Global Connections - Mount Holyoke Alumnae Around the World

Welcome to the Alumnae Association’s Global Connections page: your first stop for updates on international alumnae in the news media, conferences outside the U.S., and key initiatives around the world.

international Images Contest Slideshow

The winning photograph in our international images contest, submitted by Safaa El Youssfi CG'03, features the leather tanneries of Morocco. Click here to view all of the finalists from around the globe displayed on a Google Map. Share your photos and comments in our Global Images Gallery (to the right). Or email Maya D'Costa, Alumnae Association director of campus programs and global initiatives.

	Asma Jahangir, an internationally known human rights activist and lawyer from Pakistan, will be at MHC October 19-23 as the 2009 Carol Hoffmann Collins Global Scholar-in-Residence. More...
	World-renowned artist Shan Shan Sheng MHCG presented her "Open Wall" artwork at the opening of Venice Biennale 2009. Consisting of 2,200 glass bricks that correspond to the years of the Great Wall’s Construction, the Open Wall is made of translucent stacked Venetian glass to allude to dynastic Chinese architecture. More...
	Five Mount Holyoke professors visited China to explore learning and internship opportunities in East Asia for MHC students. Interested particularly in international business and international relations programs, the group met with university officials in Beijing and Shanghai. More...
	This fall’s Mount Holyoke European Alumnae Symposium: “Brain Power: Build it, Use it, Keep it,” St. Anne’s College, Oxford, England, September 25-27, 2009
	Bangladesh and India: Beyond Caste and Poverty, an Among Women Educational Travel trip January 10-25, 2010
	The fourth Women’s Education Worldwide Conference, “Empowering Women: the Economic Imperative,” Women’s College, University of Sydney, January 6-10, 2010 Click here for the history of the WEW.
	International Alumnae in the News: This edition features alums from Hong Kong to Pakistan making news in business, entertainment, and more.
	Global Perspectives: articles and essays by alums on international topics • "The Developing Zone is Very Promising: Perspectives on Tibet, China, and the Beijing Olympics" by Theresa J. Perrone ’97 • "Building Bridges: 2009 Janet Tuttle Alumnae and Student Service Travel Trip to Ecuador" by Hannah Clay Wareham '09 Got an idea for an article? We'd love to hear it. Please email Leanna.
More Global Resources for Alumnae: Mount Holyoke’s McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives MHC Clubs outside the U.S. (see list of clubs in the right-hand sidebar) Alumnae Association Educational Travel