January at Mount Holyoke

In January, Mount Holyoke welcomed spring admits, congratulated professors and student-athletes, and celebrated the community.

In January, Mount Holyoke welcomed spring admits, congratulated professors and student-athletes, and celebrated the community.

Photo of Kate Meacham 鈥20
Kate Meacham 鈥20

A guide to women鈥檚 colleges
US News & World Report says women鈥檚 colleges are 鈥a great choice for students interested in leadership.鈥 Kate Meacham 鈥20, reflecting on the unique power of our alumnae network, said, 鈥淓ven if people don鈥檛 know you, they want to support you and help you.鈥濃仯

 
Shirley Chisholm and Elizabeth T. Kennan 1981
Shirley Chisholm and Elizabeth T. Kennan, 1981

Remembering Shirley Chisholm
The in January 1969, making history as the first Black woman to be elected to Congress. Pictured here in 1981 with the College鈥檚 16th president, Elizabeth Kennan.

 
Lexi Lobdell 鈥20
Lexi Lobdell 鈥20

Do horses keep the beat?
Neuroscience and behavior major and equestrian Lexi Lobdell 鈥20 takes to the Equestrian Center to find out. .

 
Tianhui-Ng at the Pioneer Valley Symphony
Tianhui Ng

A community of music
Music professor Tianhui Ng conducts the Pioneer Valley Symphony as a way to build community. Next performance: Feb. 15, 2020, at 7:30 p.m., at John M. Greene Hall, Smith College.

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

Bag the Community
Spring admits kicked off their 含羞草研究所 careers by volunteering for South Hadley鈥檚 annual food drive.

 
Erin Hancock placing a loom part
Erin Hancock 鈥20 putting together the 200 year old loom

The weaving life
Erin Hancock 鈥20鈥檚 lifelong interest in weaving and folk arts came together when she found a 200-year-old loom in the Skinner Museum.

 
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Kathy Aidala

Alumnae Association launches Alums in Tech
Physics professor Kathy Aidala for alums in tech, hosted by the Club of Northern California.

 
The swimming and diving team in a huddle
The swimming and diving team

Student-athletes rock January
The class was announced. The swimming and diving team (pictured) posted the in Division III. And junior Hannah Rieders in track and field.

 
Jessica Maier, Assistant Professor of Art History
Jessica Maier Assistant Professor of Art History

NEH Fellowship award
Jessica Maier, associate professor of art history, was awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to finish her book on Italian Renaissance prints.

 

Graduate programs shoutout
Students and teachers share what they love about studying teaching at Mount Holyoke. .

 
Undergraduate students from across the Northeast met at UMass Amherst to learn about the power of unionizing. (Photo by Mitchell Manning, In These Times.)
UMass Amherst conference students

Students unite for collective bargaining 
Sophomore Lucy James-Olson was featured in an article about a UMass Amherst conference on student labor unions.

 
First-year student Gina Pasciuto (left) and sophomore Hannah Dub茅 (right) take a break from all-day rehearsals for the musical 鈥淎merican Idiot.鈥
First-year student Gina Pasciuto (left) and sophomore Hannah Dub茅 (right) take a break from all-day rehearsals for the musical 鈥淎merican Idiot.鈥  

鈥淎merican Idiot鈥 comes to town
First-year student Gina Pasciuto and sophomore Hannah Dub茅 spent January in rehearsals for Green Day鈥檚 鈥淎merican Idiot,鈥 the musical, produced by Amherst College.