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Mount Holyoke College has been ranked highly by U.S. News & World Report, Washington Monthly and The New York Times.

The Princeton Review ranked Mount Holyoke College in the top 20 colleges and universities in the country in categories for academics, extracurricular activities and alum resources.

At the end of May, Mount Holyoke welcomed more than 1,600 alums back to campus to reconnect with classmates and create new memories. As part of these celebratory weekends, we recognized the fundraising achievements of this year’s Reunion classes.

Mount Holyoke College students were honored at the annual Leadership and Service Awards ceremony for their contributions to the community.

Mount Holyoke student Naomy Poot Ibarra is working to center their family’s Indigenous Maya heritage.

Mount Holyoke alum Caitlin Lambert ’09 is working to free children from prison while also advocating for juvenile justice reform in Somaliland.

Iyko Day's teaching and scholarship extend from English to Critical Social Thought, Film, Media, Theater, Gender Studies, Asian American Studies, Marxist Theory, Racial Capitalism, Settler Colonial Studies, and Queer of Color Critique.

The reach of Katie’s work extends far beyond the gates of Mount Holyoke. Her contributions to the intellectual life of the college, together with her care for her students, both in the lab and in the classroom, make Mount Holyoke a better place.

Renae Brodie is a recognized expert on the behaviors of crabs, tying modifications in these behaviors to climate change. She works closely with students, supervising their research and acting as a mentor, and many become published co-authors on her papers.

On March 8, 2023 Mount Holyoke College Interim President Beverly Daniel Tatum spoke at New York University Abu Dhabi in honor of International Women's Day, discussing the interplay between culture and higher education, leadership and empowerment.