The class of 2028 by the numbers
Mount Holyoke College’s class of 2028 has arrived on campus — here’s what the numbers say about these blue lions.
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Mount Holyoke College’s class of 2028 has arrived on campus — here’s what the numbers say about these blue lions.
By 8 am, a line of students and families stretched around the green in front of Mary Woolley Hall, signaling the beginning of the 2024-2025 academic year at Mount Holyoke College.
More than 120 students participated in the twentieth annual Stoling Ceremony. The Commencement weekend tradition celebrates the achievements of students of color and honors their Mount Holyoke mentors.
“Whether you're leading a project, whether you're running an experiment, whether you're working with a team, patience is very important. There are so many ways where the solution to the problem is just … seeing what the next move you can take is.”
“I got to sit in on a rehearsal in Rooke Theatre, and that’s what drew me to Mount Holyoke. I thought, ‘This is amazing. I’ll get to work with real professionals and very talented, smart, knowledgeable people.”
“Active learning is specifically learning which is more hands-on, you could say, and which involves more student participation. The student takes an active position in their own learning.”
Mount Holyoke professor Marta Sabariego and a group of neuroscience majors led a bilingual workshop for first graders at Edward Nelson White School in Holyoke to understand the intricacies of the brain and inspire them to pursue careers in science.
The McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives at Mount Holyoke has received a grant to support first-generation and low-income students in obtaining their U.S. passports.
Elsner, a Mount Holyoke College Frances Perkins Scholar, has been named one of 62 Truman Scholars nationally.
Mount Holyoke student Naomy Poot Ibarra is working to center their family’s Indigenous Maya heritage.