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
Women’s education can change the world. 10,000 strong and growing.
What an incredible year it’s been! Over 10,000 in the MHC community have joined our movement, strengthening the global impact of an MHC education. Throughout the year, we’ve celebrated those who are making change in their communities and beyond, sharing stories of the power of women (and one chicken) here on campus and around the world. In case you missed them, here are just a few of the highlights: “If we are to see any change in our world, the women must be involved.” Watch Nobel Peace prize laureate Leymah Gbowee P’16… Read More
Helen Drinan ’69, President, Simmons College: Sharing her story
We just need to get on with it – face our challenges squarely and make every minute count. On September 9, a breast cancer diagnosis shattered my plans for the new academic year. At the moment I heard the words spoken by the radiologist, my vision of the future simply dissolved. Later in the day, as my surgeon described the treatment plan, I was thinking about how it would affect me, my family, and my work at Simmons College. With barely any time to consider it, I made the instinctive decision to live… Read More
I Joined the Movement. #mhcten
“I am an alumna (1979), a sister of an alumna, (Laura Guasti ’69) and a parent of an alumna (Cally Guasti ’13)! Mount Holyoke is important to me and to the women in my family, and I am very grateful for the exceptional education we all received.” – Carol Guasti ’79, with daughter, Cally ’13 #mhcten
Helen G. Drinan ’69: “I believe that the work and message of a founder has an institutional imprint that crosses the ages…”
Simmons College: Thoughts From The President – November 6, 2014 By Helen G. Drinan ’69 Last week I ended my thoughts with a description of the John Simmons Legacy Tour launch held that Thursday evening at the Boston Public Library. Since then, I have been reflecting on the role of our “founder” and wanted to share a few observations. When I arrived in South Hadley, Massachusetts, at age 18 to begin my undergraduate studies at Mount Holyoke, I was the product of a big-town high school (746 classmates) with the traditional sports-academic-activity… Read More
$10 Million for MHC 