Mount Holyoke

forward now how did you learn about Marist? What's the connection for you coming here? You were in New Paltz area first were you not? JS: I am trying to think I know what the connection was. I took courses and Suny New Paltz after I had graduated from Mount Saint Mary when I was teaching when I was a teacher. If you had a student teacher would…

Northwest is known for its deep evergreen forests and numerous tall jagged cones and this area is home to the Strato-Volcano Peak known today as Mount St. Helens. Originally named “Louwala-Clough,” or “Smoking Mountain,” by the Native American Indians in the region. Many legends were handed down explaining accounts about eruptions the Indians witnessed about Mount St. Helens. According to the lore of these Native American tribes, a huge landslide formed a natural bridge named Tamanawas that…

On October 6, 2016, I drove to Mount Vernon Nazarene University to meet with Gary Swisher, the Coordinator of Career Development. As a student enrolled in the Career & Advising focus in my SAHE program, I decided it would be helpful to observe someone who filled a Career Advising role. I reached out to Mr. Swisher because of the school he worked at. Before attending Wright State University for my undergraduate degree I visited Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU) as a potential school. It was…

Foreigner is a popular band founded in 1976 by Mick Jonas. Along with him on guitar, you have Kelly Hansen as lead vocalist, Tom Gimbel who could play guitar, keyboards, sax and flute, Jeff Pilson playing bass, Michael Bluestein playing the keyboard, Bruce Watson playing guitar, and Chris Frazier on drums. Still around today, it has made a huge impact. This essay will be able to tell you a bit about the band, and how their music affected their time. It will also convey information such as their…

‘diversity’ seat, the least fitting one was a white man” (1). Women identifying themselves as men can be stopped by a college mission statement, for example, “[w]e’re first and foremost committed to being a women’s college” (9). The school president of Mount Holyoke said regarding to the main purpose of women institutions annunciation; to be stronger without mens influence by avoiding conflicts with them. With this is mind, the anonymous person who started to influence others by facebook page…

According to Mount Holyoke, there is a problem that some people are afraid of expressing their views and posing the information in public. Thus, they indicate the using of electronic mail can encourage the team members to be bold and attract a multitude of creative information…

I have spent a lot of time exploring what it means to be black in America and to be a woman. With a journalism career spanning 17+ years as a writer and editor, I established myself as a trusted music historian, cultural critic and impenetrable voice of my generation. I have interviewed Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Common and numerous others while examining Hip Hop as a sociopolitical movement along with analyzing contemporary black culture and urban life for The Chicago Defender, HipHopDX, Soul…

I was in desperate need of mentorship and financial assistance when I first learned about the Bardwell Scholarship over 15 years ago. One of my mentors, Gaylord Bogguess introduced me to Hedy and I immediately felt a connection to her. At the same time, I was nervous because I am most certain I had the worst grades and GPA at Harold Washington College at the time. My first few attempts at HWC were catastrophic and I was not in the proper headspace to be a successful college student. My GPA had…

graduated from Amherst Academy and completed a year of study at Mount Holyoke. From the time she started school, she thought of herself as an original thinker who dazzled her teachers. As she was studying at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, she was the only student unwilling to publicly confess faith in Christ. She was so judged for doing that, that she decided to hide from the world and become a sort of recluse.…

in Mt. Holyoke’s degree program which offers a comprehensive education is an essential step to my ultimate goals of obtaining a PhD and pursuing a career as a history professor. There are many Mt. Holyoke professors from whom I am eager to learn; I am particularly excited to take classes in Late Antique, Medieval and Church History with Professor Straw, Cultural Sociology and Sociological Research Methods with Professor Townsley and Medieval Literature…