MHC News & Events

From the NY Times: Why a Women's College?

In the New York Times blog The Choice, prospective college student Hannah Smith writes about why she wants to go to a women's college and is considering Mount Holyoke.

Nicole Johnson FP’11 Looks Back on Iraq

The Frances Perkins Scholar and international relations and politics major has lots to be thankful for after spending three years in Iraq.

Lee Bowie on Head Trauma in Football Players

Questioning Authority asked football aficionado and philosophy professor Lee Bowie for his thoughts on the evidence of long-term neurological disorders in his favorite sport.

Carolyn Collette Receives Mellon Fellowship

The professor emeritus of English and chair of medieval studies garners a Mellon Emeritus Fellowship for her research on British suffragette Emily Wilding Davison.

NCAA Field Hockey Video Features MHC

Mount Holyoke will host the 2009 NCAA Division III Field Hockey National Championships November 21-22 at the new turf field. Check out the NCAA promo video.

Family and Friends Weekend Pics

Family and Friends Weekend offered a wide variety of events providing insight into the intellectual, social, and spiritual opportunities that abound on MHC's campus.

Human Computation Lecture November 12

Mohopedia, an MHC student organization, will host Carnegie Mellon’s Luis von Ahn who will give a talk on human computation at 7:30 in Hooker Auditorium.

Alumna Elaine Pluta Elected Holyoke Mayor

Holyoke city councilor and alumna Elaine Pluta FP'96 is the first woman to be elected mayor of Holyoke in elections held yesterday. She'll assume office in January.

MHC Fall Faculty Dance Concert November 12-14

Mount Holyoke College guest artists and dance faculty will celebrate the grand opening of the new dance wing in Kendall Sports and Dance Complex.

Washington Post Reviews Pleshakov's New Book

Professor Constantine Pleshakov wins praise in the Washington Post for his book There Is No Freedom Without Bread! 1989 and the Civil War That Brought Down Communism.

Mount Holyoke College Names New President

Lynn Pasquerella, an accomplished scholar, medical ethicist, and global advocate for women's education and empowerment, has been named the 18th president of Mount Holyoke College.

Huffington Post: MHC's Fox Speaks on Poverty

As reported on the Huffington Post, visiting professor John O. Fox was among the speakers at a Seven Sisters Alumnae Seminar on fighting poverty in the U.S.

Pray the Devil Back to Hell to Show Nov. 11

This documentary film, which chronicles the Liberian women who ended a bloody civil war and brought peace to their country, will be screened at 7 pm in Gamble Auditorium.

Alum in UAE Writes on Women's Rights

Shoba Narayan '87, author of Monsoon Diary, writes in Abu Dhabi's The National on the role women must play in their quest for equal rights around the globe.

President’s Community Breakfast November 12

President Joanne V. Creighton and the senior staff will host a Community Breakfast Thursday, November 12, from 8 to 9 am at the Blanchard Campus Center.

Singer/songwriter Erica Wheeler at MHC Nov. 10

The Center for the Environment brings the national touring artist to MHC to teach a writing workshop at 4:30 pm and give a concert at 7:30 pm.

MHC Equestrian Center Pics

On a perfect fall day, members of Mount Holyoke's hunter seat equitation team practice outdoors at the Equestrian Center. View the photographs.

Jean Jonassaint to Give French Lecture Nov. 12

The Syracuse University prof will give a talk titled “Genèse, Évolution et État Présent des Littératures de la Caraïbe Francophone” at 4:30 pm in the Art Building, Room 220.

Norman Kunc to Give Disability Rights Talk

Norman Kunc will deliver a presentation titled “A Life Beyond Compare: Disability, Normalcy, and Transformation” on Wednesday, November 4, at 7:30 pm in Gamble Auditorium.

Japanese Martial Art Expert at MHC October 30

The Mount Holyoke College Kachimushi Naginata Club will host a lecture by Ban Ebisawa, a world-renowned expert in Naginata, a Japanese martial art that was originally for women.

Distinguished Pakistani Lawyer Visits MHC

Asma Jahangir spent a week at MHC as the 2009 Carol Hoffmann Collins Global Scholar-in-Residence, hosted by the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives.

Zhanina Boyadzhieva '10 Takes on Times Square

The Mount Holyoke student, an architectural studies major and French minor, did an intensive eight-week internship at the New York Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies.

LEAP Highlights Student Internships

Kendade Science Center was host to a world of discoveries at the annual LEAP Symposium, where 57 students presented their summer internships and research.

Markovits Speaks on Truth and Irony in CSM

Assistant professor of politics Elizabeth Markovits spoke about the use of truth and irony in political discourse in the October 17 issue of the Christian Science Monitor.

Double Dose of Halloween Concerts

On Saturday, October 31, the Mount Holyoke College Orchestra, led by Eric Benjamin, will play afternoon and evening Halloween concerts.