A stimulating series of lectures and discussions led by Mount Holyoke College faculty and staff.

The Geothermal Project at Mount Holyoke College
Karla Youngblood
Associate Vice President for Facilities Management

Location: Cleveland L2

Join for this special Back to Class session, where alum Karla Youngblood FP'99, associate vice president for facilities management, shares about the geothermal project on campus. Learn about this once-in-a-century endeavor, which will reduce campus greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2030, significantly advancing the College's goal of carbon neutrality by 2037.

Study Nature, Not Books: Microscopy and Natural History at Mount Holyoke College

Pre-registration required

Heather Hamilton, Microscopy Facility Director
Willie Perreault, Operations Manager for Science Education and Research

Location: Kendade 305

During their long careers at Mount Holyoke College, both Professor Shattuck and Professor Clapp championed Louis Agassiz’s call to “study nature, not books” as a way to understand the natural world. They helped establish experiential learning as a major tenet of Mount Holyoke College’s mission in many ways, including through the use of microscopes and natural specimens. In addition to historical and contemporary teaching microscopes, the Science Center houses several Natural History Collections of biological and geological specimens and Scientific Collections of diagrams, models, instrumentation, and glassware. These Collections demonstrate the long history of Mount Holyoke as an important institution in the education of women scientists. Dr. Heather Hamilton, Microscopy Facility Director, and Dr. Willie Perreault, Operations Manager for Science Education and Research, are thrilled to offer a hands-on event for Mount Holyoke alums to relive the joy of scientific discovery using a variety of microscopes to view a large selection of objects from our Collections.