The process and promise of change at Commencement 2026
Mount Holyoke College celebrated the class of 2026 at its one hundred eighty-ninth Commencement and marked the occasion with remarks from trailblazing alums and speaker Beverly Guy Sheftall.
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Mount Holyoke College celebrated the class of 2026 at its one hundred eighty-ninth Commencement and marked the occasion with remarks from trailblazing alums and speaker Beverly Guy Sheftall.
The Building On Our Momentum (BOOM!) Learning Symposium at Mount Holyoke College celebrated its tenth anniversary this year.
Niyonkinzo Ivona ’27, a junior at Mount Holyoke College, took part in an independent study with performance artist Romina De Novellis.
Sophomore Destiny Pond ’28 was one of the organizers of this year’s Trailblazers of Color Leadership Conference at Mount Holyoke; its theme was “When Wisdom Speaks.”
Noted author Curtis Chin takes a few moments before he visits Mount Holyoke College for BOOM! Community Day to discuss empathy, storytelling and his favorite line in his memoir.
Mount Holyoke College senior Gabrielle Saint-Fleur ’26 was thinking narrowly about life post-graduation. Thanks to the Careers in Public Service trip, she now knows she has the world at her fingertips.
Mount Holyoke alum april 1. graham-jackson FP’18 presented on Black house music and the cultural community of Chicago.
Judy Richardson, civil rights activist and filmmaker, was in conversation with Mount Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley for the College’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Series on Racial Justice and Reconciliation.
Mount Holyoke students dove into the future, applying interdisciplinary skills to technology innovation by designing ethical AI solutions for real-world issues in the College’s first-ever AWS Generative AI Case Competition.
Mount Holyoke College Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Marcella Runell had a conversation with author and entrepreneurial soul coach Rha Goddess.