Alums Leading the Way

Arches in Mary Woolley Hall on the Mount Holyoke Campus in South Hadley, MA

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Alums Leading the Way

Alums Leading the Way

Mount Holyoke alums have been opening doors, breaking barriers and launching into the world as leaders since the founding of the College. Our graduates are leading the way — in the boardroom and in the classroom, in the lab and in public service, in the field and on the runway. Every day alums are lifting up others, calling out injustices and advocating for change.

Our alum network, by the numbers

Best alum network

In the 2023 “Best 388 Colleges,” the Princeton Review ranked Mount Holyoke College #9 among private colleges for “Best Alumni Networks.”

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Global alum network

Our network of alums around the world share their time, insight and connections — these of course being code words for power. Alums of women’s colleges arguably constitute the most influential professional-women’s networks on the globe.

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Keeping Mount Holyoke’s global community vibrant and engaged is dependent on the efforts of thousands of alums, parents and friends of the College who volunteer their time, talent, and resources.

Launching Leadership

In celebration of the achievements of our alums and to highlight the many ways Mount Holyoke prepares its graduates to lead in the world, Interim President Beverly Daniel Tatum held a series of conversations with a diverse group of graduates. These alums exemplify an intellectually adventurous Mount Holyoke education in action.

Addison Beaux ’99

The final Launching Leadership conversation for 2022 was with Addison Beaux ’99, the founder and CEO of Beaux & Arrow. The wide-ranging conversation touched on student activism, gender affirmations and self-love.

Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 and Debra Martin Chase ’77

Love, work and the importance of connection were the overarching themes of a Launching Leadership discussion with Mount Holyoke alums Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 and Debra Martin Chase ’77 after an electrifying performance of Parks’ play “Topdog/Underdog.”

Tara Roberts ’91

Tara Roberts ’91 is the Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year and the inaugural Launching Leadership interviewee at ��ý College.

Alums in the News

Demonstrating leadership

Students curate an exhibit about Clapp Laboratory’s history

Mount Holyoke College students have created an exhibit, “Cornelia and Concrete,” about alum Cornelia Clapp and the 100-year-old laboratory building that bears her name.

Family Secrets of the Spanish Civil War header with Daniel Czitrom and Patricia Schechter '86

Cementing family legacies

A Mount Holyoke College alum and a professor emeritus, who are both historians, wrestle with their family histories in a new podcast.

Chloe Zhao from Variety - Day after the Oscars cover story

Five on Film Series: Nomadland

Mount Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley provided an introduction for a showing of “Nomadland,” directed by Chloé Zhao ’05, at Amherst Cinema. The event, part of a series called “Five on Film,” highlights alums of the Five College Consortium.