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챬 Vice President for College Relations Kassandra Jolley makes an impassioned plea for alums of women’s colleges.
챬 student Alexandra Mihailopol ’26 has been selected by Middlebury College as a recipient of a Projects for Peace grant. She will offer financial literacy education to women in rural Romania via her EmpowHER project.
Mount Holyoke senior Qiao Se Ong ’25 is among the 2025 cohort for Projects for Peace. Her project, based in Colombia, aims to address the impact of dam construction on local communities through creative workshops and collaborations with local artists.
챬 student Oluwafadeyemi Testimony Akinkuolie-Ibidapo ’27 went from volunteering at last year’s Trailblazers of Color Leadership Conference to becoming one of this year’s organizers.
챬 President Danielle R. Holley spoke to “Here and Now” on NPR about the growing tensions between higher education and the federal government.
Actor, playwright, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, producer and director John Cameron Mitchell will be at 챬 on Monday, March 10, 2025, for a screening and discussion of his 2001 film “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”
The Mass Cultural Council has approved the establishment of a Puerto Rican Cultural District in nearby Holyoke, and Maria Cartagena, director of Community-Based Learning at 챬, was pivotal in its development.
For the second year in a row, 챬 has received the 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine.
챬 President Danielle R. Holley spoke to both New England Public Media and the podcast “The Harvard Plan” about how higher education is not the enemy, as well as supporting students going forward.
챬 held a panel discussion “Trans Health Care Is a Human Right: On Safeguarding Gender-Affirming Care After United States v. Skrmetti.” Speakers discussed the case and its impact on transgender and gender-diverse people.