A decade of BOOM!
The Building On Our Momentum (BOOM!) Learning Symposium at Íøºì±¬ÁÏ celebrated its tenth anniversary this year.
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The Building On Our Momentum (BOOM!) Learning Symposium at Íøºì±¬ÁÏ celebrated its tenth anniversary this year.
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ student Oluwafadeyemi Testimony Akinkuolie-Ibidapo ’27 is an awardee of this year’s Project for Peace grants from Middlebury College. She will launch a year-round food pantry in her hometown.
Cerebro 101 is an initiative led by Íøºì±¬ÁÏ faculty Marta Sabariego and Nieves Romero-DÃaz that teaches dual-language elementary students about neuroscience and behavior.
Trailblazing Black feminist scholar Beverly Guy Sheftall will be the primary speaker at the Íøºì±¬ÁÏ Commencement. Two extraordinary Mount Holyoke alums, Leslie Anne Miller ’73 and Maria Z. Mossaides ’73, will also be honored.
Miki Lin ’27, a Íøºì±¬ÁÏ junior, is grateful to be a part of the planning process for this year’s BOOM! event.
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ student Caroline Grace ’27 attended the fourth annual Lyon’s Pride Conference, an event that had her both connecting with the community and questioning the support for queer people of color.
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ senior Emma Adler Quirk ’26 attended the 2026 Lyon’s Pride Conference that explored LGBTQ+ life on and off campus.
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.â€
Noted author Curtis Chin takes a few moments before he visits Íøºì±¬ÁÏ for BOOM! Community Day to discuss empathy, storytelling and his favorite line in his memoir.
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ 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.