Director Nicole Guidotti-Hernández: “I Am Committed to the Mills Legacy”
Is DEI Work Here to Stay?
Is DEI Work Here to Stay?
Mills Quarterly Spring 2023
Mills Quarterly Spring 2023
Congresswoman Barbara Tutt Lee '73's Senate Announcement
Congresswoman Barbara Tutt Lee '73's Senate Announcement
“It’s Always Been the Heart of Us”
“It’s Always Been the Heart of Us”
Reunion 2022
Reunion 2022
Bookshelf
Bookshelf
You’d Probably Recognize Her Voice
You’d Probably Recognize Her Voice
Mills Quarterly Winter 2023
Mills Quarterly Winter 2023
Spring 2021: COVID and the Urban Classroom
Spring 2021: COVID and the Urban Classroom
Summer 2016: What’s in a word? The debate about gender-inclusive language
Summer 2016: What’s in a word? The debate about gender-inclusive language
Summer 2019: Dancing with Destiny
Summer 2019: Dancing with Destiny
Spring 2019: An Ever-Evolving Campus
Spring 2019: An Ever-Evolving Campus
Spring 2016: Filmmaking from the other side of the boat
Spring 2016: Filmmaking from the other side of the boat
A Heavy Pour
A Heavy Pour
Fit to Print
Fit to Print
Mills Quarterly Fall 2022
Mills Quarterly Fall 2022
Reunion 2022 Registration
Reunion 2022 Registration
Class Note: Amanda Page Harper '09
Class Note: Amanda Page Harper '09
Transitions: The Transgender Admissions Policy
Transitions: The Transgender Admissions Policy
Keeping Trees in Tip-Top Shape
Keeping Trees in Tip-Top Shape
The Trees Inclined
The Trees Inclined
Commencement 2022
Commencement 2022
Unforgettable: An essay by Tri-an Cao '21, MFA '22
Unforgettable: An essay by Tri-an Cao '21, MFA '22
Bent Twigs 2022
Bent Twigs 2022
Mills Quarterly Summer 2022
Mills Quarterly Summer 2022
Transitions: Growth & A Graduate School
Transitions: Growth & A Graduate School
Transitions: Growth & A Graduate School (as seen in print!)
Transitions: Growth & A Graduate School (as seen in print!)
Doula course offers equitable training for future public health workers
Doula course offers equitable training for future public health workers
Student journalists explore Mills stories in new podcast
Student journalists explore Mills stories in new podcast
Cyclone Radio
Cyclone Radio
The Write Stuff
The Write Stuff
A New Leaf: The History of the Student Newspaper at Mills
A New Leaf: The History of the Student Newspaper at Mills
The Campanil Online
The Campanil Online
Submit Class Notes Online (sign-in required)
Submit Class Notes Online (sign-in required)
Mills Quarterly Spring 2022
Mills Quarterly Spring 2022
Remaking the Art Museum
Remaking the Art Museum
Mills Quarterly Online Archives
Mills Quarterly Online Archives
Amid Purple Irises: Yoshie Akiba, MFA ’76
Amid Purple Irises: Yoshie Akiba, MFA ’76
The College Girl's Record: Memory book from 1910
The College Girl's Record: Memory book from 1910
Thoraya Ahmed Obaid ’66 brings a woman’s voice to Saudi government
Thoraya Ahmed Obaid ’66 brings a woman’s voice to Saudi government
Transitions: From Benicia to Oakland, From Seminary to College
Transitions: From Benicia to Oakland, From Seminary to College
Chosen Family
Chosen Family
#MillsGiving 2021
#MillsGiving 2021
A Buzz About Beekeeping
A Buzz About Beekeeping
Friendship and Fulbright bring Egyptian academic to Mills
Friendship and Fulbright bring Egyptian academic to Mills
The Lord of Lisser: Jim Graham's 50 Years at Mills
The Lord of Lisser: Jim Graham's 50 Years at Mills
Summer Research Programs Roar Back to Life
Summer Research Programs Roar Back to Life
"Dear America" Project Website
"Dear America" Project Website
From Mills to the Bench
From Mills to the Bench
Glodean Champion '06 in the Monterey Herald
Glodean Champion '06 in the Monterey Herald
Fall 2019: Building community, building leaders: 30 years of SAW
Fall 2019: Building community, building leaders: 30 years of SAW
EdSource: How Daisy Gonzales went from foster care to the top of the nation's largest system of higher education
EdSource: How Daisy Gonzales went from foster care to the top of the nation's largest system of higher education
Echoes Across the Ages by Lila Goehring '21
Echoes Across the Ages by Lila Goehring '21
Photos from CARmencement 2020
Photos from CARmencement 2020
Photos from CARmencement 2021
Photos from CARmencement 2021
From Winter 2018: Bookmaking Unbound
From Winter 2018: Bookmaking Unbound
Register for the Book Arts Reception Honoring Kathleen Walkup
Register for the Book Arts Reception Honoring Kathleen Walkup
Mills Girls & Black Power: A Roundtable Discussion
Mills Girls & Black Power: A Roundtable Discussion
Black Power and the Mills Girl: Gender and the Black Campus Movement at Mills
Black Power and the Mills Girl: Gender and the Black Campus Movement at Mills
Contact the Quarterly
Contact the Quarterly
COVID and the Urban Classroom
COVID and the Urban Classroom
Strongwomen: The Fight for Feminist Fitness
Strongwomen: The Fight for Feminist Fitness
Poetry from Convocation 2020
Poetry from Convocation 2020
Spring 2019: Koa Beck, A Fierce Fourth-Wave Feminist
Spring 2019: Koa Beck, A Fierce Fourth-Wave Feminist
Winter 2020: Safe Haven
Winter 2020: Safe Haven
Full Circle: The Mills Longitudinal Study at 60
Full Circle: The Mills Longitudinal Study at 60
From Fall 2009: Learning From Experience
From Fall 2009: Learning From Experience
Higher Inspiration: Mills in Fiction
Higher Inspiration: Mills in Fiction
Video Work from Ellen Schmidt-Melchiondo '87
Video Work from Ellen Schmidt-Melchiondo '87
#MillsGiving 2020!
#MillsGiving 2020!
iwillvote.com
iwillvote.com
Changemakers
Changemakers
Summer 2019: A Free-Spirited Life Launched by Dance
Summer 2019: A Free-Spirited Life Launched by Dance
A View from the Frontlines
A View from the Frontlines
A Future for Old Women
A Future for Old Women
Jean Gurga Jones '92: Putting the Mission First
Jean Gurga Jones '92: Putting the Mission First
Adam Lowdermilk, MFA '12: "In the line of fire"
Adam Lowdermilk, MFA '12: "In the line of fire"
Photos from Reunion 2019
Photos from Reunion 2019
Fair Fight Action
Fair Fight Action
ACLU: Celebrate Women’s Suffrage, but Don't Whitewash the Movement's Racism
ACLU: Celebrate Women’s Suffrage, but Don't Whitewash the Movement's Racism
William G. Pomeroy Foundation: Suffrage Leader Marjorie Moore Brown
William G. Pomeroy Foundation: Suffrage Leader Marjorie Moore Brown
Defying Gender Stereotypes: Boys Do Cry
Defying Gender Stereotypes: Boys Do Cry
New Alumnae Business Directory
New Alumnae Business Directory
Alumnae Businesses: A Little Help From Our Friends
Alumnae Businesses: A Little Help From Our Friends
Words of Wisdom for the Class of 2020
Words of Wisdom for the Class of 2020
"Shelter in Place" Podcast from Laura Joyce Davis, MFA '06
"Shelter in Place" Podcast from Laura Joyce Davis, MFA '06
Alumnae in Quarantine
Alumnae in Quarantine
Pandemic Poetry from Alumnae
Pandemic Poetry from Alumnae
How the Coronavirus Crisis Unfolded at Mills
How the Coronavirus Crisis Unfolded at Mills
Fall 2019: A Voice for the Silenced
Fall 2019: A Voice for the Silenced
Fall 2015: Pride and Pain
Fall 2015: Pride and Pain
Spring 2017: Audaciously Black
Spring 2017: Audaciously Black
Spring 2020: Doing Her Family Proud
Spring 2020: Doing Her Family Proud
Spring 2020: The Defining Issue of Our Time
Spring 2020: The Defining Issue of Our Time
Spring 2020: Expanding Worlds (and Minds)
Spring 2020: Expanding Worlds (and Minds)
Winter 2020: A Vibrant, Living History
Winter 2020: A Vibrant, Living History
Winter 2020: Pulling Others Up the Ladder Behind Her
Winter 2020: Pulling Others Up the Ladder Behind Her
Winter 2020: Stepping Outside the Classroom
Winter 2020: Stepping Outside the Classroom
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