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Published in Fall 2008 issue under Campus Currents

CaucasiaReading in common
Racial tension, family disintegration and reunion, and personal identity figure prominently in author Danzy Senna’s debut novel, Caucasia, which has been selected as this year’s “common read.”

Assigned to incoming firstyear students, common-read books are often incorporated by faculty members into their curricula. Alumnae clubs frequently add common-read books to their rosters too. Caucasia “is a compelling narrative that will encourage you to explore your own views of race and class, identity and community,” said college President Joanne V. Creighton. Senna has been invited to campus to discuss her work.

Campus Currents Fall 2008

New Dorm Opens Doors
Construction is finished, and 172 lucky residents—first-years to seniors—have moved into the first new dorm built here in forty years. The winter Quarterly will feature a photo essay on the new residence hall and its denizens.

 

Campus Currents Fall 2008This has gotta hurt …
In preparation for their upcoming seasons, Mount Holyoke’s fall athletic teams begin training at the end of August. Workouts are designed to increase conditioning and agility. Players work hard, both individually and as a team, to improve before regular season contests begin.

 

Student Leaders Around the Globe Gather at MHCCampus Currents Fall 2008
After two years of planning, Women’s Education Worldwide (WEW) hosted its first Student Leadership Conference at MHC in June. Some seventy students from five continents took part in leadership and skill-building workshops. As they got to know one another and learned new skills, participants developed personal projects to implement in their home countries. Conceived in 2003 by the leaders of Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges, WEW was organized to foster exchange among colleges and universities and to advocate for the education of women.

 

Some Facebook groups we think we’ll join….
• MoHos for Naming the New Dorm After Stephen Colbert
• Mount Holyoke College:Studying Harder Than Your School Since 1837
• Mount Holyoke Biologists ... We Are Naturally Selected
• I’ve Been Menaced by the Mount Holyoke College Skunk

1 Comments | "Campus Currents Tidbits" »

  1. Panasonic Viera : Nice photos

    02/02/2009, at 08:07 [ Reply ]

    Nice campus pictures you are lucky to live in such a great community, I was not very happy about my student life in Russia.

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