Lavender Ceremony 2021
Now in its fifth year at Mount Holyoke College, the Lavender Ceremony is a celebratory rite of passage for the LGBTQ community.
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Now in its fifth year at Mount Holyoke College, the Lavender Ceremony is a celebratory rite of passage for the LGBTQ community.
Jean Grossholtz, Professor of Politics, contributor to Asian studies, and the force behind women’s studies at Mount Holyoke died on February 9, 2021. Colleagues describe Jean with some common phrases: “a legend,” “an inspiration to live up to the ideals [we] profess,” “a fierce and fearless advocate for justice,” “a force to be reckoned with,” “the epitome of the scholar/activist,” and “a one-of-a-kind force of nature.”
Mount Holyoke College’s 2021 Women of Color Trailblazers Leadership Conference focuses on entrepreneurs of color in a virtual business expo.
Mount Holyoke College has announced the three trailblazing honorary degree recipients who will join its 2021 Commencement.
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, will be in conversation with Carmen Yulín Cruz at Mount Holyoke College.
Mount Holyoke College’s Michael Ofori, visiting lecturer in the film music theater department, recently directed “Language of Angels” at the College.
Chloé Zhao ’05 has made history with her wins at the 93rd Academy Awards, held April 26, 2021.
The Princeton Review ranked Mount Holyoke No. 1 for “Best Schools for Making an Impact” and No. 10 for “Best Alumni Networks.”
Mount Holyoke College undergraduates volunteer at Homework House, tutoring elementary school students in the city of Holyoke.
Mount Holyoke professor’s research finds that college admissions essays are even more strongly linked to socioeconomic status than test scores.