Robin Blaetz, associate professor of film studies, delivered a talk titled "Thinking About Entertainment" to introduce first-year students to the workings of cinema as a cultural product. The one-hour session also served to inspire students to enroll in future film studies courses.

Kavita Ramdas '85, the 2008 Carol Hoffmann Collins Global Scholar-in-Residence, returns to Mount Holyoke College. with a public lecture, titled Gender Equity in a Global World: Who(se) Rules?

Kavita Ramdas spent a busy four days at Mount Holyoke talking about a host of issues surrounding poverty and inequality worldwide. With candor, warmth, and enthusiasm, she shared her thoughts in classes, gatherings with faculty and students, and a public lecture. In the course History of Global Inequality, taught by Holly Hanson, associate professor of history and chair of African American and African studies, Ramdas talked with students about poverty, inequality, and global development. Among other things, she advocated spending for social activism rather than economic development as a means to alleviate inequality.

Ramdas concluded her visit with a public lecture, titled Gender Equity in a Global World: Who(se) Rules?

The forum at Mount Holyoke, organized by the Weissman Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts as part of the Body Politics series, featured a discourse between Jessop and the Rev. Gladys Moore, the College's dean of religious and spiritual life and director of diversity and inclusion. As they sat on a pair of upholstered chairs at the front of the hall Moore asked Jessop, who now resides in Salt Lake City, to reflect on how she was able to overcome the brainwashing of the cult and in the process discover her "authentic self."

The forum at Mount Holyoke, organized by the Weissman Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts as part of the Body Politics series, featured a discourse between Jessop and the Rev. Gladys Moore, the College's dean of religious and spiritual life and director of diversity and inclusion. As they sat on a pair of upholstered chairs at the front of the hall Moore asked Jessop, who now resides in Salt Lake City, to reflect on how she was able to overcome the brainwashing of the cult and in the process discover her "authentic self."

Carolyn Finney visited the MHC campus Tuesday, September 9, to deliver a lecture titled "What's Race Got to Do with It?: Climate Change, Privilege, and Consciousness." Her talk, presented by the Mount Holyoke College Center for the Environment. Finney's visit to Mount Holyoke added new angles to the campus conversation around Danzy Senna's debut novel Causcasia, the MHC class of 2012 Common Reading.

Award-winning writer and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams spoke at Mount Holyoke about her new book, Finding Beauty in a Broken World, on Tuesday, October 21.

Award-winning writer and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams spoke at Mount Holyoke about her new book, Finding Beauty in a Broken World, on Tuesday, October 21.

For geographer Carolyn Finney "environmental justice" is too narrow a construct for understanding the deepest issues about race and the environment. For Finney, it's the "racialization of space" that's important because it narrows black identity, discourages African American engagement with the natural world, and excludes poor urban gardeners from the band of "environmentalists." Finney visited the MHC campus Tuesday, September 9, to deliver a lecture titled "What's Race Got to Do with It?: Climate Change, Privilege, and Consciousness." Her talk, presented by the Mount Holyoke College Center for the Environment. Finney's visit to Mount Holyoke added new angles to the campus conversation around Danzy Senna's debut novel Causcasia, the MHC class of 2012 Common Reading.

Students, faculty, and staff mark the start of Mount Holyoke's 172nd academic year at Convocation 2008 on Wednesday, September 3, in Gettell Amphitheater.