Going the distance for dance
Faced with adapting a dance classroom to online learning, Shakia Johnson created Black Beauty Dance, a remote program for all.
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Faced with adapting a dance classroom to online learning, Shakia Johnson created Black Beauty Dance, a remote program for all.
Having a mother whose first job after graduating from Mount Holyoke was working for Eleanor Roosevelt inspired Catherine Russell Hammond ’65 to a career of public service. She gives back via her IRA and a legacy gift.
The Professional and Graduate Education program now offers an online program for teachers working with culturally and linguistically diverse students.
Barbara Smith ’69, explains to The New Yorker that identity politics is not about division, but rather unity.
Two-time alumna and fifth-grade teacher Rose Levine examines the case for —and against — reopening elementary schools this fall.
Mount Holyoke College will sign an amicus brief challenging ICE’s proposed rules barring online study for international students.
President Stephens extends her support to international students who are an integral part of the Mount Holyoke community.
Mount Holyoke taught me “Mount Holyoke connected me to a world that gave me access to the impossible,” says Mary Ann Villarreal ’94, the first in her family to attend college. “I give back because I felt like Mount Holyoke was my home and I want other people to find their home too.”
President Stephens announces Mount Holyoke’s Plan for 2020.
The story behind Pangynaskeia Day, which is held on the last Friday of classes in the spring semester, is nearly as long as its name.