All Entries Tagged With: "Mount Holyoke College"
Mount Holyoke College Joins the New Media Arts Consortium
Mount Holyoke College, the highly rated liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is forming a new partnership with five other institutions to collect and share digital, interactive, and new media works.
Simmons College Extends the Contract of President Helen G. Drinan
In 2008, Helen Drinan was named the eighth president of Simmons College in Boston. With this new contract extension awarded by the board of trustees, Drinan will remain as president of the college through at least June 2019.
Five Women Scholars Honored With Notable Awards
The honorees are Soha Hassoun of Tufts University, Karen Hollis of Mount Holyoke College, Coco Fusco of the University of Florida, Annette Sobel of Texas Tech University, and Teri Finneman of South Dakota State University.
Three Women Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters
This year 12 new members were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Three of the new members are women. Members are chosen from the fields of literature, music, and the fine arts. They are elected for life and only upon the death of other members.
Mount Holyoke College to Offer a New Concentration in Data Science
The data science concentration will be one of nine in the college’s Nexus Program which is designed to incorporate career goals with a liberal arts education. Women in the concentration will have to take advanced level courses in statistics and computer science and complete an internship relating to the field.
Lila Gierasch Named Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biological Chemistry
Dr. Gierasch is a Distinguished Professor in biochemistry and molecular biology and chemistry at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Earlier in her career, she taught at Amherst College, the University of Delaware, and the University of Texas.
Mount Holyoke Alumnae Participating in Document Archival Project on the College’s History
Mount Holyoke College, the selective liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is using alumnae and other friends of the college to transcribe letters and diaries from the college’s Archives and Special Collections unit.
A Dozen Women Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
A Change in Leadership Announced at Mount Holyoke College
President Lynn Pasquerella has announced that she will step down at the end of the academic year to become president of the Association of American Colleges & Universities. Sonya Stephens will serve as acting president for three years beginning on July 1.
Suzan-Lori Parks Wins the 2015 Gish Prize
The Gish Prize, considered among the top honors in the arts, comes with a cash award valued at $300,000. Parks is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and teaches creative writing at New York University.
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Ann Clarke, 1928-2015
Elizabeth Ann Clark taught nursing at the University of Massachusetts, the University of Maine, and the Medical University of South Carolina. She was also the head nurse at Yale New Haven Hospital.
A New Digital Archive Showing Life at Mount Holyoke College in the Early Twentieth Century
Mount Holyoke College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts, has debuted a new online digital archive of about 2,000 rare photographs documenting life at the college from 1899 to 1939.
Seven Sister Colleges Launch an Online Historical Archive of Women in Higher Education
The archive includes a wide variety of materials including photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, and diaries documenting the history of women in higher education.
New Five College Consortium Digital Project Examines Early American Fashion
Scholars in the Five College Consortium (Smith, Mount Holyoke, Amherst, Hampshire, and the University of Massachusetts) in western Massachusetts have established a new online archive called Historic Dress.
Eighteen Women With New Administrative Responsibilities in American Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
In Memoriam: Jane Blankenship, 1934-2015
Professor Blankenship joined the communications faculty at the University of Massachusetts in 1966. She served on the faculty for 31 years until her retirement in 1997. In 1978, Dr. Blankenship was elected president of the National Communication Association.
Harvard Business School Study Documents the Benefits of Having a Working Mother
But new research conducted as part of the Gender Initiative at Harvard Business School finds that having a working mother in the household actually improves children’s future prospects. This is especially true for daughters of working mothers.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Suzan-Lori Parks Wins the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History
Suzan-Lori Parks teaches creative writing at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She was honored for her play “Father Comes Home From the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3,” which was first staged at The Public Theater in New York last October.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Scholarships for Graduates of Five Leading Women’s Colleges at Indiana University’s Mauer School of Law
The Mauer School of Law at Indiana University in Bloomington has established a scholarship and mentoring program for graduates of five of the nation’s leading women’s colleges: Bryn Mawr, Mills, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Wellesley.
Simmons College Issues a Formal New Policy on Transgender Applicants
Simmons College, founded in 1899 in Boston, Massachusetts, enrolls more than 4,600 women undergraduate students. Now, following in the footsteps of some other women’s colleges, Simmons has formalized a new policy that redefines who is eligible for admission.
Mount Holyoke College Establishes Mentoring Program for First-Year Computer Science Students
The computer science department at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, has established the new Gigas and Megas mentoring program that matches juniors and seniors in the department with first year students.
In Memoriam: Astrid Merget, 1945-2014
Dr. Merget joined the faculty at Louisiana State University in 2007 and served as executive vice president and provost from 2007 to 2010. Before coming to LSU, she was dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Hunt Davis Mazzocco, 1958-2014
Dr. Mazzocco was director of the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages in Amherst, Massachusetts. The center offers courses in less commonly taught languages for pools of students from Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, and Smith College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Mount Holyoke College Will Consider Admission of Any Individual Who Self-Identifies as a Woman
Mount Holyoke College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts, announced a new policy which will allow for the admission of any individual who self-identifies as a woman.
Mount Holyoke College Institutes New Course Requirements
Mount Holyoke College students must now take a first-year seminar. They must also take at least one course in the humanities division, one course in mathematics or science, and one language course other than English.
Anne Carson Daly Named President of Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York
Since 2007, Dr. Daly has been vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, North Carolina. Earlier in her career, she taught at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Notre Dame, and Georgetown University.
A Quartet of New Deans
The new deans are Donna E. Lisker at Smith College, Peggy Agouris at George Mason University, AnnMarie LeBlanc at Kent State University, and Marcella Runell Hall at Mount Holyoke College.
Nine Women Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
The women named to administrative posts are Emily Hutchins, Shelby Walker, Katherine Phillips, Betsy Garrison, Carol R. Collier, Liz Lierman, Samantha Earp, M. Grace Calhoun, and Stephanie Helms Pickett.
Mount Holyoke College to Fund Internships for All Students
A new internship program called The Lynk will be aimed at connecting students’ academic work with practical experience and career exploration. In addition to a funded internship, the program will provide counseling, professional development, networking, and other activities.
In Memoriam: Mary Elizabeth Peters Tidball, 1929-2014
A long-time professor of physiology at George Washington University in the nation’s capital, Dr. Tidball was one of the nation’s leading advocates of the benefits of women’s colleges.
Leading Women’s Colleges Far Down the List on Lumosity’s Rankings of Colleges With the “Smartest Students”
Wellesley College ranked in 106th place. Smith College held the 122nd position and Mount Holyoke ranked 326th out of the 456 colleges and universities included in the rankings.
Eleven Women in New Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities
The appointees are Cynthia Griffith, Emily Can Houseling, Leslie S. Rush, Dianthia Ford-Kee, Christine Hutchins, Elizabeth Mosely-Hawkins, Marylou Ferry, Sarah Craven Cooke, Margaret L. Anderson, Charlotte E. Exner, and Donna Ng.
