Winter 2008 Bulletin Board
Take the Lead! SummerAction
Do you know an action-oriented young woman in high school? Encourage her to apply to Take the Lead! SummerAction, a two-week residential leadership program sponsored by Mount Holyoke June 29–July 12, 2008. Building on the success of the four-day Take the Lead, this expanded program gives students the opportunity to join a diverse network of eighty young women who are passionate about important issues. Students will develop leadership skills, design action projects, and become effective agents of positive change. Selection is competitive, and space is limited. Apply online. The program fee is $2,950, with a limited number of need-based scholarships. To learn more, call 413-538-3500 or e-mail summeraction-l@mtholyoke.edu.
MHC Golf Academy at The Orchards
Would you like to learn to play golf or improve your golf score? MHC, in partnership with the Orchards Golf Club, is offering a golf academy for alumnae, their guests, and friends of the college, June 1–4. The program will include lessons with coach Bob Bontempo, founder of the MHC varsity golf team, and other PGA and LPGA golf professionals. All facets of the game will be presented, from the lengthy tee shot to the refinements of chipping, putting, and bunker play. The program will appeal to novice golfers as well as seasoned players. The $595 fee includes lessons, greens fees, carts, practice balls, souvenir gifts, and most meals. The academy begins Sunday afternoon after Reunion II. For more information, visit www.mtholyoke.edu/gogolf or contact Laurie Boucher, program director, at 413-538-3517 or lboucher@mtholyoke.edu.
MHC Class and Club Products
Lots of MHC-related class and club products are for sale. For details and photos of many items, please visit the web page or phone the Alumnae Association at 413-538-2300 to request a printed copy of the information.
Alumnae Expertise and Sponsorship Sought by CDC
The Career Development Center (CDC) seeks alumnae to sponsor MHC students for summer internships. Students traditionally seek summer internships in areas such as financial institutions, management, scientific and medical research, media outlets, social-service agencies, not-for-profits, law and government agencies, museums and historical societies, and in education. For further information, please contact the CDC at 413-538-2080, or register online.
The SummerMath Program
Each July fifty to sixty high school women from across the country come to Mount Holyoke College for four weeks to open their minds to mathematics, computer programming, and a college environment. Do you have a daughter or friend who would like to spend a month with a diverse group of academically motivated students at Mount Holyoke? Please visit the web site to learn more, or contact the directors, Charlene and James Morrow, at 413-538-2608 or summermath@mtholyoke.edu. The 2008 program will be held June 29–July 26.
The SEARCH Program
MHC is recruiting students for Summer Explorations and Research Collaborations for High School Girls, a four-week program on campus. We encourage girls who have a sense of curiosity and adventure about mathematics to apply. Students will explore exciting topics outside the usual high school curriculum. Please visit the web site to learn more or contact the directors, Charlene and James Morrow, at 413-538-2608 or search@mtholyoke.edu. The 2008 program will be held June 29–July 26.
Considering applying to medical school?
MHC alumnae who think they may apply to medical school and other health professions programs in 2008 (for 2009 admission) are strongly urged to contact the Career Development Center by the end of February for crucial information. Help us to help you put together the best application possible! E-mail Dr. David Gardner, director for prehealth and science advising, at dgardner@mtholyoke.edu.
