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Graduating senior Fatima Shah ’26 believes that what made her education so extraordinary at Mount Holyoke College is that the word “impossible” never got used.

Mount Holyoke College has selected “A Map Is Only One Story” for its Common Read for the 2026–27 academic year. Through the power of personal narratives, the anthology offers a new definition of home in the twenty-first century.

Tiko Dolidze ’26, a senior at Mount Holyoke College, and Mariam Beshidze ’27, a junior at Amherst College, have been awarded a Projects for Peace grant for their initiative that will collect oral histories from Georgian student protestors.

Mount Holyoke College student Oluwafadeyemi Testimony Akinkuolie-Ibidapo ’27 is an awardee of this year’s Project for Peace grants from Middlebury College. She will launch a year-round food pantry in her hometown.

Reva Babbar ’28, a sophomore at Mount Holyoke College, reflects on what it takes to go from attending the annual BOOM! Learning Symposium to help plan and facilitate the symposium as a BOOM! program lead.

Mount Holyoke College senior Myra Arif Zia ’26 took part in the Semester in D.C. program and learned key things about her career, her future plans and America at this moment in history.

During her time at Mount Holyoke College, senior Mahira Mim ’26 has become a chemistry powerhouse thanks to the mentoring she received and the community that supported her.

Nathania Amadi ’26, Mount Holyoke graduating senior and president of the Student Government Association, rose to leadership positions after making connections in the lab, the classroom and residence halls.

Senior Manu Ribas ’26 has had a Mount Holyoke College journey marked by trying new things in the classroom, in the laboratory and in the community. All of these experiences deepened her relationship with her peers and her scholarly interests.

Encouraged by her family to become a leader, Mount Holyoke senior Shiqi Belinda Zhu ’26 has grown comfortable with discourse and knows that ambition doesn’t have to mean competition.