All News & Stories

As part of the annual Careers in Public Service trip to Washington D.C., Mount Holyoke students met with alums who have forged brilliant public service careers as well as Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Mount Holyoke College students interested in environmentally based careers were able to talk to alums and explore fieldwork.

Mount Holyoke’s annual LEAP Symposium is a powerful vehicle that demonstrates the strong connections between academic work at the College and its practical application in the world in internships and research experiences.

Mount Holyoke senior Bridget Hall ’24 spent her summer on a “pretty special” glacier in Canada, doing research into climate change for an internship that confirmed her interest in glaciology.

Mount Holyoke alum takes part in getting drag ban legislation overturned in Tennessee.

Mount Holyoke’s career-focused curriculum program went on the road to Boston this past spring, allowing students to connect with alums in both the biotech and public service sectors.

Three Mount Holyoke alums had their Lynk-funded research on COVID-19 and collective memory published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Two Mount Holyoke alums and members of its Board of Trustees met with Interim President Beverly Daniel Tatum to discuss finance careers, changing plans and leaps of faith at the latest Launching Leadership conversation on April 11.

“International relations is a subset of political science. I’ve had professors introduce me to things I didn’t even know existed. I was able to learn about all different aspects of politics, and that was incredibly helpful.”

“Coming to Mount Holyoke, I wanted to try it all and be it all, which I was able to do thanks to the opportunities and encouragement of those around me on campus.”