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Mount Holyoke College names first Black female president

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Danielle Ren Holley will become the twentieth president beginning on July 1, 2023. She is the first Black woman in the college's 186 years to serve as permanent president. Holley is the fourth Black woman to lead one of the original Seven Sisters Colleges. She earned a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

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Mount Holyoke College names first Black female president

Mount Holyoke College has named the first Black female president in the Western Massachusetts liberal arts school’s 186-year history.

1 year ago·United States

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Mass Live

Danielle Ren Holley will be Mount Holyoke College's first permanent Black female president

Mount Holyoke College has named Danielle Ren Holley, the dean of Howard University Law School, as its 20th president, making Holley the first-ever permanent Black female president in Mount Holyoke’s 186-year history.Holley will step into her new position on July 1, 2023. She follows Interim President Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum who, similar to Holley, also served as a leader at a historically Black college. From 2002 to 2015, Tatum was president of…

1 year ago·Springfield, United States

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Daily Hampshire Gazette

Mount Holyoke names Danielle Ren Holly as its new president

SOUTH HADLEY — Danielle Ren Holley, a legal educator and social justice scholar, will become the 20th president of Mount Holyoke College on July 1, becoming the first Black woman in the college’s 186-year history to serve as a permanent president.Holley said in a statement announcing her selection...

1 year ago·Northampton, United States

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WWLP

Mount Holyoke College selects first Black woman president in college’s history

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. (WWLP) - Mount Holyoke College has selected a new president. Danielle Ren Holley will become the twentieth president beginning on July 1, 2023. She is the first Black woman in the college's 186 years to serve as permanent president, and the fourth Black woman to lead one of the original Seven Sisters Colleges. Mount Holyoke College appoints interim President President-elect Holley's background includes being a legal e…

1 year ago·Springfield, United States

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