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SGA senate hears presentation on student satisfaction

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SGA senate hears presentation on student satisfaction

The Student Conference Committee, a subcommittee of the SGA, presented their findings from last year’s student satisfaction survey, which students take annually. Generally, most students seem satisfied, accepted and welcomed at Mount Holyoke, according to the data. Exceptions do exist, however.

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Mount Holyoke's RA Collective votes 65-0 to unionize

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Mount Holyoke's RA Collective votes 65-0 to unionize

Residential advisors and fellows gathered in Chapin Auditorium alongside other community members on the evening of Nov. 9 to determine the future of the Mount Holyoke Collective and their union status on campus. Officials from the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1459 chapter read aloud the individual votes to the hushed room. The silence was broken by applause when it was announced that the student workers had voted unanimously to formalize their union membership.

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Senate welcomed senior leadership to answer questions about COVID-19

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Senate welcomed senior leadership to answer questions about COVID-19

During the Nov. 8 senate meeting, the Student Government Association conducted a conversation with Interim President Beverly Daniel Tatum, Provost and Dean of Faculty Lisa Sullivan and Dean of the College Amber Douglas about COVID-19 and the College’s policy surrounding it. The senior College administration leaders presented a timeline of the COVID-19 policy, discussed the reasoning behind the decisions and explained the current policy that they’re working on before taking questions and comments.

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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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