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The 2024–2025 fellowships application cycle saw 72 ���챬�� community members apply, with 96 applications for 33 unique awards — and those are just the folks who connected with Fellowships at Mount Holyoke (FMH). Among the outstanding MHC students and alums who advanced through their respective competitions, some worked with FMH and others applied directly or through their graduate schools. In addition to the fellowship recipients listed below, we have included the alternates and finalists to highlight the fantastic accomplishment of making it so far through the process amidst large pools of distinguished applicants.

Premier programs

To receive one of these prestigious fellowships, individuals must first submit an application to the Mount Holyoke Committee on Fellowships. The organizations that sponsor these fellowships rely on campus officials to review eligibility and then endorse and nominate applicants.

Thank you to the Committee on Fellowships — Sarah Adelman, Kathy Aidala, Anna Maria Hong, Kavita Khory and Gretchen Lay — for its work in assessing and providing feedback on applications this year. Additional thanks to the many faculty and staff who served on review subcommittees and mock interview panels: Alexi Arango, Caedyn Busche, Maria Cartagena, Rick Feldman, Sarah Frenette, Jennifer Jacoby, Liz Markovitz, Jackson Matos, Katie McMenimen, Chris Mitchell, Adelia Pope, Suparna Roychoudhury, Jared Schwartzer, Mark Shea, April Stroud, Lucas Wilson and Kelly Woods.

Beckman Scholars Program

for students to engage in 15 months of mentored on-campus research

• Kelly Aja ’27 and Kimberly Dominguez ’27 — Both scholars are joining the Schwartzer Lab for 15 months of mentored research on the effects of maternal allergic asthma on the neurodevelopment of the child during pregnancy and adulthood.

for students to pursue graduate study or independent research or to teach English abroad (ETA)

Finalists (offered the award)

• Celine Falcon-Geist ’25 — Finalist for the Fulbright ETA award to Senegal.
• Helen Roane ’23 — Finalist for the Fulbright ETA award to Taiwan.

Semifinalists

• Dora Ammerman ’25 — Semifinalist for the Fulbright ETA award to Cameroon.
• Sarah Bell ’25 — Semifinalist for the Fulbright ETA award to Portugal.
• Sarah “Zha Zha” Purvis ’24 — Semifinalist for the Fulbright study/research award to Benin.

for students at partner universities to design grassroots projects around the world that promote peace and address the root causes of conflict

• Alexandra Mihailopol ’26 — The project, “EmpowHER: Financial Education for a Safer Future,” aims to develop a curriculum and platform to foster economic empowerment among women in rural Romania, in partnership with the FeminEast Association, a Romanian non-profit organization dedicated to promoting accessible financial literacy.
• Qiao Se Ong ’25 — The project, "Creativity in Action: Integrated Arts in Grassroots Organizing," recognizes the transformative power of art and, in partnership with the Colombian organization Junta de Acción Communal, aims to provide a space to explore self-determination and agency to the community of Planes-Mirador, Colombia, where the construction of a hydroelectric dam and the transition to a post-civil conflict society has disrupted their way of life.

Direct apply

The organizations offering these fellowships do not require a nomination from ���챬��. Students and alums can apply directly, but are encouraged to seek support from FMH if, where applicable, they are not applying through their graduate school.

for a one-year public service employment and mentorship experience in California’s state government

• Hailee Pitschke ’25 — Hailee will spend the next year working in the Los Angeles County Superior Court as a Judicial Fellow.

for recent graduates and young professionals to participate in a nine-month leadership training program and gain hands-on experience across sectors relating to public affairs

• Tina Arechiga ’23 — Tina declined an offer for a placement with the University of Missouri–St. Louis program and accepted an exciting legislative assistant position with a public policy group at her law firm.

for American college students to learn languages essential to America’s national security and economic prosperity through a summer study abroad program

• Ruth Naughton-Linett ’28 — Chinese
• Johanna Doyle ’26 — Russian (Spark)

Alternate

• Kaylee Clarke ’26 — Korean

for students to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree at the University of Cambridge

• Donari Yahzid ’19 — Ph.D. candidate in development studies

for graduate students in National Science Foundation–supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions

Honorable mentions

• Noor Aftab ’21 — Astronomy and astrophysics, Columbia University
• Juniper Glass-Klaiber ’21 — Physiology and molecular biophysics, Columbia University
• Qinge Liu ’25 — Chemistry of life processes, California Institute of Technology
• Hannah O'Grady ’23 — Ecology, University of Notre Dame

for recent graduates to engage in a cross-cultural immersive work fellowship in Asia

• Yunwei Ni ’25 — alternate

for a one-year residential master’s degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China

• Diamond Abiakalam-Chinagorom ’25 — Diamond’s focus on and interest in pursuing the Schwarzman Scholarship stems from her desire to increase the role of African countries in equitable trade agreements.