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Academic Resources
Weissman Center
The Weissman Center for Leadership is dedicated to creating programs and providing resources that enable the College community to consider the many facets of leadership and the ways in which visionary individuals can enact substantial and meaningful local and global change. The Weissman Center for Leaderships and its two affiliated programs, the Speaking, Arguing, and Writing (SAW) Program and the Community-Based Learning (CBL) Program, are committed to engaging students, faculty, staff, and alumnae in the art of independent, analytical, and creative leadership.
The Weissman Center arranges lectures, public conversations, panel discussions and student seminars that feature dynamic speakers whose leadership, scholarship, activism, and ideas are making a positive difference in the world and whose experiences highlight the challenges that today’s leaders face. These well-known and emerging leaders offer valuable examples of how students might develop their won approaches to effective and creative leadership.
Each year, the Weissman Center develops semester-long programs that are dedicated to a specific theme. Recent topics have focused on architecture and public space, the place of water in the world, inequality, education, black leadership in the 21st century and the 2004 presidential election.
For more information about the contact the Weissman Center or call 538-3071
Speaking, Arguing, and Writing (SAW)
SAW assists students, faculty, and staff in developing and improving written and oral communication skills. SAW is an integral component of the Weissman Center for Leadership (WCL).
Since its inception, SAW has grown to serve more than 1,000 students each semester. SAW mentors work with students in specific classes and assistants work with students at the SAW Center.
An important aspect of leadership is the ability to listen and to articulate one’s arguments cogently and persuasively. SAW provides support for this goal-oriented communication both in and outside the classroom – across disciplines.
For more information contact the Speaking, Arguing, and Writing program (SAW) or call 538-3028
Community Based Learning Program
The Community Based Learning (CBL) program is an educational initiative that links Mount Holyoke College students with local communities in courses that combine analysis and action. CBL courses bring together students, faculty, and community organizations to engage in learning activities that provide intellectually rich experiences for students and tangible benefits to the community.
Through curriculum based projects designed by faculty and community partners, students obtain practical application while contributing their skills to the community. CBL give students an opportunity to act locally with community based organizations, reflect intelligently on current issues and analyze possible solution based on empirical knowledge.
For more information look at the Community Based Learning and a list of currently offered CBL courses online
McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives
The Institute for Global Initiatives coordinates advising for students coming to Mount Holyoke from abroad (whether they have United States or other citizenship) and for Mount Holyoke students planning to study abroad.
The dean of international students and the immigration specialist work collaboratively to coordinate orientation for new international students and advise students about U.S. government regulations that pertain to student studying at the College on nonimmigrant visas.
The dean of international studies advises students about opportunities for study abroad and administers the international and U.S. exchanges (including the Twelve College Exchange and the Mills College and Spelman College exchanges) in which the College participates. More information is available at the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives online
Center for Environmental Literacy
The core mission of the Center for the Environment (CE) at Mount Holyoke College is to engage all members of the College in the creation and maintenance of an environmentally sustainable college community. CE accomplishes this mission by promoting, organizing, and facilitating programmatic, campus-wide and community-based initiatives. The goal of these initiatives is to: encourage discussions among individuals; increase environmental content of departmental and interdisciplinary majors; engage members of the College in environmental activities on campus and in surrounding communities; and develop a long-term strategic plan for an environmentally sound campus. More information is available at the Center for Environmental Literacy online
Career Development Center
The Career Development Center helps students engage in reflection and integration of their experiences through internships, fellowship and graduate school advising, community service opportunities, student campus employment opportunities, career counseling, and employment services. Services and programs are offered to students in all four classes.
The CDC also coordinates on- and off-campus interviewing programs and shares recruiting schedules with the other four valley colleges, with over 400 employers seeking resumes of MHC seniors.
Internships
Students undertake summer internships in one of five areas: Complex Organizations, International Internships, Science Internships, Special Internships, and Washington D.C. internships. These programs serve students’ academic and career interest by offering experience in fields related to their major, minor, or concentration. Mount Holyoke College does not grant academic credit for internships. Students may also participate in the January Internship Program, and semester-long internships can be arranged for students on leave.
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