College
Graduates 479 Women at College's 165th Commencement
 The
class of 2002, with 479 graduating seniors, bid farewell to Mount
Holyoke on Sunday, May 26 at the College's 165th commencement.
The graduates heard commencement addresses from Queen Noor of
Jordan (right), who spoke about the role of women in bringing
peace to the world, and Sara Curtin '02 (left, below), who reflected
on the extra-academic aspects of life at MHC. The College also
granted honorary degrees to Reverend Peter Gomes, a bestselling
author and one of the nation's foremost preachers; Ellen Baxter,
an advocate for the homeless; Claude de Renty du Granrut '48,
a deputy mayor who represents her region of Picardy, France, to
a European Union committee; and Professor Lila M. Gierasch '70,
a leading authority on protein chemistry.
 Queen
Noor's address will be posted in its entirety later this week
on the MHC Web site; a few excerpts are available at the link
below. Here are other addresses from the commencement weekend:
Excerpts from the
commencement address by Queen Noor of Jordan more>
Sara Curtin '02's
commencement address on behalf of the Class of 2002 more>
Baccalaureate addresses:
•Professor of Anthropology Lynn Morgan more>
•Assistant Professor of History and African and African American
Studies Holly Hanson more>
•Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Earth
and Environment Lauret Savoy more>
•Sonya J. Castellino '02 more>
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