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Housekeepers renegotiate contract with the College
In July, Lauren Turner, Director of Human Resources, and John Bryant, Director of Facilities Planning and Management, presented a new potential plan to implement structural changes to the Mount Holyoke facilities cleaning program.…
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Class of '12 from 2nd most competitive pool
It was the 13th day of Experience MHC, the event for admitted students, and the first day Director of Admissions Diane Anci didn't have to stand with her back against the wall because of the huge turnout by admitted students-even after the admissions office spread the event over 15 days instead of having it condensed into one day.…
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Brown University, Mount Holyoke students place at Glascock competition
Brown University's Alexandra Zelman-Döring and Mount Holyoke's Sarah Binns '08 took first and second place at the 85th Annual Kathryn Irene Glascock '22 Intercollegiate Poetry Contest.…
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Hanson inspires Walk for AIDS
On Friday, Hanson will play at the Calvin Theater in Northampton at 8:00 p.m., but they're bringing more than music to the Pioneer Valley.…
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Proposed graduation policy no-go this May
At the April 16 faculty meeting, the Office of the Dean of the College presented a proposal that would change the minimum credit requirement for seniors walking at graduation from 124 credits completed to 112 credits completed. …
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Tibet-China forum stifles tension
Rising tensions between Chinese and Tibetan students on campus have came to a standstill with the Tibet China forum held last Tuesday. Students from the five colleges and the members of the local Tibetan community, some with strong feelings and others with simple curiosity.…
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Senior lecturer wins Guggenheim award
Martha Ackmann, a senior lecturer in gender studies, was awarded a 2008 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship for her research and nonfiction writing about Toni Stone, the first woman to play professional baseball on male teams. Ackmann, a member of the Mount Holyoke faculty since 1986, was one of 190 other artists and academics who were chosen for the fellowship out of more than 2,600 applicants.…
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A brief history of housekeeping
A timeline of the events leading up to the renegotiations of a third contract with college housekeepers. For more information please see "Housekeepers renegotiate contract with the College" …
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