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Williams College Commencement Address 2025 – Valerie Jarrett

Valerie Jarrett is the CEO of The Obama Foundation & was the Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama from 2009-2017. Jarrett is Board Chairman of Civic Nation. She serves on the boards of Walgreens Boot Alliance, Inc., Ralph Lauren Corporation, Sweetgreen, Inc., Ariel Investments, The University of Chicago, & the Sesame Street Workshop. Jarrett also serves on the Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women Advisory Board, the Bank of America Enterprise Executive Development Council, and the Microsoft Advisory Council.

Producer: Jim Kolesar / Williams College Office of Public Affairs and Media Services
Series: Window on Williams
Category: Lectures & Forums

Williams College Baccalaureate Speaker 2025 – Esther Duflo

Esther Duflo is Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT. Duflo, with 2 colleagues, received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for developing a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty.

Producer: Jim Kolesar / Williams College Office of Public Affairs and Media Services
Series: Window on Williams
Category: Lectures & Forums

WCMA – New Building Community Forum 4.28.25

Williams College Museum of Art held a community forum on April 28, 2025, at the Williams Inn, with a focus on the robust sustainability goals of the new museum.

Producer: Jim Kolesar / Williams College Office of Public Affairs and Media Services
Series: Window on Williams
Category: Lectures & Forums

Window on Williams – Ancient Greek Music Concert

An evening of ancient Greek music presented by the Williams College Department of Classics.

Producer: Jim Kolesar / Williams College Office of Public Affairs and Media Services
Series: Window on Williams
Category: Lectures & Forums

WCMA – Plonsker Family Lecture in Contemporary Art with Stephanie Syjuco

Stephanie Syjuco works in photography, sculpture, and installation, moving from handmade and craft-inspired mediums to digital editing and archive excavations. Recently, she has focused on how photography and image-based processes are implicated in the construction of racialized, exclusionary narratives of American history and citizenship.

Producer: Jim Kolesar / Williams College Office of Public Affairs and Media Services
Series: Window on Williams
Category: Lectures & Forums