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Mount Holyoke College Williston Library lit up from inside in 2024.

Library awarded for inclusive excellence and belonging

For the second year in a row, Mount Holyoke College has received the 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine.

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Faculty, staff, and a student pose together for David Crockett Graham archival project.

Working to preserve the legacy of David Crockett Graham

Nearly 1,000 handwritten letters penned by missionary and scientist David Crockett Graham will be digitally scanned, archived and preserved by a Mount Holyoke College history major and the Archives and Special Collections office.

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Mount Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley

President Holley on NEPM and “The Harvard Plan”

Mount Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley spoke to both New England Public Media and the podcast “The Harvard Plan” about how higher education is not the enemy, as well as supporting students going forward.

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Two students secure high honors for geographical research

Two Mount Holyoke College students took home awards from the 2024 New England and St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society Fall Conference for their research on water scarcity in the Southwest and on the preservation of indigenous water systems in Nepal.

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Students curate an exhibit about Clapp Laboratory’s history

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.

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President Danielle R. Holley (right) on CUNY TV with alum Sheryl McCarthy ’69 (left)

“One to One” with President Holley

Alum Sheryl McCarthy ’69 interviewed Mount Holyoke College President Danielle Holley on the CUNY TV show “One to One.” They explored topics such as the role of women’s colleges and the power of humanities in today’s career-focused world.

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Suzan-Lori Parks ‘85 (left) and Debra Martin Chase ‘77 (center) join Mount Holyoke College President Danielle Holley (right) on stage at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York City on Nov. 17.

Mount Holyoke College announces two new endowed chairs

The $6 million gift by an anonymous donor will endow two new faculty chairs named for illustrious Mount Holyoke alums in the arts: the Debra Martin Chase ’77 Chair in Film Media Theater and the Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 Chair in Creative Writing.

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Five on Film Series: Nomadland

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.

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Harmonia Rosales (left) and Stephanie Sparling Williams. Photo courtesy of Laura Shea.

Harmonia Rosales and “The Harvest”

Artist Harmonia Rosales spoke at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum about her work, including her painting “The Harvest.”

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Faculty, staff, and a student pose together for David Crockett Graham archival project.

Working to preserve the legacy of David Crockett Graham

Nearly 1,000 handwritten letters penned by missionary and scientist David Crockett Graham will be digitally scanned, archived and preserved by a Mount Holyoke College history major and the Archives and Special Collections office.

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Suzan-Lori Parks ‘85 (left) and Debra Martin Chase ‘77 (center) join Mount Holyoke College President Danielle Holley (right) on stage at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York City on Nov. 17.

Mount Holyoke College announces two new endowed chairs

The $6 million gift by an anonymous donor will endow two new faculty chairs named for illustrious Mount Holyoke alums in the arts: the Debra Martin Chase ’77 Chair in Film Media Theater and the Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 Chair in Creative Writing.

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Family Secrets of the Spanish Civil War header with Daniel Czitrom and Patricia Schechter '86

Cementing family legacies

A Mount Holyoke College alum and a professor emeritus, who are both historians, wrestle with their family histories in a new podcast.

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Mount Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley

President Holley on NEPM and “The Harvard Plan”

Mount Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley spoke to both New England Public Media and the podcast “The Harvard Plan” about how higher education is not the enemy, as well as supporting students going forward.

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Aerial view of geothermal project construction by Kendade Hall.

Update on Mount Holyoke’s geothermal energy project

Mount Holyoke College administrators tell the Daily Hampshire Gazette about the progress of the multiyear project to make the campus carbon neutral.

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Tracking USEFULL’s impact on campus in 2022.

USEFULL containers are on the go

USEFULL containers for to-go college dining, invented by Mount Holyoke College alum Alison Rogers Cove ’12, recently debuted at Case Western Reserve University.

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