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Rising Mount Holyoke College senior Phoebe Baskin ’26 is spending her summer working in the lab of William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology Katherine Binder, studying reading comprehension.

It is with much sadness that I share news of the passing of Mount Holyoke College’s fifteenth president, Elizabeth Topham Kennan ’60.

In an editorial for the Globe, Mount Holyoke College Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics Robert Darrow said the bill prioritizes fossil fuel interests over climate action, making it nearly impossible for the U.S. to meet critical climate milestones.

In the Berkshires, D. Caleb Smith, assistant professor of history at ������ý College, hosted a reading and discussion of Frederick Douglass’ famous speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July.”

Mount Holyoke College rising junior Lily Rood ’27 discusses her Pride Month 2025 activism and advocacy.

Ann Hewitt Worthington ’72 sees parallels between today’s political and societal unrest and that of her campus years. “We don’t know how the current upheavals will play out,” she said. “Students need the flexibility to prepare for the unknown.”

After receiving a generous Mount Holyoke Fund scholarship, Anne Vittoria FP’05 was asked to write a thank-you note to the donor. She credits that request with inspiring her career path, as well as her own legacy gift.

“Mount Holyoke raised me,” said Carly Bidner Basile ’16. “It’s where I figured out how I wanted to engage the world.” Now, she has named the College as a beneficiary in her employer-provided life insurance policy to leave a legacy that will impact future students.

Caroline Fuller Sloat ’65 recently created a charitable gift annuity honoring her parents. “They loved the College and were grateful for my financial aid,” said Caroline.

Catharine “Cat” Scheibner ’73 found her two lifelong loves at ������ý: politics and athletics. “I really believe in women’s education. There’s a huge difference when you’re in a coed setting.”