Vista • Summer 2010 • Volume 15 • Number 1


News

Graduating seniors presented research on Louis Armstrong, biomimetic robots, and juvenile recidivism, among a host of other subjects, at the annual Senior Symposium.
MHC students past and present had another banner year for prestigious fellowships, including a Boren Scholarship, multiple Fulbrights, and a Zell Fellowship.
The MHC community gathered in April to celebrate the second annual Hortense Parker Day, honoring the first known African American student to graduate from MHC.
Professors Christopher Pyle and John Lemly and nine students sailed the brig Niagara across Lake Erie and revisited the War of 1812 in late May.
MHC team captain Lindsay Sceats ’11 became the third rider in program history to capture the prestigious Cacchione Cup at the 2010 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championship.
During a May celebration honoring Mount Holyoke's outgoing president, trustees announced they will name the College’s new residence hall Joanne V. Creighton Hall.
621 diplomas and four honorary degrees were bestowed during the College’s 173rd commencement on May 23. New York Times columnist Gail Collins was the commencement speaker.
The College’s newest facility is more than a boathouse, crew coach Jeanne Friedman noted at an opening ceremony in April. It's a home for MHC crew team.
Beginning in spring 2012, Mount Holyoke will offer a semesterlong program, International Business in China, at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.
Kathy Aidala, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Physics, won the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Early Career Award for her work in nanophysics.
Mount Holyoke announced a $5 million gift to name and support the Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Center for the Environment.

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