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Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå student Alexandra Mihailopol ’26 has been selected by Middlebury College as a recipient of a Projects for Peace grant. She will offer financial literacy education to women in rural Romania via her EmpowHER project.

Mount Holyoke senior Qiao Se Ong ’25 is among the 2025 cohort for Projects for Peace. Her project, based in Colombia, aims to address the impact of dam construction on local communities through creative workshops and collaborations with local artists.

Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå student Oluwafadeyemi Testimony Akinkuolie-Ibidapo ’27 went from volunteering at last year’s Trailblazers of Color Leadership Conference to becoming one of this year’s organizers.

Significant renovations are underway to modernize Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå’s Kendall Sports & Dance Complex — a key metric for the MHC Forward strategic plan.

Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå hosted its second annual Girls & Women in Sports Day on campus and introduced young people to a variety of sports, including soccer, basketball, volleyball and equestrian activities.

The Mass Cultural Council has approved the establishment of a Puerto Rican Cultural District in nearby Holyoke, and Maria Cartagena, director of Community-Based Learning at Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå, was pivotal in its development.

For the second year in a row, Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå has received the 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine.

Diamond Abiakalam-Chinagorom ’25 has been selected as Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå’s first Schwarzman Scholar. The program selects future leaders to pursue a one-year, fully funded master’s degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå administrators tell the Daily Hampshire Gazette about the progress of the multiyear project to make the campus carbon neutral.

The Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary was reopened to the Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå community with a celebration. The sanctuary has undergone two years of revitalization and renovations that include new carpet, lighting and multimedia equipment.