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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.”

At the end of May, Mount Holyoke welcomed more than 1,200 alums back to campus to reconnect with classmates and create new memories. As part of these celebratory weekends, we recognized the fundraising achievements of this year’s Reunion classes.

���챬�� Vice President for College Relations Kassandra Jolley makes an impassioned plea for alums of women’s colleges.

Cam Steiger, a junior at ���챬��, reviews her educational journey and how she’s been supported by the community, including alums and The Mount Holyoke Fund.

Nearly 1,000 handwritten letters penned by missionary and scientist David Crockett Graham will be digitally scanned, archived and preserved by a ���챬�� history major and the Archives and Special Collections office.

The $6 million gift by an anonymous donor will endow two new faculty chairs named for illustrious Mount Holyoke alums in the arts: the Debra Martin Chase ’77 Chair in Film Media Theater and the Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 Chair in Creative Writing.

The Intergroup Dialogue Center at ���챬�� reached a new, major milestone by securing its first round of philanthropic investment from its most recent board chair, Karena Strella ’90.

At the end of May, Mount Holyoke welcomed more than 1,200 alums back to campus to reconnect with classmates and create new memories. As part of these celebratory weekends, we recognized the fundraising achievements of this year’s Reunion classes.

U.S. News & World Report ranks ���챬�� as having one of the highest alum giving rates in the country.