Emeriti & Retired Faculty

Faculty emeriti/ae and retired faculty  are valuable and appreciated members of the College community. They continue to actively contribute to the intellectual and social life of the college through their scholarship and publications, contact with students and alums, and their collegial relations with both current and retired faculty members.

Smith offers a comprehensive package of benefits to emeriti faculty, which are described in detail below. In addition, the interests and needs of retired faculty members are represented by the Emeriti/ae Advisory Committee (EAC), which is chaired by the Associate Dean of the Faculty and meets monthly during the academic year (a list of the current members is also below). Further, all retired faculty and their partners are automatically made members of OBND (“Out but not Down”), which sponsors luncheons during the course of the year that feature speakers from the current faculty and administration. 

Another way in which community is furthered is through the lectures and teas sponsored each semester by the EAC. These generally take place in the comfort of the recently renovated Tilly Lounge. Tilly Hall (on Henshaw Avenue, near the Kahn Institute and accessible with OneCard) also has a small number of shared faculty offices for those with particular needs, and the Hall offers study space and book lockers for the use of all emeriti/ae. In these and many other ways, the lively and supportive community that is Smith College continues into retirement years.