We are now accepting applications for two Athena Summer Institutes. Barnard students looking to work in nonprofit advocacy (Advocacy Institute) or politics (Williams Program for Women in Politics) this summer should click above to learn more about the institutes, benefits of joining (including a stipend and programming), and application deadlines. Start making your summer plans today!
Our team is building a robust calendar of events and programs to engage Barnard students from all disciplines and backgrounds. This spring, we're focusing on civic engagement, entrepreneurship, financial fluency, and skillbuilders for changemakers. We welcome all Barnard students to join us. Click the title above to view our virtual calendar.
Understanding money and how it works is a crucial skill for any leader. We have a variety of programs for all levels of knowledge that will give you tools, tips and guidance you can use to start building a stronger financial foundation for the future today. Click above to learn more about events this semester and to register.
“My favorite Athena program is the Athena Challenges. I participated in the design challenge that focused on hunger and food insecurity within college campuses, presenting a solution that my team and I came up with for on-campus hunger in two days to food experts including Chef Tom Colicchio.”
Dipashreya Sur '23, Architecture
“The Athena Center empowered me to stand up for myself: whether in an interview, on the job, or in my daily interactions, the Athena Center has empowered me to feel capable, intelligent, and deserving of success.”
Lea Herzfeld '22, Economics
“The Athena Center has empowered me to take on challenges. To ask for opportunities/platforms to better myself, help the community, and to be candid about vulnerabilities in personal experiences.”
Peyton Yen '21, Economics
Congrats to Jennifer for publishing 'Tell Me Their Stories: Amazing Women From A-Z'. The book aims to show young girls that they are not constrained by gender, race, religion, or life circumstance. And that they, like the diverse group of women in this book, can do anything. It helps us celebrate the past as we look toward an empowered future for women!
What started as a project in Athena is now a full time venture. After a year and a half in corporate finance and a tech startup, respectively, Eve Halimi '19 and Anam Lakhani '19, left to focus full time on their new app to make socially responsible investments accessible to a younger generation of investors.
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