Madeline Tillem of Lenox was assistant stage manager for the fall theater production of "The Play That Goes Wrong," directed by Jim Van Valen, showing Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 in Muhlenberg College's Baker Theatre. A graduate of Miss Hall's School, Tillem is studying history and psychology at the college in Allentown, Pa.

 

Katie Aragon Alvarez of Pittsfield began her first semester in the fall of 2025 at Lasell University in Newton.

 

Olivia Goewey of Ashley Falls, Emanuel Brown of Great Barrington, Sasha Taft of North Adams, Molly Pope of Pittsfield and Jayne Beringer of Williamstown were among the more than 360 first-year students participating in Emmanuel College's New Student Day of Service in September. In addition to encouraging new students to embrace the Boston college's rich history of serving the common good, the day of service helped them connect with Boston and each other.

 

Simon Shin of Williamstown recently matriculated as a member of the class of 2029 at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. Selected from a pool of 8,904 applicants to the college, Shin joins a college community of about 2,000 undergraduate students.

 

 

Graduations

 

Kenza Yousfi of Williamstown, graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a doctor of philosophy in anthropology. He was one of more than 1,600 students who graduated in the summer and received an undergraduate, master's or doctoral degree.