Fitting in and truly belonging at Mount Holyoke
“[Mount Holyoke has] given me the confidence and space to explore myself in a way I haven’t been able to before.”
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“[Mount Holyoke has] given me the confidence and space to explore myself in a way I haven’t been able to before.”
“Working in a lab has been a great opportunity. Not only have I made friends who have similar academic interests as I do, but working in the lab shows employers that I’m able to come up with my own research project. To have the experience on my resume shows that I can do that work and lead a research project on my own.”
“Knowing yourself is the biggest thing.”
When I finally saw my dorm in real life, stood outside and looked around, I was happy — incredibly happy.
The Zowie Banteah Cultural Center is moving, but its mission to promote Indigenous visibility remains the same.
“Having financial aid and scholarships has been huge. It meant I could work a few hours less and have time to study and do orgs, relax a little bit and decompress from the chaos of the world. I’m so grateful for it.”
Isabel DiBiasio-Hudson discusses the MHC community: rooted in compassion, empathy and a desire to support people in the way that they want and need to be.
The person I am leaving Mount Holyoke College is certainly not the student who applied or walked onto the campus as a first-year student. I knew I would be happy here. What I didn’t expect was how much the community would change me.
Besides its beauty, the next thing I noticed — or should I say, felt — was the energy running through the campus. It’s vibrant. It’s diverse. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming. I could see myself making friends here. I pictured myself sitting in the Williston Library.
Cheers rang out across the Mount Holyoke College campus during the first in-person Convocation since the beginning of the pandemic.