The Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College is an independent organization that uplifts Mount Holyoke alums and builds community that fosters lifelong learning and empowers impactful connections.
You are part of a community of alums supporting each other and committed to the future of Mount Holyoke College.
The Gates is a space to easily connect, build relationships, and exchange information. Offer or receive career advice, post or seek jobs and internships, join career and interest-based groups, and grow your professional network.
Established in 1973, the travel program offers opportunities for alums to continue their lifelong journey of learning in the company of alums. In 50 years, more than 1,500 alums have traveled with us around the world and in the United States. Join us!
Each May, alums return to campus to celebrate each other and all things Mount Holyoke. From the Laurel Parade to back-to-class, there's no shortage of the uniquely Mount Holyoke blend of tradition and fun at Reunion. Start planning your trip now!
Meredith Nelson ’11 started this annual tradition in the fall of 2011. Alums around the world take time out from their busy lives to meet up and celebrate fall and Mount Holyoke with each other in local ice cream shops.
A popular and well-loved annual December concert featuring musical performances from a variety of religious traditions that alternates between Boston and New York City and is hosted by the local Mount Holyoke clubs with support from the Alumnae Association.
The Alumnae Association and the Office of Development host graduates from the senior class, toast their accomplishments and welcome them into the worldwide alum community.
Established by the Class of 1961 in 2011 to welcome new graduates into the worldwide community of MHC alums. During reunion alums celebrating their 50th reunion bestow members of the graduating class with a silk scarf in their class color.
Since 2014, the Alum Symposium in Asia has brought alums together, featuring panels, talks, discussions and conversations. Check back for information on upcoming plans for our next gathering.
Created in 1973, the tri-annual Black Alum Conference is organized by the Black Alum Society and centers the work of Black alums in transforming our communities and the world and recognizes alums demonstrating leadership and activism in their work and lives.
Since 1987, the biennial European Alum Symposium, organized by the Mount Holyoke European Alum Council, has featured a week of intellectual and social opportunities for alums from all over the world. Locations have included Paris, Seville, Riga and Athens.
Our award committees take tremendous care and conduct extensive research in selecting award recipients through an objective vetting process, with awards given at the discretion of the Association Board of Directors. Your recommendations are critical in identifying potential candidates.
The Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College recognizes the unique accomplishments of alums through several distinguished awards.
Stay up-to-date with everything that is happening on campus.
Enjoy the most recent issue and catch up on any issues you've missed.
Next level career resources for alums who have graduated in the last five years.
Thanks to generous gifts from alums, the Alumnae Association and the College offer a small number of fellowships annually to Mount Holyoke College graduates and students in their senior year.
Have news to share with your classmates? The class notes section of the Alumnae Quarterly occupies about forty pages—or half—of every issue and keeps readers connected to each other and to Mount Holyoke and the Alumnae Association.
Happening at Mount Holyoke
Mount Holyoke College students have created an exhibit, “Cornelia and Concrete,” about alum Cornelia Clapp and the 100-year-old laboratory building that bears her name.
A Mount Holyoke College alum and a professor emeritus, who are both historians, wrestle with their family histories in a new podcast.
Mount Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley provided an introduction for a showing of “Nomadland,” directed by Chloé Zhao ’05, at Amherst Cinema. The event, part of a series called “Five on Film,” highlights alums of the Five College Consortium.
Chmba Ellen Chilemba
Class of 2017
Producer-DJ artist, named in Forbes Africa 30 Under 30
Candy Alexandra González
Class of 2014
Multidisciplinary visual artist, poet, activist and trauma-informed educator
Lan Cao
Class of 1983
Author of “Monkey Bridge” and “The Lotus and the Storm”
Esther Howland
Class of 1847
Created the United States Valentine’s Day card industry.
Ruth Muskrat Bronson
Class of 1925
Cherokee poet, educator and indigenous rights activist
Florence Sophie Schorske Wald
Class of 1938
former dean of Yale School of Nursing, credited as “the mother of the American hospice movement”
Addison Beaux
Class of 1999
“Affirming my gender really gave me confidence to trust myself,” Beaux said. “I believe when we love ourselves, it makes it a lot easier to love and understand other people, and how we treat others is a reflection of what goes on in our own inner world.”
Charisse Pickron
Class of 2008
Assistant professor at the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Director of the Child Brain and Perception Lab, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Tahmima Anam
Class of 1997
Award-winning novelist
Kira Banks
Class of 2000
Psychology professor, St. Louis University and Co-founder of St. Louis University’s Institute for Healing Justice and Equity
Monica Landry
Class of 1990
Senior advisor for Farallon
Farah Khan
Class of 1998
Managing Partner at L Catterton
Caitlin Lambert
Class of 2009
Executive director and co-founder of the Children’s Legal Defense Center
Alison Rogers Cove
Class of 2012
Founder of USEFULL
Aimée Eubanks Davis
Class of 1995
Founder of Braven
Debra Martin Chase
Class of 1977
Tony Award-winning producer
Umama Zillur
Class of 2018
Co-founder and leader of Kotha, an organization dedicated to ending the culture of gender-based violence in Bangladesh
Kaneka Turner
Class of 2016
Founder of educational consulting company ReImage
Veronika Kivenson
Class of 2013
Postdoctoral fellow at Oregon State University and recipient of the Tory Burch Fellowship from the Innovative Genomics Institute
Gabi Gregg
Class of 2008
Fashion blogger and designer and advocate for the representation of plus-size Black women in fashion spaces
Chloé Zhao
Class of 2005
The first woman of color to win an Academy Award for best director
Natasha Mohanty
Class of 2003
Head of engineering for checkout experiences at Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform
Rumbi Bwerinofa-Petrozzello
Class of 1994
The first woman of color to serve as president of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
Class of 1993
Entrepreneur and founder of Care.com
Tara Roberts
Class of 1991
2022 Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year
Mona Sutphen
Class of 1989
Partner and Head of Investment Strategies, The Vistria Group
Deborah Harkness, Ph.D.
Class of 1986
Best-selling fiction author, TV producer and professor of history
Suzan-Lori Parks
Class of 1985
First Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Holly Metcalf
Class of 1981
Top crew coach and champion in expanding access to the sport of rowing
Susan Kare
Class of 1975
Pioneer of pixel art and graphical computer interface
Wendy Wasserstein
Class of 1971
Tony-winning playwright and Pulitzer Prize winner
Barbara Smith
Class of 1969
Co-founder of the Combahee River Collective and co-author of the Combahee River Collective Statement
Janet Litster Rideout
Class of 1961
Organic chemist and patent holder of AZT
Nita Lowey
Class of 1959
U.S. Representative and the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee
Jean Sammet
Class of 1948
Co-developer of the computer programming language COBOL
Ella Grasso
Class of 1940
First woman elected U.S. state governor in her own right
Virginia Apgar
Class of 1929
Inventor of the Apgar Score for newborns
Frances Perkins
Class of 1902
First woman Cabinet member, U.S. Secretary of Labor and creator of Social Security
Emily Dickinson
Class of 1849
One of the greatest and most original poets of all time, literary rebel and author of “‘Hope’” Is the Thing with Feathers”
Our network of alums around the world share their time, insight and connections — these of course being code words for power. Alums of women’s colleges arguably constitute the most influential professional-women’s networks on the globe.
Keeping Mount Holyoke’s global community vibrant and engaged is dependent on the efforts of thousands of alums, parents and friends of the College who volunteer their time, talent, and resources.
Last year, 3,826 alums made gifts of $100 or less, totaling $218,757. Gifts of all sizes, big and small, have a huge impact!
There are 146 countries that alums call home.
The Alumnae Association is an independent organization that connects the global community of Mount Holyoke alums with each other and the College as we create meaningful change in the world.
