Keep up with all the ways in which the Ӱ̳ community is pushing the limits of human knowledge, building lasting bonds and leading the way forward — on campus and around the world.
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Ӱ̳ College received nearly 5,000 applications for admission this year — an all-time record number.
Ӱ̳ President Sonya Stephens slams the notion that women should not be recruited in the sciences.
Nancy Welker ’63 credits her pioneering success in a male-dominated science field to her time studying at Ӱ̳ College.
This year, Ӱ̳ has surpassed its previous application record set in 2019 and had a 14% increase from fall 2020.
Ӱ̳ College alum Areeba Kamal ’16 went from working odd jobs to pay college application fees to MBA student and Apple product manager.
Ӱ̳ taught me “Ӱ̳ connected me to a world that gave me access to the impossible,” says Mary Ann Villarreal ’94, the first in her family to attend college. “I give back because I felt like Ӱ̳ was my home and I want other people to find their home too.”
Madeline Fitzgerald ’21 compares arriving at Ӱ̳ to Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” going over the rainbow — leaving her hometown with few LGBTQ+ people and discovering that many MHC students are members of the LGBTQ+ community.
In late 1895, Ӱ̳ students decided to form a fire brigade. And in doing so, they made history. The New York Journal reported that theirs was the first all-women’s fire department in the nation.
Lisa Garrity ’19 discusses why her love at first sight experience with Mount College was meant to be.