by monique_oss | Jul 29, 2019 | Beauford Delaney, Interns, The Arts, Travel / Study Abroad, Women's Empowerment
2019 Summer Intern Maija Brennan and I were pleased to accept an invitation by University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Dr. Mary Campbell to visit her art history class in Paris. Maija is completing work on her internship project – a digital exhibition of...
by monique_oss | Jun 11, 2019 | Literacy, STEAM Education
Two years after the Wells International Foundation kicked off its partnership with the Houston Public Library with the first People and Pajamas read-a-thon, WIF founder and CEO Monique Y. Wells traveled from Paris, France to her hometown of Houston, Texas for the...
by monique_oss | Jun 9, 2019 | Interns, Travel / Study Abroad, Women's Empowerment
In 2019, for the 4th consecutive summer, WIF welcomed an undergraduate student into our summer internship program in Paris. When she joined the program, Maija Brennan was a rising senior at Smith College majoring in French and art history with a concentration in...
by monique_oss | Mar 30, 2019 | Women's Empowerment
Supported Inspired Motivated Fun Beauty Excited These are some of the words that participants used to describe their feelings about The Successful Woman – Lifestyle, Legacy, and Leading by Example, the International Women’s Day conference / retreat...
by monique_oss | Feb 17, 2019 | Beauford Delaney, STEAM Education, The Arts, Travel / Study Abroad
By Alexa GriffithUniversity of Tennessee Knoxville Before my trip to Paris in 2017, I received a scholarship to complete an art research project. I looked for inspiration throughout my trip studying art history, which I must say, is not hard to find in Paris. Despite...