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Happening at Mount Holyoke
Nearly 150 students participated in the Stoling Ceremony, an important Commencement weekend tradition celebrating the achievements of students of color and their Mount Holyoke mentors.
Mount Holyoke’s one hundred eighty-sixth Commencement was a celebration of the class of 2023 and an ode to fostering hope for the future.
Mount Holyoke College students were honored at the annual Leadership and Service Awards ceremony for their contributions to the community.
Alison Rogers Cove
Class of 2012
Founder of USEFULL
Aimée Eubanks Davis
Class of 1995
Founder of Braven
Debra Martin Chase
Class of 1977
Tony Award-winning producer
Umama Zillur
Class of 2018
Co-founder and leader of Kotha, an organization dedicated to ending the culture of gender-based violence in Bangladesh
Kaneka Turner
Class of 2016
Founder of educational consulting company ReImage
Veronika Kivenson
Class of 2013
Postdoctoral fellow at Oregon State University and recipient of the Tory Burch Fellowship from the Innovative Genomics Institute
Gabi Gregg
Class of 2008
Fashion blogger and designer and advocate for the representation of plus-size Black women in fashion spaces
Chloé Zhao
Class of 2005
The first woman of color to win an Academy Award for best director
Natasha Mohanty
Class of 2003
Head of engineering for checkout experiences at Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform
Rumbi Bwerinofa-Petrozzello
Class of 1994
The first woman of color to serve as president of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
Class of 1993
Entrepreneur and founder of Care.com
Tara Roberts
Class of 1991
2022 Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year
Mona Sutphen
Class of 1989
Partner and Head of Investment Strategies, The Vistria Group
Deborah Harkness, Ph.D.
Class of 1986
Best-selling fiction author, TV producer and professor of history
Suzan-Lori Parks
Class of 1985
First Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Holly Metcalf
Class of 1981
Top crew coach and champion in expanding access to the sport of rowing
Susan Kare
Class of 1975
Pioneer of pixel art and graphical computer interface
Wendy Wasserstein
Class of 1971
Tony-winning playwright and Pulitzer Prize winner
Barbara Smith
Class of 1969
Co-founder of the Combahee River Collective and co-author of the Combahee River Collective Statement
Janet Litster Rideout
Class of 1961
Organic chemist and patent holder of AZT
Nita Lowey
Class of 1959
U.S. Representative and the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee
Jean Sammet
Class of 1948
Co-developer of the computer programming language COBOL
Ella Grasso
Class of 1940
First woman elected U.S. state governor in her own right
Virginia Apgar
Class of 1929
Inventor of the Apgar Score for newborns
Frances Perkins
Class of 1902
First woman Cabinet member, U.S. Secretary of Labor and creator of Social Security
Emily Dickinson
Class of 1849
One of the greatest and most original poets of all time
Our network of alums around the world share their time, insight and connections — these of course being code words for power. Alums of women’s colleges arguably constitute the most influential professional-women’s networks on the globe.
Keeping Mount Holyoke’s global community vibrant and engaged is dependent on the efforts of thousands of alums, parents and friends of the College who volunteer their time, talent, and resources.
Last year, 4,363 alums made gifts of $100 or less, totaling $254,693. Gifts of all sizes, big and small, have a huge impact!
There are 141 countries that alums call home.
The Alumnae Association is an independent organization that connects the global community of Mount Holyoke alums with each other and the College as we create meaningful change in the world.
