Pumpkin Carving (Seattle)
2014-10-26 14:00 (America/New_York) | Volunteer Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Join the MHC Club of the Puget Sound for some family-friendly pumpkin carving at Volunteer Park. Bring your own pumpkin, and they’ll provide snacks and carving tools. Rain location available. For more information, please email the club.

Fall Meeting (Columbus, OH)
2014-10-26 14:30 | Unnamed Venue, Columbus , OH, 43221, United States
Join the MHC Club of Central Ohio for their Fall 2014 Meeting. At the meeting, you’ll be assembling “care packages” for our area students on campus, and write notes of support and encouragement to tuck in the boxes. Light refreshments will be served.
There are currently seven students from the greater Columbus area on campus, so please bring seven of some small item—anything a student might find useful, comforting, or fun as she studies for finals. Suggestions: granola/protein bars, lip balms, mini packs of tissues, travel-size hand lotion or sanitizer, gum, mints, candy bars, highlighter pens, single-serve anything, microwave popcorn, tea bags, cocoa mix. Please don’t spend more than about a dollar per item, and think small—it holds down the cost of postage! The boxes will be mailed the first week of December to arrive in time for reading period before finals.
For more information and to RSVP, please email Joan Stack ’74.

Young Alumnae Networking Event (Chicago)
2014-10-28 18:00 - 21:00 | Unnamed Venue, Chicago, IL, United States
Details to come, but this event will give young alumnae an opportunity to work on networking and career skills. For more information, contact Lydia Boyer ’10.

Reception in Honor of Lynn Pasquerella
2014-10-31 18:00 - 20:00 | Detroit Athletic Club, 241 Madison Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48226, United States
Please join the MHC Club of Detroit for a reception in honor of MHC President Lynn Pasquerella ’80.
Lion Sponsor: $250 (includes two tickets)
Sphinx Sponsor: $100 (one ticket)
Event ticket: $50
Young alumnae (classes of 2004–2014): $25
Students: no charge
Sponsors will be acknowledged at the event, and there will be a cash bar.
For directions, info on overnight accommodations, or questions, contact: Liz Bauer ’59, treasurer.

Talk and Reception for Sonya Stephens (Portland, OR)
2014-11-02 11:00 - 13:00 | Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, United States
Please join the MHC Club of Portland for a talk and reception for Sonya Stephens, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty.
Sonya will discuss “The Liberal Arts: Preparing Mount Holyoke Women for the World.” A liberal arts education is the very best preparation for post-graduation success in today’s rapidly changing global world. It engages students in rigorous inquiries; requires frequent written and oral communication; and develops flexibility of mind, intercultural competence, and evidence-based analytic capacity. Mount Holyoke is leading the way to prepare graduates to make a difference in the world through its new Lynk initiative, innovation hires, and master campus planning process.
If you’d like to attend, please contact the Portland club.

Alumnae & Student Career Networking Fair (MHC)
2014-11-02 12:30 - 17:00 | Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 01075, United States
The Alumnae Association and the Career Development Center invite you to attend the Alumnae & Student Career Networking Fair 2014, an annual event that offers students the opportunity to learn about a variety of career fields and perfect their networking skills. Alumnae participants will discuss how a liberal arts education at Mount Holyoke has influenced their overall career trajectories and offer advice on achieving success in specific fields.
Panels include:
Education
Global Business
Law and Public Policy
Nonprofit Organizations
Journalism, Media, and Communications
Health and Scientific Research
Workshops include:
Dress for Success
Financial Management after College
How to Utilize the Alumnae Network
There is no cost to attend this event, but registration is required. Please email questions to Luisa Tavares, associate director of programs at the Alumnae Association. We hope to see you there!

Book Club (Los Angeles)
2014-11-02 17:00 | Unnamed Venue, Los Angeles, CA, 90049, United States
The Mount Holyoke Club of Southern California book club will have its next meeting in November.
Book: Unless by Carol Shields
Food and drink: All are asked to bring an item to share for a casual potluck meal. Attendance is generally eight to ten people.
RSVP to: Jennifer Wirth Symington ’87, book club chair

Asian Alumnae Symposium (Hong Kong)
2014-11-07 10:00 - 2014-11-09 12:00 | Hong Kong Cricket Club–Saturday’s Venue
Women and Entrepreneurship: Staying Relevant in a Changing World
Join us in Hong Kong at the inaugural Mount Holyoke Asian Alumnae Symposium for a weekend of networking and conversation as we explore how education, economic freedom, and the entrepreneurial spirit are making Asia increasingly competitive.
Visit the Alumnae Association’s website for more information about this exciting event.

Book Club (Chicago)
2014-11-08 14:00 | Unnamed Venue, Chicago, IL, United States
Join the MHC Club of Chicago’s book club for a discussion of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild. The Chicago Humanities Festival is hosting the author on Wednesday, October 29. Purchase your own ticket and join us for the conversation! The movie will also be coming out in early December, so we can check it out, too.
Please RSVP to Alexis Trocki ’05.

Founder's Day Ice Cream Social (Menlo Park, CA)
2014-11-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Unnamed Venue, 164 Stone Pine Lane, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, United States
Please join the MHC Club of the Peninsula for a Founder’s Day ice cream social. Alumnae, current students, prospective students, exchange students, families, and friends are all welcome. Send RSVP to Peri Caylor with Eliz Adem by November 2.

Book Club (Atlanta)
2014-11-09 17:00 - 19:00 | Unnamed Venue, Atlanta, GA, 30342, United States
Join the MHC Club of Atlanta for its third book club meeting!
Book: The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha.
RSVP for more information.
Please bring something small to share. The group will also be making care packages for eight first years, so please bring something small to put in the care package or a few dollars to contribute to shipping. They will assemble the care packages at the meeting.

Reception with Sonya Stephens (Mumbai)
2014-11-11 19:00 - 21:00 | The Taj Mahal Palace, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai 400 001, India
Join us for a reception and conversation with Sonya Stephens, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Mount Holyoke College
“Educating Women to be Global Leaders”
Mumbai
Tuesday, November 11, 2014, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
The Taj Mahal Palace
Apollo Bunder, Mumbai 400 001
Business attire
RSVP by November 3 to Roger Gove at +1-413-538-2259

Reception with Sonya Stephens (Bangalore)
2014-11-12 19:00 - 21:00 | The Oberoi, 37-39, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore 560 001, India
Join us for a reception and conversation with Sonya Stephens, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Mount Holyoke College
“Educating Women to be Global Leaders”
Mumbai
Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
The Oberoi
37-39, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore 560 001
Business attire
RSVP by November 3 to Roger Gove at +1-413-538-2259

Book Club (Worcester)
2014-11-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Unnamed Venue, Worcester, MA, United States
Join the MHC Club of Worcester for their next book club meeting. They will be discussing Kristen Downey’s The Woman Behind the New Deal.
Please RSVP to Susan Manning ’96.

Reception with Sonya Stephens (New Delhi)
2014-11-14 18:00 - 20:00 | The Ford Foundation, 55 Lodi Estate, New Delhi, 110 003, India
Join us for a reception and conversation with Sonya Stephens, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Mount Holyoke College
“Educating Women to be Global Leaders”
New Delhi
Friday, November 14, 2014, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
The Ford Foundation
55 Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110 003
Business attire
RSVP by November 3 to Roger Gove at +1-413-538-2259

Book Club (Portland, OR)
2014-11-16 13:30 - 16:00 | Unnamed Venue, Portland, OR, United States
Join the MHC Club of Portland for their next book club meeting to discuss Daniel James Brown’s Boys in a Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. For more information, please email the Portland club.

1964 Mini-Reunion (NYC)
2014-12-05 08:00 - 2014-12-06 17:00 | Unnamed Venue, New York, NY, United States
Join the class of 1964 for a mini-reunion in New York City around the Vespers concert. This very special MHC tradition is in its seventy-ninth year. Over one-hundred singers and musicians travel from campus to march in a candlelight procession and perform a holiday concert. The concert is held at St. Bartholomew’s, a magnificent Byzantine Romanesque church at Park Avenue and 51st Street.
Lily Klebanoff Blake is organizing the following events:

Friday, December 5: Dinner at a restaurant near St. Bartholomew’s, followed by the 8 p.m. Vespers concert
Saturday, December 6: Visit the Neue Galerie, a museum devoted to Austrian and German art, housed in a landmarked mansion on 5th Avenue. See an exhibit of portraits by Egon Schiele, and the magnificent golden Klimt painting of Adele Bloch-Bauer. This will be followed by brunch.

Lily and bridges chair, Mary Lee Warren, are also hoping to plan a Bridges get-together with the class of 2014.
Please RSVP to Lily if you are interested in coming. Vespers tickets vary in cost and may be purchased from the NY club.

Vespers (NYC)
2014-12-05 20:00 | St. Bartholomew’s Church, Park Avenue & 51st Street, New York, NY, 10022, United States
The Mount Holyoke Club of New York City cordially invites you to attend the Seventy-Ninth New York City Vespers Concert at St. Bartholomew’s Church on Friday, December 5, 2014.

NW Chamber Chorus Winter Concert (Seattle)
2014-12-07 15:00 | Phinney Ridge Lutheran, 7500 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Join the MHC Club of the Puget Sound for the NW Chamber Chorus Winter Concert. Reminisce about Vespers by joining us for this choral concert featuring local alum and board member Cynthia Krohn ’00. For more information, please email the club.

Book Club (Chicago)
2014-12-09 17:30 | Unnamed Venue, Chicago, IL, United States
Join the MHC Club of Chicago’s book club for a discussion of Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart.

Holiday Luncheon (Ohio)
2014-12-30 08:00 - 17:00 | Scioto Country Club, 2196 Riverside Drive, Upper Arlington, OH, United States
Join the MHC Club of Central Ohio for their holiday luncheon. Elizabeth Mangas ’98 is once again organizing our holiday luncheon, where alums, current students, prospects, and moms gather to celebrate the season and enjoy a delicious meal in the company of Uncommon Women.
For more information, please email Joan Stack ’74.

International Alumnae/Student Panel
2015-03-01 08:00 - 2015-03-03 17:00
For more information, please contact Maya D’Costa.

Alumnae Regional Council
2015-04-10 18:00 - 2015-04-11 17:00 | Unnamed Venue, Atlanta, GA, United States
Each year, the Alumnae Association and Clubs Committee organize a day of training for club and group volunteers from a particular region, referred to as the Alumnae Regional Council. This year, volunteers from the Southeast clubs as well as the clubs in New Jersey and Pennsylvania will be invited to Atlanta, Georgia, for a weekend designed to provide them with tools and information for their volunteer work. Clubs Committee members and Alumnae Association staff facilitate training and discussion sessions. More information will be forthcoming.

Seven Sisters Capital Pride Happy Hour (Washington, DC)
2015-06-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Nellie’s, 9th & U Streets NW, Washington, DC, United States
Join fellow women’s college alumnae for a kick off to Capital Pride weekend and celebrate pride in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. All are welcome — love has no labels!
Registration is not required, but please let us know if you’re coming so that we can get a rough count of how many to expect:
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seven-sisters-capital-pride-happy-hour-tickets-16935937846

MHC Club of Ann Arbor Spring Potluck
2015-06-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Nature Cove Apartments Clubhouse, 2115 Nature Cove Court, Ann Arbor, 48104
Hostess: Tina Smith ’51
PLEASE RSVP TO SEVANNEA@YAHOO.COM OR 734/260-8731
Join fellow Ann Arbor area alumnae for the annual spring club potluck. The spring potluck is
always the most popular event of the year; come see old friends and make new friends. We will
socialize and reconnect, but most importantly we will eat and enjoy each others company!
PLEASE BRING A DISH TO SHARE and YOUR OWN PLACE SETTING
Too busy to cook? Come anyway, and contribute $5 towards the famous Mount Holyoke
punch (recipe courtesy of former MHC Club of Ann Arbor member, Betty Hutchcroft ’35).

Wellesley Guest Speaker Ann Trenk (Portland, OR)
2015-06-13 15:00 - 2015-06-15 17:00 | Collective Agency, 322 NW Sixth Ave (between Everett and Flanders) Suite 200, Portland, OR, United States
You’re Invited: Saturday June 13 for a lecture by Ann Trenk, Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Wellesley College. Please also consider joining in for a post-lecture dinner at a nearby restaurant.

In “The World of Graph Theory: Coloring, Scheduling and Solving Mysteries,” Professor Trenk will remind us that mathematics is more than just equations and arithmetic. Math encompasses tools and techniques for modeling and solving real-world problems. This lecture is suitable for general audiences—no math background required!

Ann Trenk is Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Wellesley College where she has taught since 1992. She has published over 30 research articles focused primarily on structured families of graphs and partially ordered sets. Her book, “Tolerance Graphs,” coauthored with Martin Golumbic, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2004.

Location: Collective Agency. 322 NW Sixth Ave (between Everett and Flanders), Suite 200, Portland, Oregon.

Event Time and Format for Saturday, June 13:
3:00 Event set up and attendee check-in.
3:30 Lecture starts. Light refreshments to follow.
5 pm: Optional post-event HH/dinner at Park Kitchen** with Professor Trenk. (not included in event fee).

Event Fee: Free for Oregon Wellesley Club Members; $15 for non-members and guests. Alumnae: please support the Oregon Wellesley Club by paying your membership dues. All current members can attend the lecture without paying the event fee. Guests and non-members: your fees help to support Oregon Wellesley Club activities—we are grateful for your contributions.

RSVP: Seven Sisters alumnae are welcome to RSVP starting June 6. RSVPS will be accepted until we reach capacity, up until Thursday June 11. Contact Heather Julius at heatherkjulius@gmail.com to RSVP. Please list the names and membership status of attendees. Please indicate your plans to attend

Lecture.
Lecture + HH/Dinner (restaurant charges covered by attendee—not included in event fee).

**Restaurant location subject to change based on attendance and availability.

We look forward to seeing you soon. Best regards, Heather K. Julius ‘93 Oregon Wellesley Club

Strawberries and Champagne (Evanston, IL)
2015-06-14 13:00 - 16:00 | Unnamed Venue, Evanston, IL, United States
Commencement and reunion season is here! Join the Club for one of Mount Holyoke’s most delicious traditions: Strawberries and Champagne. Reconnect with alumnae, toast the newest graduates in the class of 2015, and welcome current students who are spending the summer in Chicagoland.
Tamar Westphal ’12 will host at her home in north Evanston. (Note: there will be a large and very friendly dog. There is beautiful outdoor space in case anyone has dog allergies.) Strawberries and beverages will be provided; please bring hors d’oeuvres or dessert to share. RSVP to Tamar to receive the address and indicate whether you can offer or would like to join a carpool.

Entrepreneur Panel Discussion (Portland, OR)
2015-06-23 17:30 - 19:30 | Women’s Foundation of Oregon, 221 NW Second Ave. Suite 302, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Four accomplished Sister School alumnae will share their experiences with and advice on entrepreneurship.
Ann Witsil (Smith) Founder of Catalyst Strategies, a strategic planning facilitation firm specializing in leadership coaching, organizational assessment and development. (catalystrategies.com)
Susan Namkung (Wellesley) Member of the Investment Team at the Women’s Venture Capital Fund. The Fund capitalizes on the expanding pipeline of women entrepreneurs leading gender diverse teams and creating capital efficient, high growth companies in digital media and sustainable products and services. (www.womensvcfund.com)
Linnea Osterberg (Smith) Sole owner of a portrait photography business specializing in film and handmade darkroom prints for 13 years. (osterbergphoto.com)
Emily Evans (Bryn Mawr) Moderator and host. Executive Director of the Women’s Foundation of Oregon. The organization’s mission is to focus the power of women’s collective resources to improve the lives of women and girls throughout Oregon. (womensfoundationoforegon.org)
Appetizers and beverages provided.
Attendance is limited to 15 people from each school, so RSVPs are required. Due to attendance limitation, this event is for sister school alumnae only; no SOs or friends. Mark your calendar and RSVP with your full name and class year to mhcpdxclub@gmail.com by Tuesday June 16th. Also please note that while attendance has been limited for the previous two Sisters events, almost all MHC women have made it off the wait list due to cancellations, so if you would like to come, please RSVP and hold the date!
We hope you can join us for what will surely be an informative and inspiring discussion!

MHC Club of New York City Annual Meeting (NYC)
2015-06-23 18:30 - 21:30 | The Madison Club Room, 5 East 22nd Street, 30th floor, New York City, NY, United States
Join us for the MHC-NYC Annual Meeting, an opportunity to recap the past year, vote in next year’s Board of Directors, and enjoy our NYC alumnae connections.
Our guest speaker will be Kevin McCaffrey, Director of Government and Community Relations in the Office of President Lynn Pasquerella, who will speak about the Women in Public Service Project — a collaboration among the Seven Sisters and the State Department aimed at developing more women leaders in government and politics in the U.S. and internationally.
Read his bio https://www.mtholyoke.edu/about/kevin-mccaffrey
A Note on Cost: The event is FREE with current (2014-2015) Mount Holyoke Club of New York membership or payment of 2015-2016 membership dues. Payment will be accepted on-site. Membership can be renewed online.
Guests and non-members: $50
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED.
Space is limited and seats will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
RSVP to mountholyokeclubofnyc@gmail.com

Annual Mary Lyon dinner, featuring Rep. Nita Lowey ‘59 (Washington, DC)
2015-06-25 18:30 - 20:00 | B-338 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 20515, United States
Proceeds from this year’s Mary Lyon Dinner will benefit the Edward R. Murrow Memorial Scholarship.
Established in June of 1964, the Edward R. Murrow Memorial Scholarship Fund was created in memory of Edward R. Murrow by his widow, Janet Brewster Murrow ‘33, to benefit a Mount Holyoke student from Washington, DC.
Ticket information:
Benefactor (5 seats): $500
Sponsor (2 seats): $250
Individual ticket: Early registration (by June 11, 2015): $75 each
Individual ticket: Regular registration (after June 11, 2015): $85 each
Young alumnae (classes 2015-2005): $40 each
Can’t attend or want to make an additional gift to the Murrow Scholarship Fund? Donations are welcome!
To register or donate, visit: https://2015marylyondinner.eventbrite.com
Additional questions should be sent to Club President Erin Ennis ’92.
