Community and Belonging

You can find your place at Mount Holyoke

At Mount Holyoke, promoting “a beloved community“ by cultivating an inclusive and socially just campus environment for all is a priority. The office of Community and Belonging provides programs that support social justice education, dialogue, celebration and identity development including intersectionality, as well as increasing understanding of the role that liberatory consciousness, religion, ethics and spirituality play when working toward reconciliation, racial healing and transformative justice.

Upcoming Events

Working towards inclusivity

Mount Holyoke College was recently named a First-gen Forward Institution by the Center for First-generation Student Success.

Mount Holyoke wins First-gen Forward honor

Mount Holyoke has received national recognition for its demonstrated commitment to advancing first-generation college student success.

Sign of the times: Campus signs remind those who remain to practice physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Helping students cope with a crisis

Mount Holyoke College’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund has helped students cope with the financial aftermath of the pandemic.

Mount Holyoke’s newest students prepare to serve lunch at the Bag the Community food-pantry event.

Tackling food insecurity one bag at a time

6,500 bags. An 18-wheeler and several vans filled with donated food. Spring admits begin their Mount Holyoke career with community service.

Programming, Education and Resources

Connect to your community, explore and celebrate your own identities. Community & Belonging supports programming, education, and resources for all students.

Photo of students taking part in the Blessing and Sending ceremony

Religious and Spiritual Life

Offering opportunities to explore and participate in a wide range of traditions and activities in a diverse and vibrant spiritual community.

MoZone Peer Education Program

A social justice peer education program led by trained students who provide hands on training and facilitate interactive dialogues.

Cultural Centers

Providing safe environments of support, education, networking and sanctuary for to Mount Holyoke students.

Mount Holyoke students showing off their temporary Mountain Day tattoos

Community and Inclusion

Exploring, educating, and celebrating all that makes Mount Holyoke a diverse community.

Intergroup Dialogue

Assisting students in developing skills for exploring differences and commonalities in diverse settings in hopes of bridging social and cultural divides.

Meet the Staff

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Student Invovlement

Alumnae Association