Keep up with all the ways in which the Mount Holyoke community is pushing the limits of human knowledge, building lasting bonds and leading the way forward — on campus and around the world.
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Madeline Fitzgerald ’21 compares arriving at Mount Holyoke to Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” going over the rainbow — leaving her hometown with few LGBTQ+ people and discovering that many MHC students are members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Mount Holyoke College’s third annual learning conference on diversity, equity and inclusion draws big crowds and big topics.
“Embrace the experience and be prepared to learn.”
The experience of international student Minnal Abbasi ’16 led her three sisters to Mount Holyoke's gates —and unexpected growth for the entire family.
“I found myself at Mount Holyoke. I learned self-reliance in a foreign country. I realized I have control over my life. I need to be responsible for it.”
“I’ve become more cautious about viewing the experiences of others. I now prioritize, above everything, seeing the world through their perspective.”
Mount Holyoke is unusual in that it has six individual cultural centers that pertain to specific affinity groups.
Mount Holyoke picked me, I didn't pick Mount Holyoke. That decision has meant finding out who I am and being able to realize what my values truly are, and what things mean to me.
“To read & write critically, understand historical context is important because policy work occasionally doesn't integrate it well enough.”
