Mount Holyoke College
The Official Seal of Mount Holyoke College
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Former names
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Mount Holyoke Female Seminary |
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| Motto | That our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace — Psalms 144:12 |
| Type | Private |
| Established |
Seminary, 1837 (Seminary charter, 1836) Seminary and College, (Collegiate charter) 1888 College, 1893 |
| Endowment | $667.6 million (2016) |
| President | Sonya Stephens |
| Provost | Jon Western |
| Dean | Marcella Runell Hall |
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Academic staff
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234 |
| Students | 2,215 (Fall 2015) |
| Undergraduates | 2,126 (Fall 2015) |
| Postgraduates | 89 (Fall 2015) |
| Location |
South Hadley, MA, USA 42°15′20″N 72°34′28″W / 42.255586°N 72.574503°WCoordinates: 42°15′20″N 72°34′28″W / 42.255586°N 72.574503°W |
| Campus | 2,000 acres (8.1 km²), academic campus: 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) |
| Colors | Light blue and white |
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NCAA Division III NEWMAC, Liberty League (golf) |
| Nickname | Lyons |
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| Website | mtholyoke.edu |
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| Forbes | 95 |
| Liberal arts colleges | |
| U.S. News & World Report | 35 |
| Washington Monthly | 123 |
Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and it served as a model for some of the others. Mount Holyoke is part of the Pioneer Valley's Five College Consortium, along with Amherst College, Smith College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The school was founded in 1837 by Mary Lyon as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. Mary Lyon had previously founded Wheaton Female Seminary (now Wheaton College) in Norton, Massachusetts, in 1834. Mount Holyoke received its collegiate charter in 1888 as Mount Holyoke Seminary and College and became Mount Holyoke College in 1893. Mount Holyoke's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was established in 1905.
Mount Holyoke's buildings were designed between 1896 and 1960. It has a Donald Ross-designed 18-hole golf course, The Orchards, which served as host to the U.S. Women's Open in 2004.U.S. News & World Report lists Mount Holyoke as the 35th best liberal arts college in the United States in its 2016 rankings. In 2011–2012, Mount Holyoke was one of the nation's top producers of Fulbright Scholars, ranking fourth among bachelor's institutions according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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