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1) What is your favorite MHC tradition?
Either Mountain Day or Elfing. Every fall i still look forward to the email from MHC saying its Mountain Day. Unfortuinitly, i no longer get the day off.
2) Favorite M&C?
chocolate chip cookies. but my favorite dessert was chef jeff cookies. a fun fact… when i was at reunion i asked about Chef Jeff, and was not happy the cookies at blanchard weren’t called Chef Jeff cookies anymore. He left the college in 2007 and started a cookie business with another partner. I think the company is called Zuzzy’s. Go Chef Jeff!
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
Physiology with Sarah Bacon,or Biomechanics with Gary Gillis.
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
The path around upper lake. There are a few spots to sit and think about things other than classwork. Also a really fun path to go for a run.
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
That i enjoy having long hair (sometimes), have two very hairy dogs (german shepherds), and enjoy spending nights at home with my husband.
– Nicole Mazzeo
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
Ahh so many to chose from – i would have to say either convocation or the laurel parade.
2) Favorite M&C?
Magic cookie bars!
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
Modern Architecture with Michael Davis
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
Blanchard
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
That I went to law school – I remember always thinking to myself that I would never be a lawyer.
– Alanna Barton
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
Laurel Parade!!!!!!!!!!!
2) Favorite M&C?
Hmm… I liked the lemon bars. Those were awesome.
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
Fave class: Attachment Psychology, Women in Sport
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
Upper Lake! I loved upper lake! Also the attic in the delles. That was a fun trip with C$, Bel….and…who else joined us? HAHAHA
Kendall. I love Kendall!
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
It took FOREVER to get in my professional field after college. Who’da thought?! Mount Holyoke is such a safe haven and cannot be replicated. I sure miss the mother land!!
– Jess Padgett
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
My favorite tradition is definitely the Laurel Parade because it’s so beautiful. I think that joining together with your classmates and singing “Bread and Roses” is the perfect way to commemorate the MHC experience.
2) Favorite M&C?
Graham crackers and peanut butter.
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
Biology 200
Gail Hornstein (Psychology)
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
Mead living room
Pratt library
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
I’m still teaching!
– Emily Welch
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
I’d have to go with Mountain Day. Something about the unexpectedness of it … I still sneak out of work and go out to see nature and eat ice cream. I even convinced fellow alumna Kelly Huggins, an honest hard worker to the core, to sneak out of her lab at the UW a few years ago and join me for ice cream.
2) Favorite M&C?
Chocolate Chip Cookies, especially the edges. I wasn’t a big fan of the chocolate chip part though. I know, weird. But nothing beats the chewy dough and milk combo.
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
My favorite class was a 300-level seminar with Professor Andy Lass. We had to pretend we were the thinkers and artists from the 1940s. It was wild: there were no lectures and no rules, we had to become the surrealists, the modern dancers, etc. I wish someone had told me what fun 300-level seminars were before my senior year! My favorite professors are all professors at MHC. Their love and dedication to what they do, their respect for the students, their dedication to quality teaching is unparalleled.
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
The Wa-Shin-An Japanese Tea House and Meditation Garden. I wish I’d gone there more often.
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
That I can teach a killer yoga-meditation-breathing-leadership class, that I fell for an Indian boy and that I live in LA.
– Natalia Stefanova
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
My favorite tradition is milk and cookies (M&Cs). After studying and writing papers, it was so nice to take a break each night to eat some sweets and talk about life with your doormmates.
2) Favorite M&C?
Chocolate chip cookies, Chef Jeff’s of course.
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics, Craig Woodard, the fly man
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
Prospect lake watching the crazy ducks.
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
Probably that I live in Arizona. I always thought I would stay around New England, around my family and here I am miles from them.
– Anne-Marie Tyrell
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
Junior Show. Junior Show was the first time I felt our class had really come together. It was amazing to see the excitement and enthusiasm build as the event progressed. It’s also the event that I felt we truly made a mark on our school. We were successful in creating a show that was actually pretty funny, and did it in a way that didn’t hurt or target groups of people.
2) Favorite M&C?
I was quite partial to the princess bars.
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
I really loved my Northern Baroque art class with Professor Varriano, but Susan Smith will always have a special place in my heart.
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
The library was always a favorite but I also loved the second floor of N. Delle my senior year. If you want to get all nostalgic though, sitting in the rafters of the old Blanchard with a Chef Jeff cookie and Fresh Samantha Smoothie was totally the best!
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
For some reason I’ve kept in better contact with some of my MHC acquaintances as opposed to some of my best friends. Not a bad thing just a bit surprising.
Also, there really are women from Seven Sister Colleges EVERYWHERE.
– Caroline Brennan
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
The Laurel Parade. I love marching with all the other classes, I love celebrating the new alumnae, I love singing “Bread and Roses.” It’s just such a lovely thing to be a part of.
2) Favorite M&C?
Oh, this is hard. Mostly I remember regularly stealing bags of rice cakes from the bread bin, which was open during M&Cs, an action which Laura Khor rightly judged me for. In case you were wondering, that’s why there were no rice cakes in Prospect dining hall in 01-02. Oh, and I enjoyed me a cup of hot chocolate every once in a while. Aislinn-Marie Rocamora knows what I’m talking about.
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
My favorite class was a seminar on the films of Alfred Hitchcock, taught by Elizabeth Young. The movies were fabulous, of course, and there was a really great mix of people, and the readings were awesome. I enjoyed that class so much — it’s the kind of space I want to create when I get the chance to teach my own courses.
Favorite professor: Mary Renda, of history. If I say any more, I’ll embarrass myself. Or her.
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
The library. It’s beautiful, with just enough scary parts to make it interesting (ever been down to Cutter?).
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
I think that college-me would be surprised by how much Mount Holyoke, and my experiences there, continue to shape my life today. I’ve changed in a lot of ways since graduation, but college-me and today-me are very similar because Mount Holyoke helped me to be the person I [still] want to be.
– Claudia Calhoun
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
I can’t pick one! Laurel Parade, Elfing and M&Cs are my top three.
2) Favorite M&C?
I remember once as a first year getting leftover chocolate eclairs. It was amazing.
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
1. Meiji Revolution – Jonathan Lipman
2. Darwin – Stan Rachootin
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
To unwind: 1904 garden. I used to fall asleep there all the time.
All time favorite: Wa Shin An
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
1. I actually found a job that combined Biology and Asian Studies
2. Because of that first tea demonstration I saw at Wa Shin An as a first-year, I have now been studying tea ceremony for 8 years and am working to become a sensei myself one day.
– Cone
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
As an alumna, Laurel Parade. It’s such a powerful expression of sisterhood and legacy, of memory and the powerful set of women we’re connected to. As a student, Mountain Day. I still try to celebrate it now, to get outside, take a moment and appreciate the beauty of nature.
2) Favorite M&C?
Cupcakes! I’m a sucker for frosting.
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
Religious Ethics with Jane. Penny Gill will be my advisor for life.
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
The greenhouse in the winter, a burst of life in the cold winter. The Upper Lake bridge, a quiet space to relax especially in the fall.
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
I teach high school history and ended up spending close to 4 years in Egypt.
– Sierra Thomsen :: vice president
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