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Mount Holyoke College first-year student Ana Susskind ’28 discusses their excitement and the things they hope to learn during their first Building on our Momentum (BOOM!) Learning Symposium.

Mount Holyoke College student Maxine Ahenkora ’27 reflects on organizing this year’s BOOM! Learning Symposium.

Devon Santos, head of business intelligence at LITS, looks back over her memories of the annual BOOM! Learning Symposium at Mount Holyoke College and how the program has helped her grow.

Mount Holyoke College has been a vibrant and safe second home for Mars Bickford ’25. “I don’t think I would have felt that I could explore my personal gender identity anywhere else,” they said.

Mount Holyoke College 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.

Cam Steiger, a junior at Mount Holyoke College, reviews her educational journey and how she’s been supported by the community, including alums and The Mount Holyoke Fund.

Charlie Watts ’25 is Mount Holyoke College’s poet-contestant for this year’s Glascock Poetry Competition and writes about what it’s like to compete with support from a community of other writers and poets.

Emily Finnila ’27 discusses what it’s like to be a “springie” at Mount Holyoke. She has tips and tricks for quickly becoming a part of the community through clubs and activities.

“I met with every disabilities department of the schools I was looking at. Mount Holyoke seemed most receptive. There was a willingness to work with me in meaningful ways.”

“I met one of my best friends that first year, and we still talk and have dinners weekly. It's been nice to finally feel like I’ve found forever friends at college.”