MHC News & Events

Cleo Schneider '11 Makes Her Mark at Maryland

The MHC student got a taste of graduate school when she spent ten weeks working on a video fingerprinting project for the Women of Engineering program at the University of Maryland.

Ana Kniazeva ’10 Named DAAD Ambassador

Meet MHC student Ana Kniazeva ’10, who studied the the University of Leizig in Germany during her junior year. Click on her photo on the DAAD Web page to watch the video.

CHE: International Students at a New High

Jane B. Brown and Donna Van Handle comment on the increase in international students attending American colleges for the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Youngblood Portrait Reframed, Restored, Rehung

On Wednesday, December 9, the restored painting of beloved Mount Holyoke English professor Sarah Youngblood will be hung in the Stimson Room in the College Library.

Center for the Environment Has Productive Fall

The Harvest Festival, the Local Gracious Dinner, Gardening the Community in Springfield, and a Five College food discussion were among the activities that that CE cosponsored this fall.

African Caribbean Day Pics

The Mount Holyoke African and Caribbean Students Association (MHACASA) hosted its annual AC Day November 6 in Chapin Auditorium.

Mount Holyoke Fall Faculty Dance Concert

Students from the acclaimed Five College Dance Department performed Mark Morris’s “Gloria” and new dances by Mount Holyoke faculty.

Rooke to Host Early Feminist Plays Dec. 10-13

The MHC Department of Theatre Arts will present two short provocative plays written by American women: A Quarreling Pair by Jane Bowles, and Trifles by Susan Glaspell.

Else Eaton '01 Works Outside the Lines

In a feature in the November 17 Boston Globe, Else Eaton '01 talks about channeling her artistic creativity as project manager for Outside the Lines.

MHC/Community Boathouse Nears Completion

A community boathouse, which will provide a new home for Mount Holyoke's rowing program and house a number of community-based programs, is nearing completion.

MHC's Ramsey on Children's First Friends

MHC's professor of psychology and education Patricia Ramsey comments on the nature of friendships among preschoolers for Parenting.com.

NY Times: Schafenacker '05 on Urban Farming

Kristen Schafenacker '05 is featured in the November 16 New York Times column Entry Level, where she talks about farming in Brooklyn.

Art@Work 2009 to Run Nov. 30-Dec. 11

The eighth annual Art@Work exhibition, featuring the work of Mount Holyoke staff, will be held in the Marion Craig Potter '49 Atrium in Kendade Science Center.

NY Times Reviews Alum's New Film

Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon, a new film by Mary Mazzio '83, opened in limited release Friday, November 13, and was reviewed the same day by the New York Times.

Author of Three Cups of Tea at MHC Dec. 5

Greg Mortenson will read from and sign his new book, Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan, at 7 pm in Chapin Auditorium.

MHC's Hollis: Ants to the Rescue?

Natural History magazine continues extensive media interest in psych prof Karen Hollis's research with colleagues on why ants rescue their nestmates.

Photo Gallery: MHC’s New President

Lynn Pasquerella, an accomplished scholar, medical ethicist, and global advocate for women's education and empowerment, recently was named MHC’s 18th president.

The MHC-Community College Connection

MHC's efforts to enroll high-achieving community college students from institutions like Holyoke Community College are highlighted by Inside Higher Education.

Hornstein’s Book Reviewed in Washington Times

In a November 11 issue of the Washington Times, writer Patrick Tracey discusses psychology professor Gail Hornstein's most recent book, Agnes's Jacket.

MHC's Sava Berhané '07 Wins Soros Fellowship

Trustee Sava Berhané '07 is the recipient of a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Her résumé includes coordinating Alabama for the Obama campaign.

Unika Shrestha '10 Explores Legal Advocacy

The economics major took on a ten-week internship in New York City at the Center for Reproductive Rights, a global legal organization advocating for women’s reproductive rights.

Q&A: Author Valerie Martin on Writing

Staff writer Mickey Rathbun sat down with best-selling author Valerie Martin, visting professor of English this fall, to discuss her writing process and the teaching of writing.

MHC Gears Up for Field Hockey Championship

Mount Holyoke’s new turf field will be the site of the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championships the weekend of November 21-22.

Czitrom: NYC Was Ripper Free

In a Discovery Channel documentary, Mount Holyoke historian Daniel Czitrom tackles rumors that the nefarious Jack the Ripper crossed the Atlantic.

Holger Teschke on the Unification of Germany

Questioning Authority recently asked Holger Teschke, visiting professor of German studies and critical social thought, about the twentieth anniversary of the unification of Germany.