Donor Spotlight: Ellen Safier Goodman ’64. “My experiences on campus continue to inspire my life.”
Ellen Safier Goodman ’64 says her “MHC experiences on campus continue to inspire my life,” even though her few years here were many years ago. After graduating from Mount Holyoke with a degree in English and teaching for a few years, she earned a PhD at Brown University and dedicated her entire career to education. Her passion for learning continues each and every day in all the artistic, cultural, and community activities she engages in. What’s the greatest lesson you learned while at MHC? How to be fully engaged in life in all its variety…. Read More
Happy holidays from Mount Holyoke
Festive lights are up around campus and students are finishing up their coursework, eagerly anticipating the chance to connect with families and loved ones over the winter break. In this season of giving and good will, many of us are thinking about the ones with whom we share fond memories and those who made a difference in our lives. Here are a few of the meaningful Mount Holyoke connections you’ve shared with us: “Ally and Asmaah, you are the sisters I never had and my uncommon partners in crime. Whether we are… Read More
We are grateful for your support. Thank you!
This holiday season, as we gather with family and friends to give thanks, we in Advancement would like to thank all those who have invested in Mount Holyoke to support the incredible work happening on campus and abroad. Your investment enables our students to pursue their passions, explore new cultures and ideas, and gain invaluable experience working alongside faculty or in internship opportunities around the world. You help keep Mount Holyoke a warm and beautiful place to connect and grow as a community, and solidify us as an intellectual and cultural hub…. Read More
#MaryGoesGlobal
Mary has had a well-traveled month, visiting with alums all over the map! Here she is with 1964 alums Mary Dee Beall, Edie Prentice Mendez, Helga Lemke, and Vicki Diez-Canseco at Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco for the exhibit by human rights activist artist Ai Weiwei. The exhibit was designed in China for its installation at Alcatraz, although Weiwei is forbidden to leave China and could not oversee the actual installation. Take Mary along on your travels and send in your photos at februmary@mtholyoke.edu. Check out more on Instagram.com/marylyon1837. #FebruMary #MaryGoesGlobal
Building Community Fact #16: Ham Hall
It took 346,00 bricks, 40,000 masonry blocks, 3,000 cubic yards of concrete, 10 tons of reinforcing steel, and $1,250,000 to build Ham Hall. Coined the “Tower of Babel” by Mount Holyoke president emeritus Roswell Gray Ham, the hall was hailed as a new foray into economical, multicultural living. Construction began in 1964 under the auspices of President Richard Glenn Gettell. The building was completed and dedicated in September 1965 in honor of president emeritus Ham. Intended to function as a “language hall,” Ham was designed to provide an immersive language-learning experience. The… Read More
$10 Million for MHC 