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Mount Holyoke College’s newest faculty are ready to engage across boundaries and beyond borders.
Ishmael Annang, Mount Holyoke College’s new assistant professor of history, has a passion for African history that flows from his experiences growing up in Ghana.
A childhood growing up in the Balkans sparked the current research of Sidita Kushi, the new assistant professor of politics at Mount Holyoke College, on why some conflicts inspire humanitarian military interventions, and some do not.
Mount Holyoke’s annual Convocation filled the campus with color, spirit and celebration as students in vivid class colors gathered to cheer and mark the official start of the academic year with tradition and decibels.
The class of 2029 arrived at Mount Holyoke College campus for Move-in, ready to set up their rooms, meet new friends and start their MHC journeys.
Rising Mount Holyoke College senior Phoebe Baskin ’26 is spending her summer working in the lab of William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology Katherine Binder, studying reading comprehension.
Mount Holyoke College has selected “Parable of the Sower” for its Common Read for the 2025–2026 academic year. The New York Times named the novel a Notable Book of the Year for its prescient treatment of racial justice, climate collapse and fascism.
On May 25, 2025, Mount Holyoke College celebrated its one hundred eighty-eighth Commencement, marking milestone achievements for the class of 2025. Maura T. Healey, governor of Massachusetts, was the graduation speaker.
Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey received an honorary doctorate and spoke to graduates about the College’s legacy and the opportunities of this moment.
President Danielle R. Holley addressed the class of 2025 at Mount Holyoke’s one hundred eighty-eighth Commencement and expressed pride in graduates’ achievements while reflecting on the College’s mission and values.
