Our 45th Reunion is coming up fast!
Mark your Calendar and Join us in South Hadley: May 24-26, 2013.

Our class ability to communicate with you is very important as we prepare for reunion. Please let us know if your Email address is changing!!

Our 40th Reunion

 

The College highlights the quality of education

You may have seen this in the MHC Today publication:

The Princeton Review has named 14 Mount Holyoke faculty members to a list of the nation's Best 300 Professors, more than from any other U.S. college.

Nominate Classmates

We hope you have seen the recent eblast in which Linda Cadigan encourages us to nominate classmates for the following awards. She explains the definitions for these two important awards:

• The Loyalty Award will honor an alumna who has demonstrated consistent effort and active involvement in one area of service over an extended period of time. Volunteer effort can be on behalf of a class, club, affinity group, the Alumnae Association, or the College. Nominees should be from classes that will hold reunions in the following spring. Deadline for submission: August 15th prior to reunion year.
• The Medal of Honor is awarded for eminent service in promoting the effectiveness of the Alumnae Association and/or College, for signal service in completing definite projects, or for other noteworthy services that strengthen the position of the Alumnae Association and/or the College. Significant leadership, specific accomplishments, and stellar service have been consistent over an extended period of time and broad-based across multiple major areas of involvement, which include class, clubs, affinity groups, the Alumnae Association, or College. Leadership has demonstrated a strong commitment to the future of the College and Alumnae Association, and has inspired other alumnae to do the same. Awarded beginning at the 20th reunion. Deadline for submission: August 15th prior to reunion year.

Please recommend classmates for one or both of these awards. You can send your candidate name(s) to the Internal Alumnae Awards Committee or to Linda at linda-cadigan@sbcglobal.net or call her cell 214-406-7604. If possible, include a paragraph or two about why you have chosen to recommend your classmate to the committee for consideration. A member of the committee will research the nominees and recommend our 45th Reunion Awards recipients. Our 45th Reunion will be May 24-26, 2013.

Linda says, "We have a great class and it is time for us to recognize women who have been stellar MHC Alumnae Association volunteers."

Welcome to our new Class of 1968 website! It was designed for us by our webmaster Kate Gombos. Now we have more options for displaying images and for analyzing traffic on the site. This is your website so please send your news and pictures to paula@leidich.com

As we march toward our 45th Reunion, we will carry news from our Reunion Co-Chairs Chris and Susan and from Committee Chairs and other classmates. We are looking forward to this significant event, May 24-26, 2013.

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Penny Calf was recently in Australia, exploring the habitats of native animals there. How's this for a teddy bear?

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Around Campus: Donal O'Shea
O'Shea Named President of Florida College

Donal O'Shea, Mount Holyoke's dean of faculty for more than a decade and a longtime faculty member, has been named the next president of New College of Florida.

Our 45th Reunion will be May 24-26, 2013! Save the date!
Let Chris (csalmon@nycap.rr.com) and Susan (siverson@mindspring.com) know of your interest in volunteering.

Mount Holyoke College Seeks Donations of Professional Attire: Please respond if you can to the College request below, written by a student.

Upon my arrival at Mount Holyoke College, I knew I wanted to support an organization that helped empower women. But it wasn't until I attended an event in Miami, Florida, hosted by E! News Anchor Giuliana Rancic and Dress for Success CEO Joi Gordon that I found an organization truly worthy of support.

Dress for Success empowers disadvantaged women to enter the workforce confidently by providing them with the professional attire, networking support, and career advice necessary to succeed in life.

Please join me in supporting this program at Mount Holyoke College by donating your professional attire for an awareness-building student fashion show this spring.

We are accepting jackets, suits, shirts, pants, skirts, and blouses that are new or nearly new and ready to be worn. All clothing used in the fashion show will be donated to Dress for Success to help women land jobs.

Please send or deliver items to Meghan Godorov at the Career Development Center by Thursday, March 15, and include your name and class year:

Attn: Meghan Godorov, Dress for Success
Career Development Center
Mount Holyoke College
50 College Street
South Hadley, MA 01075
Open Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

You can also donate directly to Dress for Success at www.dressforsuccess.org. I look forward to your help in supporting this program and empowering the women of the MHC community.

Thank you,

Scarlett L. Montenegro '14
Monte22s@mtholyoke.edu

Mount Holyoke and the History of Valentine Cards

Did you know that in 1848 alumna Esther Howland began the Valentine Card business in the US?

Boston's npr news station, 90.9 wbur, carries the story of this entrepreneur and uncommon woman. Click on this link to read the full story.

http://www.wbur.org/2012/02/14/origin-valentines

Olivia Mellon shares some news with us:
"Sherry Christie and I are still working together, writing my monthly Investment Advisor columns, updating Money Harmony to be republished within the year; and the four books we've co-authored so far are still selling well and available to women, men, and financial advisors. My husband, Michael, retired last year so we're travelling more - about to go to Florida on a five-week jaunt that includes three Road Scholar trips and a visit to a 101 year old aunt I love. My son Anil won a fellowship for his Masters at Univ of Chicago studying Hinduism and Buddhism, among other religions. We have three grandkids, Asia Camille (7), DJ (4) and Eva OLIVIA (!), (3) who warm our hearts regularly. I still love giving my money psychology talks around the country for women's groups, financial advisors, therapists and the general public - it's what I love most about my work. My therapy and coaching practice is very very scaled back on purpose, so I have more time to travel and see the theater and dance I love so well. "