Building momentum: A BOOM! fellow's story of transformation
Mount Holyoke College student Maxine Ahenkora ’27 reflects on organizing this year’s BOOM! Learning Symposium.
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Mount Holyoke College student Maxine Ahenkora ’27 reflects on organizing this year’s BOOM! Learning Symposium.
Devon Santos, head of business intelligence at LITS, looks back over her memories of the annual BOOM! Learning Symposium at Mount Holyoke College and how the program has helped her grow.
Mount Holyoke College has been a vibrant and safe second home for Mars Bickford ’25. “I don’t think I would have felt that I could explore my personal gender identity anywhere else,” they said.
Mount Holyoke College student Oluwafadeyemi Testimony Akinkuolie-Ibidapo ’27 went from volunteering at last year’s Trailblazers of Color Leadership Conference to becoming one of this year’s organizers.
Mount Holyoke College has announced that Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey will be the primary speaker at its one hundred eighty-eighth Commencement. Two Mount Holyoke alums, Bess Weatherman ’82 and Tara Roberts ’91, will also be honored at the event.
Cam Steiger, a junior at Mount Holyoke College, reviews her educational journey and how she’s been supported by the community, including alums and The Mount Holyoke Fund.
Charlie Watts ’25 is Mount Holyoke College’s poet-contestant for this year’s Glascock Poetry Competition and writes about what it’s like to compete with support from a community of other writers and poets.
Emily Finnila ’27 discusses what it’s like to be a “springie” at Mount Holyoke. She has tips and tricks for quickly becoming a part of the community through clubs and activities.
Mount Holyoke College held its annual Faculty Awards Ceremony and celebrated five faculty members for their teaching, research and service.
Mount Holyoke College hosted its second annual Girls & Women in Sports Day on campus and introduced young people to a variety of sports, including soccer, basketball, volleyball and equestrian activities.