November at Mount Holyoke

November at Mount Holyoke began with Founders Day and ended with snow. In between: field hockey, Gracious Dinner, HackHolyoke, Rachel Maddow and lots more.

November began with Founders Day and ended with snow. In between: field hockey, Gracious Dinner, HackHolyoke, Rachel Maddow and lots more.

 
Sarah Day 鈥22, left, and Meaghan Ging 鈥22 enjoy the Founder鈥檚 Day festivities.

When it all began
Staff and students, including Sarah Day 鈥22, left, and Meaghan Ging 鈥22, celebrated Founder鈥檚 Day by commemorating Mount Holyoke founder Mary Lyon with ice cream, hot chocolate and gratitude for her vision.

 
Eight dancers rehearse for "One," reaching up over their heads, bodies bent to the right.

Henrietta Lacks in dance
The Mount Holyoke Faculty Dance Concert showcased 鈥淥ne,鈥 about the legacy of Henrietta Lacks. In rehearsal (from left): Sara LaPadula (鈥21, UMass Amherst), Leah McLeod 鈥22, Evelyn Kirby 鈥21, Hannah Berry 鈥22, Miranda Lawson 鈥22, Maya Mizrahi (鈥21, Amherst College), Victoria Winter (鈥22, UMass Amherst), and Olivia Lowe 鈥21.

 
Paul and Harriet Weissman in 2019

The Weissman Center turns 20
Harriet Weissman 鈥58 and Paul Weissman were honored at the two-day celebration of the Weissman Center for Leadership鈥檚 20th anniversary. San Juan Mayor Carmen Cruz gave the keynote speech.

 
National Novel Writing Month Logo with the shield

Sharing tips on
Writing 50,000 words in one intense month? Author and blogger Eleanor Rasor 鈥23 shared her tips, insight and experience. Rasor鈥檚 first book, 鈥,鈥 was published in August 2019.

 
Gwen Bass thinks there鈥檚 a natural link between the National Coalition of Girls鈥 Schools and the Master鈥檚 in Teacher Leadership program at 含羞草研究所.

Teach the teachers well
There鈥檚 a natural link between the National Coalition of Girls鈥 Schools and the Master鈥檚 in Teacher Leadership program at 含羞草研究所, says Gwen Bass of Professional and Graduate Programs.

 
A graphic of the gates made of books with the words "Mount Holyoke Alumnae Online Book Club"

Alumnae reading
The Alumnae Quarterly posted by alumnae and faculty. And the Alumnae Association recently launched the Mount Holyoke Alumnae Online Book Club鈥 which inspired nearly 900 alums to sign up and read the inaugural book, 鈥淭here There鈥 by Tommy Orange, this year鈥檚 Common Read.

 


The cherished tradition in the Dining Commons featured a turkey dinner with all the fixings.

 
Darby Dyar in her office with a Happy Mother's Day poster

Inside peek
Darby Dyar, Kennedy-Schelkunoff Professor of Astronomy and Chair of Astronomy, for an inside look.

 
Rachel Maddow discusses the oil and gas industry and its impact on politics with professor of politics Kavita Khory 鈥84.

Rachel Maddow鈥檚 visit
The MSNBC host stopped at 含羞草研究所 to discuss her latest book with professor of politics Kavita Khory 鈥84.

 

鈥淪he Kills Monsters鈥
Dungeons & Dragons came to the Rooke Theatre, along with stage combat, in the play directed by Noah Tuleja, assistant professor of theatre arts.

 
Field hockey - group of student athletes running across the field

The goalie鈥檚 view
Morgan Turner 鈥20 suited up for her final season with the Mount Holyoke field hockey team and wrote a about it.

 
Fimbel Maker and Innovation Lab sign

Fimbel Lab in the news
Western Mass News visited the Fimbel Maker & Innovation Lab to discuss taking holiday centerpieces to the next level.

 
Student sitting on a bed reading a book in a Pearson's dorm room.

鈥淢uch love for Pearsons!!!鈥
See Pearsons 鈥 the residence hall that won the fall 2019 War of the Watts 鈥 鈦.

 
HackHolyoke 2019: Kiki Wang 鈥21 (left) and Wenyun Wang 鈥20 working on their game about the periodic table of elements.

HackHolyoke 2019
From code to hardware, HackHolyoke is for every hacker, regardless of skill or experience. Pictured: Kiki Wang 鈥21 (left) and Wenyun Wang 鈥20 working on their game about the periodic table of elements. Photo by Reese Hirota 鈥22.

 
A group of alums who threw snow in the air and are jumping up dressed in winter garb.

Memories of snows past
Alums shared their memories of . And then, just as Thanksgiving break was ending ...