Mount Holyoke College

Reunion Success!
1959 celebrated their 50th reunion with a magnificent achievement of $901,000 and 95% alumnae participation! For their 25th, the Class of 1984 raised $245,000 with 51% participation; and 1949 met its goal with over $133,000 and 72% participation for their 60th. Thank you!

President Joanne V. Creighton Addresses Budget
President Creighton recently updated the MHC community on the financial status of the College and budget planning. More...

Mount Holyoke Extends Current Favorable Annuity Rates Through August 31, 2009
Create guaranteed retirement income and support Mount Holyoke College by establishing a charitable gift annuity. More...

News

MHC Explores Study Abroad Options in ChinaA faculty delegation visited five universities in China to scope out potential sites for study abroad opportunities for Mount Holyoke women starting in the spring of 2011.

MHC's Ellis Offers Advice to CheneyMHC professor Joseph Ellis is among the historians who offer former VP Dick Cheney advice on writing presidential memoirs in the June 27 online edition of the NY Times.


		MHC Explores Study Abroad Options in China A faculty delegation visited five universities in China to scope out potential sites for study abroad opportunities for Mount Holyoke women starting in the spring of 2011.

		MHC's Ellis Offers Advice to Cheney MHC professor Joseph Ellis is among the historians who offer former VP Dick Cheney advice on writing presidential memoirs in the June 27 online edition of the NY Times.

		Mount Holyoke Joins Yellow Ribbon Program MHC is among 500 colleges nationwide that will participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program, which offers the most generous veterans’ benefit for higher ed since the G.I. Bill of WW II.

		MHC Profs Publish New Book on China Eva Paus and Jon Western are coeditors of Global Giant: Is China Changing the Rules of the Game?, a book based on last year’s conference, The Rise of China.

		NYT: McAleese Commencement Address A June 14 New York Times roundup of excerpts from notable commencement addresses includes President McAleese's MHC speech.

		MHC's Barry Publishes Memoir on 3-D Vision Biology professor Susan R. Barry's new book recounts how she defied conventional medical wisdom when, at the age of 48, she was able to train herself to see in three dimensions.

		MHC's Waterman in Science Times Recent honorary degree recipient and alumna Clare Waterman '89 was noted in a New York Times piece on studying how cells move.

		Basiri Saleem FP '09 Earns Media Attention Sadiqa Basiri Saleem FP '09 talks about her work educating girls in Afghanistan in an interview with the BBC's The World Today and is the subject of a Vital Voices video.