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Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College
Seal of Mount Holyoke College
University information
NameMount Holyoke College
MottoThat our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace - Psalms 144:12
EstablishedSeminary, 1837 (Seminary charter, 1836)
Seminary and College, (Collegiate charter) 1888
College, 1893
Typeliberal arts women's college
Endowment$488.0 million
PresidentLynn Pasquerella
Faculty200
Students2200
CitySouth Hadley
StateMA
CountryUSA
Campus2,000 acres (8.1 km2), academic campus:
Athletic nicknameMoHo, Holyoke, or MHC
MascotLyon
Websitemtholyoke.edu

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Mount Holyoke College is a prestigious liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and 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 originally founded in 1837 by Mary Lyon as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. It 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.

In 2009, Forbes rated it 47th in America's Best Colleges. U.S. News and World Report lists Mount Holyoke as the 26th best liberal arts college in the United States in its 2011 rankings. Mount Holyoke was also ranked #1 in the nation for Best Classroom Experience in the Princeton Review 2010 � 2011 rankings.


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