Dr. Beverly Tatum named interim president
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, has been appointed by the Board of Trustees as Mount Holyoke College’s interim president following the departure of current president Sonya Stephens. Beginning her term in July, Tatum will lead the College for the 2022-2023 academic year until the search for the College’s 20th president is complete and the new candidate assumes office.
Students prepare to celebrate Ramadan on campus
The full length of Ramadan will be celebrated during the academic school year this spring for the first time in many years. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, during which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset and use this time to focus on and explore themselves both within and outside their religion for 30 days.
‘Never is Now’ film discussion centers intersection of anti-Blackness and antisemitism
On the evening of March 7, students convened in Blanchard Hall’s Great Room to watch, learn from and discuss the Anti-Defamation League’s Never Is Now 2021 panel titled “Confronting Anti-Black Racism to Fight Antisemitism.” The discussion was led by Associate Dean of Students for Community and Inclusion Latrina Denson and Chaplain to the College and Advisor to the Jewish Community Amelia Ender. After a land acknowledgment by MoZone Peer Advisor Emi Wilson ’23, the second event in this series centering anti-Black racism in solidarity with religious communities began.
Senate discusses dining, Dickinson bear and BOOM!
‘Stop Putin, Stop the War’: Students protest invasion of Ukraine
On Sunday, Feb. 27, students gathered on the steps outside Blanchard Hall to protest Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attacks on Ukraine. Many from the campus community attended to show solidarity with Ukrainian citizens and condemn the war. The protest was organized by Maïha Klymenko ’23, who is from Ukraine, Anno Kostava ’24 and Mariam Gabidzashvili ’24, who are from Georgia and Ella Jacob ’24, who is a Czech citizen.
Senate hosts Town Hall with AccessAbility Services
College updates guest policy to allow visitors on weekends
Updates to the spring semester guest policy were sent to the Mount Holyoke community on Feb. 18. Due to the College now operating at a Level One status in regards to COVID-19, guests are now allowed on weekends as of Feb. 25. From Fridays at 10 a.m. to Sundays at 10 p.m., students are allowed to have one guest visit. Overnight guests are allowed.
APAU gala celebrates Black joy and artistry
The night of Sunday, Feb. 27 marked the penultimate event of the Association of Pan-African Unity’s Black History Month programming: a gala hosted in Mary Woolley Hall’s Chapin Auditorium. Approximately 100 attendees donned red, black and green — the colors of the Pan-African flag — and gathered in Chapin Auditorium to celebrate Black joy with a night of music, storytelling and dance.
