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Senate meeting discusses parking shortage, dining services

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Senate meeting discusses parking shortage, dining services

The Nov. 1 senate meeting began with a land acknowledgment from Chair of Halls Serynn Nowlin ’25, as well as an announcement that a donation link would soon be made available to support members of Indigenous nations. The evening’s agenda featured E-Board updates, as well as open-floor discussion between commission members and senators. This meeting was the first of the academic year to follow a typical senate schedule, as most of the previous meeting was dedicated to a Q&A session with Health Services Medical Director Cheryl A. Flynn.

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MHC Collective to vote for unionization in November

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MHC Collective to vote for unionization in November

In the second week of November, the MHC Collective, a group of 78 Residential Advisors and Residential Fellows, will vote as to whether they will form the first student union in Mount Holyoke College’s history.

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Counseling Services introduces ProjectConnect, builds community

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Counseling Services introduces ProjectConnect, builds community

Weathers sought to find a way to alleviate an experience of chronic loneliness on the College’s campus. This search led her to ProjectConnect, a program created by the former associate director of the Counseling Center at Amherst College, Jessica Gifford.

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MHC COVID Safety Now protests new COVID-19 guidelines

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MHC COVID Safety Now protests new COVID-19 guidelines

In response to Mount Holyoke’s administrative decision to make mask-wearing optional in all indoor campus spaces as of Oct. 14, a group of students, identifying themselves as MHC COVID Safety Now, has initiated a protest effort to invoke change in the College’s approach to their COVID-19 policy.

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COVID-19 booster offered to students via shuttle service

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COVID-19 booster offered to students via shuttle service

The Division of Student Life recently announced that Mount Holyoke will be providing shuttles to the University of Massachusetts Amherst COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic. The statement also provided updates to its shuttle service to a CVS in Chicopee, Massachusetts, for eligible students to receive a bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccination. The UMass shuttle will run every Thursday and Friday through Nov. 17 and 18, respectively. The CVS shuttle will run every Wednesday and Sunday through Nov. 13 and 16 respectively.

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MHC students prepare for midterm elections

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MHC students prepare for midterm elections

With less than a month until the Nov. 8 midterm elections, Mount Holyoke students have started preparing to vote in pivotal elections. All House seats are up for election, as well as 35 of 100 Senate seats. 36 states will also be electing governors according to Ballotpedia.

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Student Financial Services begins new counseling initiative

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Student Financial Services begins new counseling initiative

The executive director of Student Financial Services, Tayler Kreutter, recently announced in an email to the College community that Mount Holyoke College students would each be assigned a financial counselor. The email, personalized for each student, notified them of their respective counselor’s name and email address.

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Mount Holyoke to end mask mandate on Oct. 14

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Mount Holyoke to end mask mandate on Oct. 14

The Oct. 5 MHC This Week email to the College community included a letter from Interim President Beverly Daniel Tatum which stated that the campuswide mask mandate will end “at the close of business on Oct. 14.”

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Mount Holyoke Residential Life student workers file for unionization

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Mount Holyoke Residential Life student workers file for unionization

On Sept. 28, 2022, Mount Holyoke College’s residential advisors and fellows filed for union recognition with United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1459. As explained by the Mount Holyoke Collective, a campus group fighting for change for RAs and RFs, the roles of Residential Life student leaders have changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as expectations fluctuate the group wants to ensure they have sufficient power to continue advocating for themselves.

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Campus mask mandate extended without end date due to high transmission

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Campus mask mandate extended without end date due to high transmission

In a Sept. 28 MHC This Week: Mount Holyoke College Updates email to the community, the College announced that it would be extending its on-campus mask mandate. The news was delivered just two days before the mandate was scheduled to end, and does not cite an end date.

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