Notices

New Fund to Assist Lesbians in Need

The College's Lesbian Alumnae Network (LAN) is working to establish the Jolene Loan Fund to provide financial assistance in the form of loans to women students at MHC who have lost support from their families for "coming out" as lesbian or bisexual or for other similar circumstances involving sexual orientation. The administration of the Jolene Loan Fund will be handled by the dean of the College. The fund will be endowed with $25,000, which must be raised no later than January 18, 2004. Says Donna J. Albino '83, one of the fund’s creators, "We hope to get to the point where Mount Holyoke will never lose a student because her parents will not support their daughter's education because of who she is."

Gifts to the Fund Send your gift with a note designating that the gift is for the Jolene Fund to the Development Office, 50 College Street, South Hadley, MA, 01075. Checks should be made payable to Mount Holyoke College. Visit http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~nnicolo/Jolene.htm for more information.

COMMUNITY

Preview 2001 The Office of Admission will host Preview 2001, its annual open house for high school seniors who have been admitted to MHC, April 21–23. Preview will begin Saturday, April 21, with ALANA Preview, an optional day during which ALANA students acquaint themselves with Mount Holyoke’s ALANA community and its cultural offerings. The rest of the prospective class will arrive Sunday, April 22, to participate in events ranging from panels and class visits to an overnight stay. Approximately 400 prospective students and 400 parents are expected on campus. The admission office asks that the MHC community extend its warmest welcome to these special guests. For more information or to volunteer, call x2023.

Help Creating Web Pages LITS has workshops and consulting services available to students, faculty, and staff. For the current schedule of workshops, go to www.mtholyoke.edu/ go/workshops. The workshops cover learning how to plan a Web site and creating it. The opportunity is available for students to work one-on-one with student Web technologists in the Special Projects Lab in Dwight Hall every afternoon and evening, Sunday through Thursday, from 7 to 10 pm and Monday through Friday from 3 to 5 pm. Staff and faculty can work with curriculum support and instructional technology consultants in the Faculty Resource Center lab Monday through Friday from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. Stop in with questions.