Club of Atlanta Brunch for Admitted Students (Atlanta, GA)
2016-04-17 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Come join us to welcome newly admitted students to the MHC community at a brunch potluck at the home of Peg Den Exter ’10.
Please bring brunch food to share such as juice, quiche, fresh fruit, egg dishes, etc.—plus all things Milk & Cookies, such as cookies, cupcakes, varieties of milk, so we can have an M & C bar. If you can, please bring things in white dishes and let me know what you are bringing.
RSVP as soon as possible to Peg Den Exter.
Hope to see you there!

FP Alumnae Board Birthday Party for Frances Perkins (South Hadley, MA)
2016-04-17 13:00 | Mount Holyoke College Admissions Building, Jenkins Room, 50 College Street, South Hadley, MA, 01075, United States
The Frances Perkins Alumnae Board invites you to come celebrate the 136th birthday of Frances Perkins at the Jenkins Room of the Admissions Building.
Please join us at 1:00 p.m. for mingling, light snacks, and entertainment and 2:00 p.m. for a talk with Michael Chaney and Leah Sprague, who will discuss the national landmark Frances Perkins Homestead, the Frances Perkins Center, and the MHC Internship.
RSVP to Liz Hamlin by April 14

Club of DC Admitted Students Reception (Arlington, VA)
2016-04-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Private Residence, Arlington, VA, United States
The Mount Holyoke Club of Greater Washington is pleased to invite accepted students, alumnae, and their families to our 2016 Admitted Students Reception.
We look forward to congratulating accepted students and sharing our favorite memories of Mount Holyoke College.
Alumnae, please bring a small appetizer or dessert for about six people. Beverages will be provided. Let us know what dish you plan to share so we don’t all show up with the same thing! Guests are welcome.
For details and to RSVP, please visit the event’s website.
Questions about the event? Contact NoVA Alumnae Admissions Rep: Ann Lyles MacPhail ’91

Club of Northern New Jersey Sunday Afternoon with MHC Friends Event (Madison, NJ)
2016-04-17 15:00 - 17:30 | Private Residence, Madison, NJ, United States
The Mount Holyoke Club of Northern New Jersey invites you to “A Sparkling Sunday Afternoon with MHC Friends.” Come join Mount Holyoke alumnae from our area for an afternoon of wine, cheese, and great conversation as we reignite and celebrate our club.
Event to be held at the home of Carolyn Conant-Hiley ’83
For location details and to RSVP, contact Carolyn.
There will be no charge for this event.

Class of 1980 Mini-Reunion (South Hadley, MA)
2016-04-19 17:00 | Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St, South Hadley, MA, 01075, United States
Please join Lori Souder, class of 1980 co-vice president, for a mini-reunion at Mount Holyoke College at 7:00 p.m. in Gamble Auditorium for a panel discussion on Atul Gawande’s book Being Mortal. The event is open to the College and the public with a reception to follow.
We have reserved the Fireside Room at Willits Hallowell from 5:00–6:30 p.m. for our class mini-reunion pre-panel reception with hors d’oeuvres and drinks.
If you can attend, please contact Lori Souder or Katie Meikle by April 4.

Club of Peninsula Young Alum Happy Hour (Palo Alto, CA)
2016-04-21 17:30 | The Patio, 412 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, United States
Please join the Club of the Peninsula at The Patio of Palo Alto for happy hour!
Questions: Contact Marie Weber

Club of Boston Book Club Meeting (Cambridge, MA)
2016-04-24 10:00 | Panera Bread in the Porter Square Shopping Center, 25 White Street, Cambridge, MA, 02140, United States
Come meet us at Panera Bread on Sunday, April 24, to discuss The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan.

Club of Chicago Museum Tour with Accepted Students (Chicago, IL)
2016-04-24 11:30 - 15:00 | Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Drive, Chicago, IL, United States
Talking with alumnae has a huge impact on whether students get a feel for the College and can picture themselves attending. Join us in celebrating these newly admitted students and giving them a taste of the MHC community. We will tour the museum, learn about environmental conservation efforts in the region, and enjoy a late lunch.
RSVP to Tamar Westphal ’12.
Lunch will be provided. Let Tamar know if you have allergies or dietary restrictions (including keeping Passover).
Transit: CTA bus routes 76, 151, and 156. Free parking is available on Cannon and Stockton Drives. There is a flat-rate parking lot across from the museum at 2431 N Cannon Drive.

Strawberries & Champagne (South Hadley, MA)
2016-04-25 16:30 - 17:30 | Pageant Green, South Hadley, MA, United States
The Alumnae Association cordially invites you to Strawberries & Champagne on the Pageant Green, where we will toast the accomplishments of the senior class and welcome them into the worldwide alumnae community.
Students, please wear casual dress and bring two photo IDs (MHC ID and a driver’s license or passport).
Contact Danielle Lund, associate director of Programs, with any questions.
Rain location: Chapin Auditorium

Mount Holyoke Club of Fairfield Villages Wilton and New Canaan Potluck (New Canaan, CT)
2016-04-26 18:00 - 20:30 | Private Residence, New Canaan, CT, 06840, United States
More than 400 Uncommon Women have landed in our local towns. Here’s your chance to meet many of them! Please join us for the Wilton, New Canaan Neighborhood Potluck Dinner at the home of Cathy Irwin ’80.
Don’t miss this Fairfield County tradition! For more information and to RSVP please email Cathy.
This is a great chance to meet old and new friends, and to connect with alums who are new to town or who may have fallen out of touch.
Come on over and bring something festive to share. Food, wine, flowers—and your uncommon smile!
HOPE TO SEE YOU!

Club of San Diego Accepted Student Reception (San Diego, CA)
2016-04-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Casa Sol y Mar, 12865 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA, 92130, United States
The Mount Holyoke Club of San Diego invites you to our 2016 accepted student reception at Casa Sol y Mar. Come share your experiences with students interested in attending Mount Holyoke.

Appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages will be hosted.
RSVP’s appreciated to Mayra Garcia ’94.
We hope to see you there!

Club of Fairfield Villages Westport, Weston, and Fairfield Neighborhood Potluck (Westport, CT)
2016-04-28 18:00 - 20:30 | Private Residence, Westport, CT, 06880, United States
More than 400 Uncommon Women have landed in our local towns. Here’s your chance to meet many of them! Please join us for the Westport, Weston, and Fairfield Neighborhood Potluck Dinner at the home of Catherine Onyemelukwe ’62.
Don’t miss this Fairfield County tradition! For more information and to RSVP please email Catherine.
This is a great chance to meet old and new friends, and to connect with alums who are new to town or who may have fallen out of touch.
Come on over and bring something festive to share. Food, wine, flowers—and your uncommon smile!
HOPE TO SEE YOU!

Club of Portland Volunteering with Dress for Success (Portland, OR)
2016-04-29 11:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
We will be volunteering for Dress for Success Oregon during their annual fundraising auction, dinner and fashion show Celebrate Success at the Portland Art Museum. There are also some volunteer opportunities from 3:30–5:00 p.m. on the same day if you would like to help and that time period would work better for your schedule. We understand that the timing of this volunteer shift may be tricky for some of you, but we are hoping to fill a time slot that has a high need for volunteers. Please RSVP to let us know if you are able to help out this great organization with us!

Club of the Peninsula at the Menlowe Ballet (Atherton, CA)
2016-04-30 14:00 | Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton, CA, United States
Collage springs to life at Menlowe Ballet!
A block of seats have been reserved for Mount Holyoke alumnae on April 30 at the 2:00 p.m. matinee performance of Collage, Menlowe Ballet’s spring season, to be staged at the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center. A post-curtain discussion of the program and company will take place following the performance.
Collage features three world premieres by choreographers Val Caniparoli, Gregory Dawson, and Michael Lowe. The company also announces the addition of former leading Silicon Valley Ballet dancers Maykel Solas, Junna Ige, Amy Marie Briones, and Akria Takahashi.
For more information or to purchase a ticket in the reserved area, please contact Executive Director Lisa Shiveley ’88. Kindly reserve your seat by April 18.

Club of Houston Annual Meeting (Houston, TX)
2016-04-30 15:00 | Beviamo Heights, 1024 Studewood, Houston, TX, 77008, United States
The Mount Holyoke Club of Houston invites you to our Annual Meeting to be held at a newly opened, elegant wine bar, Beviamo Heights, located at 1024 Studewood. We will be hosting Professor of Astronomy Darby Dyar, who will be speaking about her fascinating work with NASA and the Mars rovers. We will also be voting on our new club officers and club bylaws.
The cost of the event will be $10 per person, which will include a glass of wine and light appetizers. To help our host venue plan for food and drink, we ask that you please pay in advance through the club’s PayPal account, including your name and the names of any guests you are paying for. Non-alcoholic beverages will be available, and additional glasses of wine will be available for an extra cost. If you have any questions, please email Nicole Shanklin.

Club of Mid-Hudson Valley Olana Tour and Picnic (Hudson, NY)
2016-05-01 12:00 - 15:00
The Mount Holyoke Club of the Mid-Hudson Valley wants you to SAVE THE DATE for a tour and picnic at Olana, the spectacular home and studio of artist Frederick Church in Hudson, New York.
$40 per person; $30 for club members
Included is a tour of Olana’s park-like grounds with lovely views of the Hudson River, a 60-minute guided tour of the home’s main floor and studio wing, and box lunch from The Cascades restaurant in Hudson.
We will have exclusive use of a conference room at Olana for lunch from noon until 1:15 p.m. in case of inclement weather.
RSVP to our club’s events manager, Sarah Ellen Rindsberg ’81.

Club of Portland Book Club Meeting (OR)
2016-05-01 13:30 - 16:00
Book discussion beginning at 2:00 p.m. for American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, at the home of Helen Black ’81. Details, including location, can be found on the event’s website.
Please RSVP by Friday, April 29.

Club of Portland Book Reading (Portland, OR)
2016-05-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway Street, Portland, OR, 97232, United States
Mount Holyoke College Professor Lauret Savoy from the Earth and Environment Department will be reading from her new book Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape. For more information, please visit Professor Savoy’s website here.

Club of Maine Bowdoin Talk and Tour (Brunswick, ME)
2016-05-04 16:00 | Bowdoin College Special Collections and Archives, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library 1 College Street, Brunswick , ME, United States
The sun is finally out with some reliability and I am happy to write with another opportunity to come together with the other Seven Sister’s clubs in Maine.
Join us on Wednesday, May 4 beginning at 4:00 p.m. with a talk at 5:30 p.m. on the third floor of the Library in Special Collections at Bowdoin College for What to Eat and How to Cook It: A Celebration of the Esta Kramer Collection of American Cookery.
Organized by Marieke Van Der Steenhoven, Smith ’07, outreach fellow for the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives for the Library, who will give us a gallery talk about the exhibit.
Special Collections & Archives is located on the third floor of Hawthorne-Longfellow Library (1 College Street, Brunswick ME). A parking lot designated for visitors is available across from the Library; alternatively, you may park in any space or lot on campus regardless of permit designations (except for handicap and service vehicle spaces).
Please RSVP by Monday, May 2 if you plan to attend!

Club of Fairfield Villages Greenwich Neighborhood Potluck (Greenwich, CT)
2016-05-04 18:00 - 20:30 | Private Residence, Greenwich, CT, 06831, United States
More than 400 Uncommon Women have landed in our local towns. Here’s your chance to meet many of them! Please join us for the Greenwich Neighborhood Potluck Dinner at the home of Sharon Phillips ’73.
Don’t miss this Fairfield County tradition! For more information and to RSVP please email Sharon.
This is a great chance to meet old and new friends, and to connect with alums who are new to town or who may have fallen out of touch.
Come on over and bring something festive to share. Food, wine, flowers—and your uncommon smile!
HOPE TO SEE YOU!

Club or Portland Book Reading (Corvallis, OR)
2016-05-04 18:30 - 20:30 | Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center, Oregon State University, 128 SW 9th Street, Corvallis, OR, 97333, United States

Club of Fairfield Villages Darien, Stamford, Norwalk, and Rowayton Neighborhood Potluck (Darien, CT)
2016-05-06 18:00 - 20:30 | Private Residence, Darien, CT, 06820, United States
More than 400 Uncommon Women have landed in our local towns. Here’s your chance to meet many of them! Please join us for the Darien, Stamford, Norwalk, and Rowayton Neighborhood Potluck Dinner at the home of Yakut Akman ’80
For more information and to RSVP, email Yakut.
Don’t miss this Fairfield tradition! This is a great chance to meet old and new friends, and to connect with alums who are new to town or who may have fallen out of touch.
Come on over and bring something festive to share. Food, wine, flowers—and your uncommon smile!
HOPE TO SEE YOU!

Club of Pugent Sound Annual Meeting (Seattle, WA)
2016-05-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Seattle Public Library Montlake Branch, 2401 24th Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98112, United States
Please join the MHCPS board and your local MHC freinds for our Annual Meeting, featuring a conversation with Amy Knight Carter ’93: From South Hadley to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Amy will share reflections and stories about her time on campus as an international relations major to her arrival at the Gates Foundation in 2000, where she has worked in the Global Health and US Programs, and the Executive Office.

Club of Boston Career Event (Boston, MA)
2016-05-09 18:30 | Non Profit Center, 89 South Street, Boston, MA, United States
Please join the Mount Holyoke Club of Boston for the Build Yourself Workshop with Mia Scharphie at the Non Profit Center of Boston.
For the latest details please visit the club’s website.

Class of 1964 Mini-Reunion (South Hadley, MA)
2016-05-13 - 2016-05-15 | Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St, South Hadley, MA, 01075, United States
The class of 1964 is invited to an on-campus mini-reunion to help celebrate our 2014 Bridges class’ second reunion. Please join us for the following activities:
Friday, May 13
Back-to-Class sessions, morning and afternoon
Dinner with the class of 1964
Saturday, March 14
Alumnae Parade: March with the class of 2014
Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, afternoon guided tour
Social Hour with the class of 2014
Dinner with the class of 1964
Lodging
Hampton Inn, Chicopee, Massachusetts. When booking, please ask for Mount Holyoke room block.
To sign up for the mini-reunion or be on the list for more information, please contact Mary Lee Warren.

Club of Chicago Loop Lunches (Chicago, IL)
2016-05-13 11:50 | Chase Auditorium, 10 S Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL, United States
Come eat lunch with other MHC alums! We’ll meet in the Chase Auditorium (10 S. Dearborn) at 11:50 a.m.
RSVP to AmyJo (Schuppert) Conroy ’98

Club of Chicago On the Table: Lunch Conversation (Chicago, IL)
2016-05-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Unnamed Venue, 105 W Adams Street, Chicago, IL, 60603, United States
Please join us for Equal Pay Day Chicago’s On the Table conversation. During the week of May 9 thousands of Chicago-area residents will pull up a chair at gatherings like mine to discuss the future of our communities while sharing a meal together. We will be one of thousands of locations across the Chicago region hosting similar events where community residents from all ages and backgrounds will come together to put real issues and solutions “on the table” and share their commitments to helping shape our collective future.
The theme this year is Unity and Direct Action. Let’s gather, eat, and talk about how we can improve our community! Please bring a bag lunch. Girl Scout cookies will be served.

Club of Puget Sound Annual Meeting (TBD)
2016-05-14 | TBD, United States
Join us for our annual meeting and elections. We’ll be joined by We’re thrilled to be joined by guest speaker Amy Carter ’93 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She’s worked for the Foundation for the past eleven years in roles ranging from working directly with the CEO, reproductive & maternal and child health, and supporting the family interest grants program. We’re excited to learn more about her career path and how her MHC education influences her work. Keep your eyes open for more information!

Club of Britain Laurel Lunches (UK)
2016-05-14 | Various Locations, United Kingdom
The MHC Club of Britain will celebrate the momentous Laurel Parade tradition and the induction of a new class of MHC women to the alumnae association with informal lunches in various cities across the UK. Even though we cannot be in South Hadley, we can still capture the Laurel Parade spirit! This annual national event is a great opportunity to get to know other MHC alumnae in your area.
We hope you will join us!
Cambridge
Brown’s Brasserie and Bar
23 Trumpington Street CB21QA
12:00 p.m.
Host: Antonina Kruppa ’07
London
Brown’s Brasserie and Bar
82-84 St. Martin’s Lane WC2N 4AG
1:00 p.m.
Host: Chrissy Kleespies ’09
Oxford
Branca Restaurant
111 Walton Street OX2 6AJ
12:00 p.m.
Host: Laura Askonas ’10
Please RSVP to Laura Askonas by Friday, May 13, 2016 so we know how many people to expect.

Club of Kansas City Luncheon (Kansas City, MO)
2016-05-14 12:00 | Avenues Bistro, 338 W 63rd Street, Kansas City, MO, 64113, United States
Please join The Mount Holyoke Club of Kansas City at Avenues Bistro for our May luncheon.
Please RSVP by May 7 so we can reserve enough space.
