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Grace Jaeeun Lee, class of 2025

More opportunity than ever imagined

Mount Holyoke College senior Grace Jaeeun Lee 鈥25 said, 鈥淢ount Holyoke has a very collaborative community, a very accepting environment, which helped with [my] confidence. Even if I bring just a little to the table, I know my peers will have my back.鈥


Sumaiya Jahan, class of 2025

More relaxed, more sure of myself

鈥淚 feel more confident and open-minded, open to doing things I would have been afraid to try before. I feel ready to take on challenges,鈥 said Mount Holyoke College senior Sumaiya Jahan 鈥25.


Sander Ivanenko, class of 2025

Something just clicks and you鈥檙e able to do it

Mount Holyoke College senior Sander Ivanenko 鈥25 said, 鈥淚f it weren鈥檛 for Mount Holyoke and the environment and professors and students, I never would have gone into science.鈥


Mayan Caplan, class of 2025

An education grounded in what it means to be human

Mayan Caplan 鈥25 shares how she made connections at 果冻传媒: 鈥淚t鈥檚 not just that everyone is really open and willing to connect; it鈥檚 that everyone is dazzlingly interesting, and I want to be in community with them.鈥


Mars Bickford, class of 2025

Finding 鈥 and building 鈥 the community they always needed

Mount Holyoke College has been a vibrant and safe second home for Mars Bickford 鈥25. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think I would have felt that I could explore my personal gender identity anywhere else,鈥 they said.


Cynthia Obianuju Akanaga 鈥25

Saying 鈥榶es鈥 and doing hard things scared

Senior Cynthia Obianuju Akanaga 鈥25 said, 鈥淢ount Holyoke changed my life. I鈥檝e always been afraid of making the wrong choice, but being here helped me put that fear into a positive light.鈥


Alexandra Mihailopol 鈥26 in a room with bookshelves filled with books behind her. She has long brown hair, wearing a white shirt with a bit of red. She is smiling.

Bringing financial education to women via Projects for Peace

Mount Holyoke College student Alexandra Mihailopol 鈥26 has been selected by Middlebury College as a recipient of a Projects for Peace grant. She will offer financial literacy education to women in rural Romania via her EmpowHER project.


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