A Rainy Convocation for Our Little Sisters

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The weather was less than ideal, but spirits were not dampened for today’s Convocation, kicking off the 2011-2012 school year. Our little sisters got creative in their blues – many took on characters, ranging from Braveheart to Avatar Na’vi to Sonic the Hedgehog, while others took on sharks, superheroes, and jellyfish (cleverly incorporating use of much-needed umbrellas). President Pasquerella addressed the enthusiastic crowd, as did new Dean of the College Cerri Banks, Dean of Faculty Chris Benfey, and SGA President So Jin Lee ’13. Sadly, the picnic was canceled as a result of the rain.

MHC staff member Natasha P. ’10 greets 2012’s Lazora, Lucy, and Samia

The amphitheater was a sea of umbrellas as the rain poured down.

 

Watch the video of Convocation here!

(Thumbnail and video credit: MHC Office of Communications. Embedded photos property of [twenty ten]).

 

MHC Leads in Sustainability Efforts

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Read this article in full on the Mount Holyoke news and events page.

<< The College recently earned a grade of A- from the Sustainable Endowments Institute in its annual College Sustainability Report Card and was included on its list of “overall college sustainability leaders.”

Perhaps more significantly, Mount Holyoke has met and exceeded its 2010 greenhouse gas reduction goal to shrink emissions and bring them back down to 1990 levels.

“This is a cause for celebration,” said Nancy E. Apple, the director of environmental health and safety for MHC and Hampshire College. Indeed, according to Five College energy manager Todd Holland, the College emitted 15,405 tons of carbon dioxide in 1990; that figure now stands at 13,867 tons. Emission levels for 2010 were nearly 10 percent lower than in 1990–and 33 percent lower than MHC’s peak in 2003.

“Not only have we reduced our emissions below the rate for 1990, we’ve accomplished this despite a 9.5 percent increase in our building footage and a substantial increase in equipment such as computers,” he noted. “Think about how much more demand that can create. We’ve been bucking that increase by being more efficient.” >>

Send a note

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Hey 2010! Tell us what you’re up to!

Pasangi and Joanna are trying to put together the Class Notes for the next Alumnae Quarterly, and have heard very little.

You don’t have to be changing the world (yet) or getting international recognition or doing something totally unusual to report to your scribes. We just want to remain in touch and feel that despite our distances we remain connected as a class.  Did you meet up for coffee with a fellow 2010er recently, make it back to campus for an event, or get a job? Are you working toward grad school, in grad school, or newly admitted to grad school? Have you traveled anywhere interesting lately? Let us know!

Soon we will have a form for you to upload your class notes directly to this site. In the meantime, get in touch with Pasangi and Joanna through this email: scribe10|at|mtholyoke|dot|edu.