Christopher Hughes

Steph Gonzalez took over as the College’s director of admission last week, returning to Williams after serving as associate director of admission for diversity recruitment from 2016 to 2021. She is replacing Sulgi Lim, the director of admission since 2018. Gonzalez spoke to the Record about her professional experience, hopes for the role, and perspective on the admissions process.

If you close your eyes while walking through Hopkins Memorial Forest, you might hear the wind whistling through the branches of pine, spruce, and maple trees; the crunching hiking shoes of a nearby research group; or some nearby birdsong. If you were to visit the same spot in 1880, before the College’s northern hardwood research forest existed, you might not have heard anything at all — or maybe just the moo of a cow.

The Record sent its biannual approval ratings survey to 500 randomly selected students last week. Respondents indicated their approval, disapproval, or neutrality towards 24 campus entities, including Dining Services, the faculty, and the Record.

Claire McDonald ’26 has been awarded the Marshall Scholarship, which fully funds postgraduate study in the United Kingdom.

The College admitted 258 out of 1,023 early decision applicants to the Class of 2030 yesterday, an acceptance rate of 25.2 percent. These applicants join 14 others accepted to the College on Dec. 1 through the QuestBridge National College Match program, according to Dean of Admission and Student Financial Services Liz Creighton ’01.

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The College announced it is canceling a previously-approved plan to increase the share of health insurance costs paid by employees. Employees’ share of costs will return to 20 percent instead of increasing to 25 percent. The reversal was announced in an April 6 email to College staff from Provost Eiko Maruko Siniawer ’97, Vice President for Finance and Operations Mike Wagner, and Chief Human Resources Officer Danielle Gonzalez.

After intruders broke into rooms in Williams Hall during the first weekend of spring break, residents returned to find significant property damage and valuable items missing. Campus Safety Services (CSS) confirmed that the intruders entered the building using their College IDs. While CSS declined to comment on the intruders’ identities, two students told the Record that officers privately indicated that they had identified two students behind the incident.

An Orthodox Jewish student f iled a federal discrimination complaint against the College last Thursday. The complaint was filed on behalf of the student by the Brandeis Center, a nonprofit organization that engages in legal advocacy on college campuses and combats antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment, according to its website.