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Left to right: Li-Shean Tan '95, Sharon Ling '12, Joanne Prescott Mahendran '56, Berlinda Gooi '93, Audrey Ooi '08, Sin Seanne Ng '14, Kelly Lim '16, Oysim Chin '92

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After countless polls and conversations about timing and location on WhatsApp, this dinner finally made it out of the chat! We met up in the city center, so instead of climbing a mountain, we filled ourselves up with vegan ramen! 🍜

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Left to right: Li-Shean Tan '95, Sharon Ling '12, Joanne Prescott Mahendran '56, Berlinda Gooi '93, Audrey Ooi '08, Sin Seanne Ng '14, Kelly Lim '16, Oy Sim Chin '92

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After countless polls and conversations about timing and location on WhatsApp, this dinner finally made it out of the chat! We met up in the city center, so instead of climbing a mountain, we filled ourselves up with vegan ramen, yums! 🍜

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A quick recap of our Mountain Day:
17:41 - Discovered the Mountain Day announcement email.
17:42 - Ran downstairs to notify sister/fellow alum.
17:43-17:55 - Debated whether to stay in or go out 🍦.
17:56 - Threw on some jerseys, rushed out the door, sped through local roads (with caution), landed in front of the DQ counter, ordered an oreo blizzard to share, witnessed our blizzard pass the ‘DQ test’ 👏💯(“It’s a DQ thing…”)
18:37 - (Exact time!😝) Enjoyed our spoonful of heaven:) 

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Greetings from Paris, where alums and junior year abroad students met for a health walk at the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, enjoying ice cream 🍦 and a lovely sunny day!

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Mountain Day greetings from Munich!

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A small but fun gathering @Jeni’s Splendid Creams!

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Bar Harbor, ME Mountain Day Reunion. October 3, 2025

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Cortney Qiu ('22), Suzannah Gray ('22), and Lucy Manlick ('22) were joined by Desiree Bruggeman ('88) on October 3rd at a Mountain Day Reunion in Bar Harbor, ME!

Lucy, Cortney, and Suzannah spent a few days camping in Acadia and climbed the Beehive Trail.

Desiree came to the reunion at Mount Desert Ice Cream equipped with this awesome banner to celebrate with us! Thanks for joining us, Desiree!

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MHC 2010 delayed Mountain Day in Seattle, WA! 

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MHC 2010 delayed Mountain Day in Seattle, WA! 

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Tuesday, 9/30/25 - Kati, Hill, Elise, Katie, all MHC 2010! (Katie’s wife, a Smith alum, shared that it was Smith’s Mountain Day)

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Celebrating decades of friendship and completing a cycling trip in Andalucia from Sevilla to Granada. Cathy Kane Irwin '80, Donna Criscione Vieraitis '80, Melinda Mann '79, and Mary-Ellen Taplin '82

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Happy Mountain Day from the Mount Holyoke Club of Hartford! This is one of our three Mountain Day gatherings (AC Peterson Farms in West Hartford). 

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Happy Mountain Day from the Mount Holyoke Club of Hartford! This is one of our three Mountain Day gatherings (AC Peterson Farms in West Hartford). 

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9/26/25 at 6:37pm - we lingered much longer 

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Seattle MoHos from a spectrum of class years gathered for an ice cream reunion at Milk Drunk in the Beacon Hill neighborhood. 🍦🏔️ Fun camaraderie!

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Leslie Green ‘94, Elaine Milnor ‘75, Susan Lovelace ‘75, Jessica Nichols ‘94, Marie Bacchiocchi ‘88, Teresa Morais ‘94 (left to right) and Elizabeth Schenker ‘03 (in front) Mount Holyoke Club of Hartford, Oxford, CT Gathering

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Sweet gathering of alums and family at Rich Farm Ice Cream in Oxford, CT with yummy treats and great MHC swag for Mountain Day 2025. Our youngest attendee and potential future alum loved the tattoos! 🥰

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Mountain Day greetings from Edinburgh, Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Mountain Day 2025 celebration- Alum Club of Central Ohio at Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, Clintonville.

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Happy Mountain Day from Cody, Wyoming

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We've started a tradition: alert everyone to be prepared for the bells to ring, and when they do, send out the Zoom invitation for 18:37 South Hadley time. Ice cream and blue cocktails were in evidence. This year we found it especially meaningful to be able to connect and support each other during tough times.

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took some digital camera pics at the top of the mountain!

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took some digital camera pics at the top of the mountain!

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Mountain Day 2025: White Mountains of NH, Alesia Class of 1985

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Alums ranging from the 1985 to 2023 enjoyed yummy ice cream at Kulfi in Portland, OR! We’re grateful it was a sunny day in the PNW too!

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Soli Guzman '24, Shaina Tantuico '10, Mariko Ashley '10, Melody Wood '99, Nancy Schlegel '74, Susan Tom '98 (left to right)

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We met at Tucker's Ice Cream 🍦at 18:37 PST on the island of Alameda, jutting into San Francisco Bay. Even though we were miles and miles from South Hadley, MA. it felt like we were just catching up at the dining hall after a day of classes. We collectively dreamed of Western Mass fall foliage. 🍂 Happy Mountain Day! ⛰️

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Members of the Mount Holyoke Club of Cape Cod (and friends!) gathered at the Hot Chocolate Sparrow in Orleans to celebrate Mountain Day! And tell a few Mount Holyoke ghost stories while we were there...

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Happy Mountain Day from Washington DC where our current Semester in DC students joined their Alum Mentors to celebrate! ❤️💛💙💚💜

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Remembering Mountain Day in 2007 🩷

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Lots of fun in Boulder! 💗

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Happy Mountain Day, from Beverly, MA! Enjoyed a hike, followed by some ice cream. What a great excuse to celebrate!

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Sweet Mountain Day greetings from Fairfield, Connecticut!

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Happy Mountain Day from the Capital Region of New York! We had alums from the 1960’s all the way to 2025! 💙💚💛❤️💜🦁

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Beautiful fall foliage to share with you all.

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Enjoy the wonderful day! I celebrated with my husband and huskies after work with ice cream and a hike in Voluntown, CT. I misjudged the distance and the time so the hike turned into a run to get to the car by dark. Miss Mount Holyoke! - Amanda Breton-Costa, Class of 2012, located in Salem, CT

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Always energized when I’m with Mount Holyoke women!!

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Batch Ice Cream was the perfect place for the Pioneer Valley alum meet up! It was great to connect with local alums from so many different class years. ❤️💙💛💚💜

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Us before climbing the mountain vs us after climbing the mountain 

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Us before climbing the mountain vs us after climbing the mountain 

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Happy Mountain day from ocean county, New Jersey! Alison ‘85, Nina ‘84 and Chris ‘84!

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Happy Mountain Day from class of 71 in Manhattan

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Watching migrating raptors at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, PA, with my husband Dave.

Paula Bohaska (Paula Wagner ‘72)

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Happy Mountain Day! Naz and Saya reunited together on mountain day celebrating at the ATG Music Festival!

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Representing the Class of 2007 on Mt. Holyoke!

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Representing the Class of 2007 on Mt. Holyoke!

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Three members of the class of 2007 enjoyed helping to give out temporary tattoos with the Alum Association this Mountain Day. One of the reasons why it's great to work at your alma mater!

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Happy Mountain Day from Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴!

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What a fun way to start the day at the top of Mt. Holyoke! Thanks Audrey Markarian '07 and Kristen Fossum for enjoying this tradition with me!

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Happy Mountain Day! I've enjoyed over 50 hikes in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest this year and yesterday I got a jump start on this year's Mountain Day by leading 7 other Mountaineers members in a birding walk to see this Cooper's Hawk, along with 37 other bird species including an American bittern and green heron. Mountains are my religion! I'll always cherish this tradition.

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The Mount Holyoke Club of Greater Washington, DC got a jump start on the celebration last night with several 6:37 pm (18:37) gatherings at ice cream shops.

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Happy Mountain Day! Here's my morning activity in Swampscott, MA. -Jennifer (Jenna) Ivers, '90

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Greetings from the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil, where I am birding up in the mountains and using my MHC 50th reunion umbrella!

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Mountain Day is one of Mount Holyoke’s most enduring traditions. The event follows Mary Lyon’s strong value of physical education. Lucy T. Goodale, x-class of 1941, wrote a journal entry describing an early Mountain Day. She writes, “On this delightful morning, while gray dawn yet lingered for the appearance of the king of day in the east, there was joy and gladness within the walls of Mt. Holyoke Seminary, and the cheerful countenances, merry voices and nimble steps of its inmates, indicated a preparation for some joyous excursion…. On the way our eyes feasted with beauteous scenery. The mountains which we were approaching, clad in a robe of the most lovely green, the calm blue waters of Connecticut, the huge rocks, near our path called forth expressions of wonder and admiration. We had not ascended far before the path became impassable for carriages, which were left, while the party ascended on foot. The path was steep and rugged, in some places almost perpendicular, and others like a winding flight of stairs. But we passed leisurely along, culling flowers by the way, while the thickly woven branches of the pine, chestnut and hemlock, springing from the clefts, overshadowed us.” Like Goodale’s poetic writing, Mountain Day’s many different iterations are recorded throughout the diaries, journals, and scrapbooks of former students. To learn more stop by the archives to get a zine or get one on the top of Mount Holyoke today, we'll be up there making buttons! - Archives and Special Collections

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Manila - The Philippines

First 2025 Mountain Day Celebration!

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Celebrate around the world with Mountain Day Reunions!

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Celebrate around the world with Mountain Day Reunions!

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Mountain Day Reunions were started in 2011 by a few very homesick golden sphinxes led by Meredith Nelson ’11. The way it works is simple: When the bells toll on Mountain Day the reunions begin!

Find a Mountain Day Reunion near you!

Events will be listed as they are received and will be held at all locations listed below at 6:37 p.m. (18:37) local time unless otherwise indicated by the host. Be sure to connect with the host, let them know you're joining and share the event with friends.

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Mount Holyoke College was named after the nearby peak, so it’s only fitting that the College’s first tradition was a hike to the summit. Founder Mary Lyon — a firm believer in the need for students to get exercise and fresh air — instituted the spontaneous day off in spring 1838, just a few months after the doors first opened. With few exceptions, Mount Holyoke has celebrated Mountain Day every year since.

Learn more about the Mountain Day tradition.

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When we celebrate Mount Holyoke's oldest and most beloved tradition we encourage all members of the Mount Holyoke community - students, alums, faculty and staff - to share photos, videos, reflections and memories here.

Click on the yellow plus sign at the bottom right to add your message.

You can share a written message, submit a photo or share a video message.

Please feel free to share your name, class year/affiliation and location of where you are celebrating if not at Mt. Holyoke.

If you decide to share your photos on social media, make sure to use #MtnDayMHC