Events: August 29, 2025

Aug 28 Aug 30

New domestic students arrive and Orientation begins

Fri, Aug 29, 2025

This is a past event.

New students will move in between 8 am and noon. Details about move-in and Orientation will be sent to each student's MHC email address. Orientation begins after lunch.

Welcome Tent

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 8am to 12pm

This is a past event.

Pick up room keys and Orientation schedules at this resource fair for new students and families.

Skinner Green

Be Well Wellness Tour

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 9am to 11am

This is a past event.

Scholars will be given a tour of spaces on campus that will help them connect with their personal wellness. Please arrive by 9:15 am in front of Blanchard Campus Center. Tour groups will depart at...

Community Center, Meeting in front of the Center

Talcott Greenhouse Open House

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 10am to 4pm

This is a past event.

Giving each new student a plant has been a well-loved tradition for over 50 years! We welcome you to pick out your "New-student Plant" during the above times at the Botanic Garden's Talcott...

Talcott Greenhouse

Check-In and Welcome for Frances Perkins Scholars

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am

This is a past event.

Gather as a group before the opening day lunch to check in and talk about Orientation programming. Upper-class students will be on hand to answer questions, connect new and returning students, and...

Office of Admission, Jenkins Room

President's Welcome: Welcome to MHC!

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 1pm to 1:30pm

This is a past event.

Words of welcome from Mount Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley, Vice President of Student Life and Dean of Students Marcella Runell, and your Orientation Leaders!

Mary Woolley Hall, Chapin Auditorium

Academic Advising

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 1:30pm to 2:30pm

This is a past event.

Students meet with their academic advisors.

Faculty Offices

Mean Squirrels: A Library, Information, and Technology Services (LITS) Scavenger Hunt

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 1:30pm to 4:30pm

This is a past event.

The campus squirrels are always up to something, but this time they've gone too far! They're causing mischief in the library, and we need you to solve puzzles and follow clues to help us catch them...

Williston Library, Atrium

Parent, Family and Supporters Orientation

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 1:45pm to 4:30pm

This is a past event.

1:45-3:05 pm: Student Life and Services Panel Student life and academic professionals discuss your student’s transition into college life at MHC. Offices represented will include Residential Life,...

Mary Woolley Hall, Chapin Auditorium

Academic Fair

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 2:45pm to 4:30pm

This is a past event.

Curious about a particular major or minor? Come to the academic fair and meet representatives from the academic departments. Bring your questions!

Kendade Hall, Various spaces and classrooms

Fearless First: Drop In and Ask Questions About Fearless First Resources

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 3:15pm to 4:30pm

This is a past event.

This is an opportunity for parents, families and supporters of first-generation students to drop in and ask questions about resources and support services for Fearless First Students...

Beverly Daniel Tatum Unity Center

First Small Group Meeting

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 6:30pm to 7:50pm

This is a past event.

Check Embark or your nametag to see your orientation group. This is an opportunity to meet your Orientation Leader and the rest of your small group.

Various Locations, Start at Skinner Green

Meet your Res Life Staff

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 8pm to 8:50pm

This is a past event.

Students will meet in the common areas of their residence halls to get to know their staff and fellow new students. Then they walk over together to enjoy the movie ÒDirty DancingÓ under the stars!

Your residence hall!

Movie Under The Stars - "Dirty Dancing"

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 9pm to 11pm

This is a past event.

Come join your fellow new students and cheer when “nobody puts Baby in the corner” because “Baby’s starting Mount Holyoke in the fall”! Planned Parenthood Generation Action, an MHC student...

Gettell Ampitheater, Rain location: Mary Woolley Hall, Chapin Auditorium