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Inspired by the Laurel Parade the day before her Commencement, Susan Bateson ’76 started giving to the College right away. “Mount Holyoke transformed me. So I know it has the capacity and the ability to transform others.”

“Women’s education matters,” said Dr. Susan Haas ’71. “I would never have grown the way I did at a coed school. It was a critical formative experience.”

Recipients of the Vong-ling Lee 1919 Scholarship Fund, named for Tsun-yu “Chinnie” Kawn ’54’s mother, will come to know how their MHC journeys were paved by the legacy of a truly “uncommon woman” of remarkable humility, integrity, faith, perseverance and grace.

“It means everything to me to give back to Mount Holyoke. I have always felt completely and totally in debt to the College,” says Zoe Hale ’67.

Mount Holyoke President Danielle R. Holley announces that Jen Brock will assume the role of Vice President for Marketing and Communications on July 1, 2025.

A report on the board meeting held May 1 to 3 and June 17, 2025.

���챬�� students Kelly Aja ’27 and Kimberly Dominguez ’27 have been selected for the Beckman Scholars Program through a competitive application process.

The Phoenix, once a neglected outbuilding on the ���챬�� campus, has been transformed into an environmentally conscious studio space thanks to a team of faculty and student research assistants.

���챬�� has selected “Parable of the Sower” for its Common Read for the 2025–2026 academic year. The New York Times named the novel a Notable Book of the Year for its prescient treatment of racial justice, climate collapse and fascism.

���챬�� Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Philosophy James Harold spoke to Yahoo News about the age-old question of the possibility of separating the art from the artist.