Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College
Former names
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (1837–1888)
Mount Holyoke Seminary and College (1888–1893)
MottoThat our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace — Psalms 144:12[1]
TypePrivate liberal arts women's college
EstablishedSeminary, 1837 (seminary charter, 1836)
Seminary and college, (collegiate charter) 1888
College, 1893
FounderMary Lyon
AccreditationNECHE
Academic affiliations
Endowment$1.068 billion (2021)[3]
PresidentDanielle Ren Holley[4]
DeanMarcella Runell Hall[5]
Academic staff
247 (fall 2021)[6]
Administrative staff
647 (fall 2021)[6]
Total staff
894 (fall 2021)[6]
Students2,330 (fall 2023)[7]
Undergraduates2,209 (fall 2023)[7]
Postgraduates121 (fall 2023)[7]
Location
South Hadley, Massachusetts
,
U.S.

42°15′20″N 72°34′28″W / 42.2556°N 72.5745°W / 42.2556; -72.5745
CampusRural, 2,000 acres (810 ha), academic campus: 1,000 acres (400 ha)
ColorsBlue and white[8]
   
NicknameLyons
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III
NEWMAC, Liberty League (golf)
MascotPaws the Lion (Official)[9]
Jorge the Goose (Unofficial)[10]
Websitehttps://www.mtholyoke.edu/

Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts historically women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States.[11] It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of historically female colleges in the Northeastern United States.[12] The college was founded in 1837 as the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary by Mary Lyon, a pioneer in education for women. Mount Holyoke is part of the Five College Consortium in Western Massachusetts.

Undergraduate admissions are restricted to female, transgender, and nonbinary students.[13] In 2014, it became the first member of the Seven Sisters (not counting the coeducational Vassar College) to introduce an admissions policy that was inclusive of transgender students.[14] Graduate programs are open to applicants regardless of gender.[15]

The college's 800-acre (3.2 km2) campus includes the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, the John Payson Williston Observatory, and a botanic garden. The college awards the Glascock Prize annually.

  1. ^ "Mary Lyon's Vision and the Shaping of Our Priorities". Mount Holyoke College. Archived from the original on June 3, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  2. ^ "NAICU - Membership". Archived from the original on November 9, 2015.
  3. ^ NABUCO table updated March 2022. U.S. and Canadian 2021 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2021 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY20 to FY21, and FY21 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. March 1, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "Mount Holyoke College appoints Danielle Ren Holley twentieth president". Mount Holyoke College. February 7, 2023.
  5. ^ "Marcella Runell Hall". Mount Holyoke College. Archived from the original on June 3, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Faculty and Staff Demographics". Mount Holyoke College. Archived from the original on July 21, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "C_First-Time_Admission_Current_CDS.PDF".
  8. ^ "Mount Holyoke College Brand Guidelines" (PDF). Mount Holyoke College. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  9. ^ "Why Lyons? - Mount Holyoke". athletics.mtholyoke.edu.
  10. ^ "Unpacking Jorge: The Goose, the Myth, the Legend". Mount Holyoke News. March 24, 2021. Archived from the original on February 19, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  11. ^ "Mount Holyoke College". Mount Holyoke College. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  12. ^ "Mount Holyoke College". Forbes. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  13. ^ "Admission". Mount Holyoke College. April 18, 2012. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  14. ^ "Students react to decision to admit transgender students at Mount Holyoke". PBS NewsHour. October 15, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  15. ^ "Apply as a Graduate student". Mount Holyoke College. Retrieved July 12, 2023. As a women's college that is gender diverse, we welcome applications for the graduate programs from female, male, transgender and nonbinary students.