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Mount Holyoke College
Class of 1955




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happening in your life today!
Remember it's not about accomplishments
...it's just about staying connected.
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Also...click on any of the linked pages below to see 
what's happening elsewhere on the site. 
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Class Officers

Memorial Tributes

Memories

Honoraries

Creative Page
A REQUEST FROM YOUR WEB COORDINATOR!
 Please, please, if you change your email address, let us know!
email Wink at
joanripley@me.com
with your new address.
As good as a phone call...
Click here for  the latest 60th reunion photos & other photos
Books
Click on the keyboard 
to read our
Scribes' unabridged 
column for 
  the newest Quarterly
and other recent class notes
  An Uncommon Women's Page
Here you'll find articles, tips, etc. 
related to women and women's issues

READ ALL ABOUT IT
  
Click on the figures above
 to get there.
We have a new book
for your 
PERUSAL

Click on the pile of books to go there.

Click on the palette to go there.

Here’s your chance to share your talents with your classmates. We expect to have new material often because ’55 is full of clever women. Please contact
  Wink at
  joanripley@me.com 
to participate.
We expect this will be a popular page 
so don’t be shy…be creative

CREATIVE DISPLAY ROOM 
Check out the Class of 1955's new
UNCOMMON WOMAN AWARD
Click on the sphnix to see some
exciting news!

We have 5 new Uncommon Women!
Class of 1955  Honoraries
Our latest addition is none other than the vivacious and popular Sonya Stephens 
Read all about her by clicking on the Sphinx



Edwina Cruise who spoke to us at our 35th reunion was the first post-grad honorary. 


After our 50th we welcomed Eleanor Townsley who inspired us all with her immense help at our Seminar Day.



No reunion was ever complete without listening to Vinnie Farraro. We are delighted to claim him as one of our own.


Click on the Lilies 
to go to the 
Memorial Page
 We sadly report the deaths of:

Elise Karas Kenney
December 9, 2023

Elizabeth Miller Jenkins
April 21, 2023

Nancy Bair Peacock
November 28, 2023

Helen "Betsy" Andrews Jauss
April 4, 2024

Phyllis Kleitzen Campbell
May 12,  2024

Janet Stephens Hagan
April 4, 2024

Dorrit Werner Purdy
November 2024


January 2025
In Case You Missed This ....
JUST FOR FUN!
http://www.wnyc.org/story/automated-call-response-center-weinbaum-residence/
Click on the URL below for a fun listen we call all relate to!
​The little arrow at the left hand top of your screen (pointing backwards) will take you back to wherever you were on your last screen. It is not necessary to find the "back to homepage" button each time.
As you all know our class has elected special faculty who we feel have been especially close to our
 class over the years.
We all know that our 1955 Honorary Vinnie Ferraro is our most popular lecturer when we go back for our “Back to School” mini every fall. Here’s the exciting news. He writes a blog. A what you say? A Blog called World Politics. What it means is that we can access that blog anytime just by signing up to receive it over our email. Then you can read it, save it, delete it, whatever, but you”ll be connected to Vinnie’s thinking and teaching of World Politics from your iphone or computer whenever you want.

To sign up for his blog go onto google and type in vferraro1971 and the form to sign up will become available. 

Happy Politics!

EXCITING NEWS!
A NEW PAGE

Click the gavel to read our president's 2024
Class Letter

We need photos!

 Please send us pictures of you and your family or you and other Alums as our roving photographer cannot cover the entire country.

Call us if you need instructions. You can send the actual printed photos or send them over the internet.

​We are very flexible except in our knees!
Photos! We Need Photos!
E-Mail

For the very latest news about MHC
 go to the website and visit 
Campus Updates and Opening the Gates 


Click on the Website address:
 MtHolyoke.edu

 WE'RE ZOOMING LADIES!

 You can view these sessions by going to our zoom page and seeing everything about our zoom program. Just click on the blue and white camera above and you'll be there!

VINNIE'S BLOG
Click here to read all our answers 


OUR NEXT ZOOM!
TUESDAY
Jan 21st at 3:30 EDT
VINNIE WILL BE BACK!

ALL OF OUR ZOOMS 
ARE ON OUR ZOOM PAGE


CLICK HERE TO READ


https://blog.mtholyoke.edu/thegates/fancy-a-tour-of-the-presidents-house?wvideo=rbjuhsyj70


Click the link above to see a short video of
THE PRESIDENTS HOUSE


Since only a few of you answer my request for photos (Hint Hint) click below to see a whole slew of wonderful memories!
STORYWORTH
How Much Does College Really Cost?



“It is an understatement to say I am excited to join the vibrant and dynamic Mount Holyoke community. ... There hasn’t been a more important and critical time in recent history in which we need students who are empowered through their liberal arts education to go out and improve communities both here in the United States and around the world.”
Read What the Bot Wrote!
OUR NEW PRESIDENT


CLICK HERE FOR MORE​
BOOK AND MOVIE SUGGESTIONS
FROM CLASSMATES
OUR NEW VOLUNTEER PAGE!
​Our Zoom this month features Joan Willenbrok Leonard who described her involvement a National Program to help women
Cancer Survivors

​Click Here to access our new volunteer page.
DANIELLE R. HOLLEY
FUN PAGE
Heather Cox Richardson on Fascism
Keep the pictures coming Ladies!!!!!!
 Actually, legacy admissions are good. Here’s why

CLICK TO SEE VIDEOS OF OUR NEW PRESIDENT
READ VINNIE'S LATEST PIECE ON CONNECTIONS
DECEMBER 2024
Our November Zoom with Vinnie can be seen by going to our Zoom page
The Campus Wars Aren’t About Gender … Are They?


​A College Essay, Revisited Over 10 Years Later
Today's Teenagers Have Invented a Language that Captures the World Pefectly
Who Will Control the Future of AI?
Click on" A New Page" below to read our latest

​Carey Cort, MC Bachman Churchill's daughter, MC, and Lucy Wood Arnold,
 Sue Danielson's oldest daughter
See the story on our Class Notes Page
​Our Peripatetic MC Bachmann Churchill traveled up to Connecticut to visit with
 Ellis Batchelder Weatherly here at Ellis's home in Southport, CT

Two Spring Chickens

CLICK ON THE CLOWN ABOVE TO GO TO OUR

JUST FOR FUN PAGE. 

PLENTY OF FUNNIES TO TICKLE YOUR FANCY.
 America should make it easier for young people to serve their country
​SAVE THE DATE!!! 

WE'RE GOING BACK FOR OUR 70TH REUNION ON MAY 23RD - 25TH, 2025!

 REMEMBER OUR 65TH WAS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
CLICK HERE FOR OUR NEW 70TH REUNION PAGE
Here's All the Latest about our Next Reunion!
What caused this College President to Quit?

​How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism
NEW FRANCES PERKINS NATIONAL MONUMENT
"If you’re going to procrastinate, do something you enjoy."
QUOTE OF THE MONTH!
​More Interesting Opinions about what we care about!
How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism

It's Easy to See What Drove Jonathan Holloway to Quit

 America should make it easier for young people to serve their country

Opinion Who will control the future of AI?

I Teach the Humanities, and I Still Don’t Know  What Their Value Is

A College Essay, Revisited Over 10 Years Later

The Campus Wars Aren’t About Gender … Are They?

​ Actually, legacy admissions are good. Here’s why.

Fascism

​The Discount Data That Some Colleges Won’t Publish
Click Above to See Them All
How Higher Education Can Win Back America
​WE'RE ON TO 2025...BUT WHAT ABOUT 2024???
CLICK ABOVE TO SEE WHAT DAVE THINKS WE HAVE JUST LIVED THROUGH
AND FIND A BIT OF TRUTH AND HUMOR!