Class Boards

• Elfing
• Junior Big Sister
• Junior Show
• Disorientation
• Senior Class Gift
• Champagne and Strawberries

Each year students elect an executive board to administer the social programming governing needs of each class. For more information visit Class Boards.
Several college traditions are organized by the class boards:
Elfing
During October, sophomores become “elves” and leave little gifts for the first-year students. Each sophomore anonymously “elfs” a first-year student for several days until they reveal their identities at a party.
Junior Big Sister
This is a well-established tradition at Mount Holyoke. An incoming first-year student is joined by a member of the junior class. First-year students are escorted to convocation by their big sisters; during the year the big sisters offer advice and support to their little sisters on campus issues.
Junior Show
The junior class traditionally stages its own show to entertain the College, usually during the last weekend in February. Over the years returning alumnae have been known to sing, even twenty to thirty years after the event, the songs from their show. The closing night is junior/senior night, generally followed by a party for the two classes.
Disorientation
This event provides an opportunity for first-year students and seniors to get to know each other. Additionally, it provides an opportunity for seniors to develop a supportive and friendly atmosphere among themselves and with the first-year students. This event involves a series of fun and varied activities that take place over the course of four to six days in the fall semester.
Senior Class Gift
A special tradition at Mount Holyoke, this annual program is conducted by members of the senior class. A team of representatives from the residence halls, headed by the class agent, raises donations from the senior class for its gift to the College. The head class agent, who consults with a member of the Office of Development, plans the personalized campaign, chooses the dorm representatives, and creates materials (letters, posters, articles) that inform the seniors and the entire campus of the gift.

The campaign that focuses on the project customarily begins late in October with M&Cs in dorm living rooms. During specially designated giving weeks, a dorm representative visits each senior in the residence hall, explains about the gift and program, and asks for her participation. Through the Alumni Fund project, seniors hear about the tradition and the importance of alumnae giving to Mount Holyoke. The representatives encourage the seniors to make a gift as a gesture of support for the College. (If a senior doesn’t give, she doesn’t have the opportunity to vote on the class gift.) Participation, rather than the amount of each woman’s gift, is stressed throughout the campaign.
Champagne and Strawberries
This event, sponsored by the Alumnae Association, welcomes members of the senior class as Mount Holyoke’s newest alumnae and celebrates their last day of classes.

For more information go to Student Programs online