Class of 2009 News

All the news related to MHC's senior class of 2009: awards, scholarships, fellowships, celebrations, photo galleries, and feature stories.   

		Strawberries and Champagne Pics The Alumnae Association welcomed its newest members, the class of 2009, at a Strawberries and Champagne celebration on Pageant Green May 6. View the photos.
		MHC's Silver '09 Lands White House Internship The Mount Holyoke senior will work for Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joseph Biden, on a national Violence Against Women Prevention program.
		Emma Bast '09 Is National Cycling Champ Mount Holyoke cyclist Emma Bast '09 has won the Division 2 USA Cycling Collegiate Road Nationals, which took place in Fort Collins, Colorado, May 7-10.
		Casey Maliszewski FP '10 Takes on Public Policy The Frances Perkins Scholar doesn't consider herself a “Jersey Girl,” but the New Jersey native is proud of the place she calls home and wants to see it grow--especially its schools.
		Three MHC Seniors Win Fulbrights Caitlin Lupton ’09, Addison Kemp ’09, and Kathryne Schwartz ’09 have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships for study abroad next year.
		Newsweek Features MHC's Basiri Saleem '09 MHC's Sadiqa Basiri Saleem '09 is the subject of May 1 feature in Newsweek, which reports on her efforts to educate women and girls in her homeland of Afghanistan.
		Basiri Saleem '09 Wins Huntington Service Award Sadiqa Basiri Saleem '09 has won the prestigious Samuel Huntington Public Service Award to support her work educating women in her homeland of Afghanistan.
		2009 Senior Symposium Showcases Scholarship The daylong event, held April 17, showcased both the academic excellence and far-ranging intellectual pursuits of Mount Holyoke’s graduating class.
		Basiri Saleem '09 Honored at Kennedy Center MHC’s Sadiqa Basiri Saleem FP '09 was honored with a Rising Voices Award March 19 in Washington, D.C., for her work educating women in her homeland of Afghanistan.
		Katie Greenberg '09 Wins Gates Scholarship Katie Greenberg ’09 has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a master of philosophy degree in physics at the University of Cambridge next year.
		Victoire Ndong '09 Takes on Malaria What the biology major knows about malaria isn’t just from hours spent in the lab. It’s from personal experience in her home city of Dakar, Senegal.
		Encyclopedia of Earth Publishes Student Work She won't graduate from Mount Holyoke for another several months, but Beth Lariviere FP '09 already has her first publication listings for her future CV.
		College Dems Play Hard, Score Big this Election Mount Holyoke College Democrats got caught up in the 2008 campaigning craze, supporting politicians and issues in both local and national campaigns.
		MHC Founder's Day Pics Members of the senior class donned their graduation gowns at 9 am on Sunday, November 9, to celebrate MHC founder Mary Lyon at her grave, which is located in the center of campus.
		Carolyn Strobel '09 Feels Write at Home in Dublin While in Ireland, Carolyn Strobel '09 had the pleasure of working with James Joyce--and other esteemed Irish writers both living and deceased--while interning at Lilliput Press.
		LEAP Symposium Showcases Student Work The MHC community gathered for the LEAP Symposium, where 52 students discussed their experiences as researchers in the laboratory and the field, and in internships around the globe.
		Meet Rower and Researcher Elissa Center '09 With funding from the Career Development Center, Elissa Center '09 landed a research internship at a Boston hospital, between her daily morning and evening crew sessions.
		In the (Test) Kitchen with Kathryne Schwartz '09 Usually equipped with microscopes and Petri dishes, the biology major found herself at home among ovens, pots, and pans while interning at Good Housekeeping magazine.
		Linda Senecal '09 Reflects on Study Abroad The ancient studies major, who studied in Rome, spoke at a September welcome-home dinner for returning study abroad students. Read her speech.
		MHC Opens Year with Green Revolution "Going green" took on a whole new meaning Wednesday morning, September 3, as the Mount Holyoke College community gathered for opening convocation.