Trivia Tuesday: Mount Holyoke College

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Blog post by Alice Zhang, JIF Fellow

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Located in South Hadley, Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts college for women. It was founded by Mary Lyon in 1837, a time when the idea of increasing accessibility of higher educational institutions to women was shocking. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters Colleges and served as a role model for the founding of other liberal arts colleges for women.


Here are some more fun facts about Mount Holyoke College:


  • Students and faculty gather in the amphitheater before the first day of classes to celebrate the beginning of a new academic year at September Convocation.

  •         As autumn rolls in, the pealing of bells announces that it is Mountain Day- a day where classes are canceled and students are able to enjoy outdoor activities. 

  • Once every four years, the faculty and staff put on a special show to entertain the students.

  • MHC's nickname is the "Lyons" as a tribute to its founder, Mary Lyon.  

  • When the college was first established, other names considered included "Pangynaskean", the Greek word for "all powers of women".  However, Lyon decided on Mount Holyoke for the name of a mountain near South Hadley.

  • Each class has a representative class animal and color.  The class mascots include: the red Pegasus, the yellow Sphinx, the green Griffin, and the blue Lion.  

  • MHC has a Donald Ross designed golf course that hosted the U.S. Women's Open in 2004. 

  • Notable alumni include poet Emily Dickinson and Frances Perkins, the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet.  



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