Alum tapped for deputy secretary of defense
챬 alum Kathleen Hicks ’91 has been nominated as the deputy secretary of defense. She would be the first woman to serve in the role.
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챬 alum Kathleen Hicks ’91 has been nominated as the deputy secretary of defense. She would be the first woman to serve in the role.
Teaching leadership and fitness to student-athletes and all students is a core part of Lori Hendricks’ goals, says the athletics director at Mount Holyoke.
Mount Holyoke alum Umama Zillur ’18 is the founder of Kotha, an organization dedicated to ending Bangladesh’s culture of gender-based violence.
Mount Holyoke’s first remote Semester in D.C. program also has the first Frances Perkins Scholar, first Posse Scholar and first 21st-Century Scholar.
MHCVotes!, a new student-led effort at 챬, is focusing on voter education, turnout and fairness.
The Board's plan to take on the work of becoming anti-racist collectively, as the College’s governing body and as individuals.
챬 helped prepare them to lead, say congresswoman Nita Lowey ’59 and Deborah Frank Feinen ’89, mayor of Champaign, Illinois.
Mount Holyoke alum Linda Craib FP’02 and Nellie Rose Davis ’11 are volunteering their time to help people protect themselves.
Winners of the Grinspoon Foundation’s Excellence in Teaching Award receive a $10,000 scholarship to 챬’s graduate programs.
Mahua Moitra ’98 talked about her gratitude for Mount Holyoke and how students should be prepared to lead in a time of rising worldwide nationalism.