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Mount Holyoke has shown me not only that I have a voice but also that there are places where I belong.
Significant renovations are underway to modernize 챬’s Kendall Sports & Dance Complex — a key metric for the MHC Forward strategic plan.
“I came to Mount Holyoke with a set idea of what I wanted to accomplish by graduation, but I was able to pursue many different paths to that goal.”
챬 hosted its second annual Girls & Women in Sports Day on campus and introduced young people to a variety of sports, including soccer, basketball, volleyball and equestrian activities.
Diamond Abiakalam-Chinagorom ’25 has been selected as 챬’s first Schwarzman Scholar. The program selects future leaders to pursue a one-year, fully funded master’s degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
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.
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.
At an awards ceremony held at the Italian Consulate in Boston, 챬 students from an intermediate Italian course were recognized for their work exploring the connection between Italian language and literature.
Lily E. Rood ’27 will serve as a Youth Ambassador for the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for two years, raising awareness of its efforts to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ youth at home, at school, at work and beyond.
Siggy Ehrlich ’26 recently worked on and attended a 챬 symposium celebrating composer Maria Theresia von Paradis.