First Semester Problems
You will want to mark your calendars, set your alarms, and prepare to find out where your classrooms actually are as this day is your first day of class!
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
You should check this app once a day to stay informed about what’s happening at Smith.
Gmail
The PVTA is free! To make sure you’re using it properly and know when your bus is coming, use this app.
Transit
If you need help navigating mental health resources at Smith, this person is one of the people you may turn to for support.
Sunny Windorski
Bridge began in this year
1970
You have until this date to add or drop a course without academic consequences
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
If you want to apply for a job, check your course schedule, or complete the million-and-one tasks Smith requires, you’ll use this app.
Workday
If you want to secure a Compass Café sushi roll or CC chicken sandwich for lunch, you’d better be on this app at 10 AM.
GrubHub
This website can help you search for therapists by location, specialty, insurance, and other criteria.
Psychology Today
For the first time in years, Bridge will include this gathering that brings Bridgees, BLs, and staff together through food
Cookout
This is the number of students enrolled in the class of 2030!
648 new Smithies
This greeting gesture is also the name of an app where you can reserve a spot for office hours, browse internship and job opportunities, and RSVP for the Career Fair.
Handshake
Think of it as the iMessage of college: this app keeps you digitally connected with professors, classmates, clubs, and campus communities.
Slack
If you’re looking for guidance or support related to studying abroad, this is the person to contact.
Angelo Pisano
Before being shortened, Bridge used to run this long to prepare Bridges for their first semester of college
3 weeks
This is the recommended number of credits to ensure a semester with a good balance of academic prowess and social relaxation while still being on schedule with graduation requirements
16
You’ll find links to readings, upcoming assignments, and course materials on this platform and its name rhymes with a narrow strip of unleavened dough.
Moodle
Not sure what time works best for everyone? Use this scheduling app to find a time that works and maximize your chances of getting over 90% attendance.
When2Meet
For career-related questions, internships, job searches, and professional development, this is the Smith resource you should know.
Lazarus Center
Bridge was inactive for the first time since 1970 in this year
2023
After weeks of studying, stressing, procrastinating, and somehow surviving, this is the date your first semester classes officially comes to an end.
Tuesday, December 15, 2026
Be sure to accept invitations sent to your Smith email so that they appear in this organizing and scheduling platform.
Google Calendar
This Smith-run forum has become a source of campus information, whether the information posted is true or false.
Confesh
If you have questions about multicultural affairs and want to connect with the appropriate Smith leadership, this is the dean to know.
Dean Richmond
This formidable Chair of Afro-American Studies department started Bridge to provide a support system that would help incoming students adjust to our predominately white New England Women’s College
Dr. Johnella Butler