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Mount Holyoke has shown me not only that I have a voice but also that there are places where I belong.
Significant renovations are underway to modernize Mount Holyoke College’s Kendall Sports & Dance Complex — a key metric for the MHC Forward strategic plan.
“I came to Mount Holyoke with a set idea of what I wanted to accomplish by graduation, but I was able to pursue many different paths to that goal.”
Mount Holyoke College hosted its second annual Girls & Women in Sports Day on campus and introduced young people to a variety of sports, including soccer, basketball, volleyball and equestrian activities.
Diamond Abiakalam-Chinagorom ’25 has been selected as Mount Holyoke College’s first Schwarzman Scholar. The program selects future leaders to pursue a one-year, fully funded master’s degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Nearly 1,000 handwritten letters penned by missionary and scientist David Crockett Graham will be digitally scanned, archived and preserved by a Mount Holyoke College history major and the Archives and Special Collections office.
Mount Holyoke College held a panel discussion “Trans Health Care Is a Human Right: On Safeguarding Gender-Affirming Care After United States v. Skrmetti.” Speakers discussed the case and its impact on transgender and gender-diverse people.
At an awards ceremony held at the Italian Consulate in Boston, Mount Holyoke College students from an intermediate Italian course were recognized for their work exploring the connection between Italian language and literature.
Lily E. Rood ’27 will serve as a Youth Ambassador for the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for two years, raising awareness of its efforts to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ youth at home, at school, at work and beyond.
Siggy Ehrlich ’26 recently worked on and attended a Mount Holyoke College symposium celebrating composer Maria Theresia von Paradis.