Endowment
Endowment Purposes
Faculty and Academic
Support
The faculty are the heart of our mission. We must provide
faculty with competitive salaries so that we continue
to attract and retain the best and the brightest. We
must provide them with the resources they need to launch
and sustain their careers as outstanding teachers and
scholars. We must support their efforts as they design
curricula and programs that both renew and cut across
traditional disciplines to provide students with the
skills they will need to understand and navigate a
changing world. [top]
Student Financial Aid
Approximately 65 percent of Mount Holyoke students
receive some form of financial aid. Our financial
aid is our most costly investment and among the very
highest of our peers.
We must increase our scholarship funds to provide
a top-notch liberal arts education to these gifted
young women.
In addition, we seek to enhance our students’ opportunities
for purposeful engagement by increasing funding for
study abroad, internships, and research experiences
on and off campus. [top]
Programmatic Initiatives
Programmatic initiatives add tremendous value to the
Mount Holyoke educational experience. Gifts in support
of these initiatives—which include the Weissman Center
for Leadership and the Liberal Arts, the Center for
the Environment, the Science Center, and the McCulloch
Center for Global Initiatives—will enable continued
growth to curricular and cocurricular excellence. [top]
Unrestricted Endowment Gifts
These gifts give the College the flexibility to establish
priorities and allocate funds in ways that respond
to a rapidly changing world. Technological enhancements,
such as installing wireless zones in the newly renovated
Mead Hall, are among the critically important projects
that enhance curricular and residential life. [top]
