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The Kathryn Irene Glascock Poetry Contest at Mount Holyoke College announced two winners for its centennial year: Tom Bosworth ’23 of Dartmouth College and Portlyn Houghton-Harjo ’23 of Pratt Institute.

This year Mount Holyoke College will hold the one hundredth anniversary of the Glascock Poetry Contest. Established in 1923, the annual contest is the oldest continuously running poetry contest for undergraduate students in the United States.

The final Launching Leadership conversation for 2022 was with Addison Beaux ’99, the founder and CEO of Beaux & Arrow. The wide-ranging conversation touched on student activism, gender affirmations and self-love.

As Mount Holyoke marks the one hundred fiftieth year of the teaching of art history, its Department of Art History and Architectural Studies is celebrating its long history and is working to ensure it evolves to meet the changing nature of the field.

On Founder’s Day, Mount Holyoke College raises a spoon to the bravery and vision of its founder, Mary Lyon.

North and South Rockefeller Halls, affectionately known as the “Rockies,” are among the most popular residence halls on campus. But the current halls actually represent the second version of the dormitory.

Leslie Fields, head of Archives and Special Collections discsses how the College has dealt with some of the momentous challenges it has faced in the past.

Exploring student activism through the archives and special collections offers unique views of both Mount Holyoke and the study of history.

In late 1895, Mount Holyoke students decided to form a fire brigade. And in doing so, they made history. The New York Journal reported that theirs was the first all-women’s fire department in the nation.

Molly Paige FP’18 rekindled a love of theater when she came to Mount Holyoke. Now she’s directing “Bull in a China Shop,” the new play by Bryna Turner ’12.