My Study of Chinese at MHC
Studying the language, the culture, and the country inspired me to complete an independent study on Business in China and study in Beijing.
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Akemi Go ’15
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Studying the language, the culture, and the country inspired me to complete an independent study on Business in China and study in Beijing.
Poorna Swami ’15 discusses her time as an Editorial Research Assistant for the African Studies Review and a Help Desk Assistant for Mount Holyoke LITS.
I am grateful to the Frances Perkins program at Mount Holyoke, and for the professors who truly understood my trying circumstances, and for the wealth of knowledge I have gained during my time on campus.
Raman Spectroscopy is just the beginning.
Achaetey worked on research as a part of Professor Alexi Arango's lab. She helps manufacture solar cells. She started working in the lab in summer 2015, and within the few months from the beginning of summer to fall, she has already designed a piece of equipment and wrote a standard working procedure for the Arango lab!
I was hoping to become fluent in Spanish. I was also hoping to become more independent and learn to put myself out there and feel confident in a variety of situations. I accomplished both.
Thanks to the support of her MHC professors, Aidan Diamond ’15 has been able to nurture an interest in Batman into a burgeoning academic career.
The economics classes I took at MHC were essential in understanding the broader economic backdrop (economic policies, growth, interest and exchange rate setting mechanisms) of countries in which we operate.
“I’ve found that mentoring speaking skills requires a level of engagement and interaction that’s really exciting.”
“My proudest accomplishment is that I will graduate with a degree in English. Four years ago, in my first English class, I understood almost nothing.”