MHC in Six Words
•When can I go back? Now? (Anne Meade ’04)
•Foundation for the rest of life. (Linda S. Lewis ’70)
•Expensive daunting thrilling Bill McFeely Eugenia Herbert. (Jill Severn’88)
•Diffident freshman; detached but determined senior. (Sue Chehrenegar ’73)
•New opportunities. New connections. New me. (Alison E. Callahan ’80)
•MHC, where I learned to learn! (Doris Rovetti FP ’93)
•Lost in thought. Found myself again. (Mallory Cohn ’08)
•Diversity exploding my mind. Joy achieved! (Danetta L. Beaushaw ’88)
•Arrived as girl; left as womyn. (Sherri Vanden Akker ’87)
•She flies on her own wings. (Sarah Kadden ’01)
•Joined intimate community; developed international perspective. (Tammy Fraser ’93)
•I met my best friends there. (Andrea Starrett ’98)
•Finally Got Degree - Loved Every Minute! (Diana Chaban Griffith FP ’04)
•With a nod to Dickens, "It was the best of times." (Kelsey Bankert ’02)
•Daytime study. Newspaper nights. Weekend parties. (Dee Boling ’88)
•Extraordinary faculty, students. Ideas. Lifelong friendships. (Mary Jenness Raine ’63)
•Autumn, lakes, insomnia, sex, mind-altering classes. (Hester “Honey” Turner Lewellen ‘62)
•Four years to last a lifetime. (Marcia Webb ’87)
•Spent most days singing. With Glee. (Tasha Johnson’03)
•Becoming grown-up, leader, thinker, writer, friend. (Barb Kallin ’99)
•Door opened. Welcomed in. Discovered myself. (Megan S. Markland ’04)
•Searching for direction I found myself. (Roberta Gaipa Menapace ’84)
•A woman empowered for unlimited possibilities. (Sylvia Van Sinderen Abbate ’73)
•Access to opportunity. changed my life. (Elinor Miller Greenberg ’53)
•Not so fun if you're poor. (Meko Kofahl ’94)
•Mount Holyoke gave me a life. (Marilyn S. Lafreniere FP ’95)
•(More than 6 words!) Memories of faculty members (stories, tributes, anecdotes). A course that changed the course of my life. (Mary Jenness Raine ’63)
•Arrived a schoolgirl, departed a scholar. (Rebecca Bassett ’94)
•Visiting artist inspired me to transfer. (Madeline Kibbe ’87)
•Don't fit in. Comfortable with self. (Barbara Andrews Carter, ’70)
•Change in me, seen by all. (Laura Tarko ’07)
•Racism. Resistance. Students organizing. Community bonds. (Tracy Zhu ’08)
•From personally incapable to personally empowered. (Ruth Pinkus ’65)
•Went to learn. Left to share. (Tammy Andrew ’93)
•Four-year education. Lifelong motivation. Timeless inspiration. (Jennifer Taylor ’94)
•Eye-opening. Opportunity. Boundless. Cherished. Friendship. Indefinable.
(Carrie Kortegast ’98, Sarah O’Neil ’98, Layla Rouse ’98, Susan Ely ’98, Elizabeth Hanning Smith ’98, and Sara Kochanowsky Barczak ’98)
•9am Class. 4pm Rugby. 10pm M&Cs. (Carrie Kortegast ’98)
•Unhappy as a student. Proud alumna. (Sheila Callahan ’82)
•Rowed. Sang. Studied. Led. Loved. Blossomed. (Michelle Chuk ’95)
•Small town alien finds her people! OR •Saw the whole world on campus. OR
•Often sleep-deprived but rarely tired. (Tori Kerman ’08)
•Intellectual community. Lifelong friends. Intense. Success. (Uzma Jamil ’99)
•From carrel to roadhouse to bed. (pagerini@peoplepc.com)
