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January 2024 NorCal Club Newsletter

Happy New Year! ✨ ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! ✨Bonne année! ✨

新年快乐 ✨새해 복 많이 받으세요 ✨ كل عام وأنتم بخير

The Mount Holyoke Club of Northern California wishes everyone a 2024 full of fun, laughter, love, milk & cookies, and MHC Club Events! Our first event for 2024 is in collaboration with the Alumnae Association and the Peninsula Club as we welcome the 20th President of Mount Holyoke College, Danielle R. Holley to San Francisco on January 18th. Alums are encouraged to come with their insights and questions for a conversation with President Holley, moderated by Trisha Tanner ’00, executive director of the Alumnae Association. Register today!

The board is excited to plan events for 2024 and, as always, we welcome your thoughts, ideas or interest to host/co-host an event! Feel free to email us with questions or interest, or fill out this form at least a month in advance to make sure we get the word out. Our monthly book club is headed to the movies in January, a Lunar New Year gathering for February is in the works and kick off Women’s History month (March) by supporting Cal Women’s Gymnastics and their 50th year!

Lastly, we would love to feature MHC images in our newsletters and social media! Do you have images from your time at MHC that you’d like to share? Send us an email. We hope to gather images from across the years!

Our very best wishes,

– The Board

Barbara Creed’s SCOTUS Presentation
The MHC Club of NorCal has had the honor of hosting Barbara Creed for several informative and engaging presentations about SCOTUS. If you missed the Nov ‘23 session, “Will the Court Come to Order?” you are welcome to watch it by clicking this link (password: “MHCNov23!”). Keep your eyes out for a 2024 presentation!

Pay Your Dues
You can pay your dues for the 2023-2024 fiscal year or even become a Lifetime Member and never pay dues again! All dues payments and donations may be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by the law – the Club is classified as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization – and help keep our volunteer-run Club afloat.

Join the Board
We welcome alums from our entire Northern California region, not just the Bay Area. Our Board meetings are via Zoom, so location truly doesn’t matter. We would love to have representation from throughout our incredibly large region!

Please peruse the board descriptions and reach out to us by email. We’re always looking for fresh perspectives, new ideas, and look forward to hearing from you.

Check out our upcoming events below. As always, please reach out if there is programming you’d like to see, an event you’d like to host, or you simply want to say hello. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and join our Club’s Facebook Page!

Upcoming Events:

An Evening with President Danielle R. Holley
When: Thursday, January 18th, 2024. 6pm-8pm.
Where: Hilton San Francisco – Financial District: 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
Cost: Free. Registration is required.

You are cordially invited to a reception with Mount Holyoke’s twentieth president, Danielle R. Holley, on Thursday, January 18, 6–8 pm, hosted by the Alumnae Association with the Mount Holyoke clubs of Northern California and the Peninsula.

Gather with Mount Holyoke alums in the Bay area communities to meet President Holley and learn more about her vision (“the future is now”) for our alma mater. Alums are encouraged to come with their insights and questions for a conversation with President Holley, moderated by Trisha Tanner ’00, executive director of the Alumnae Association.

We invite you to encourage classmates and alums in your circles to attend this special evening. Refreshments will be served, and attire is business casual.
Point person: Katie Wynen ’05

January Book Club @ The Movies!
When: Saturday, January 20, 2024
Where: East Bay, exact location TBD

Our next meeting will be in person (yay!). Saturday, January 20, 2024 in the East Bay (exact location TBD until we get closer to the date depending on which theaters are showing the movie). We will go see an early matinee of the bold new take on the beloved classic, The Color Purple and then grab lunch together for connection and discussion afterward. Please feel free to read (or reread) the original text before the movie in order to compare/contrast. Not required but will hopefully generate lively literary discussion!
Point person: Hannah Fairbanks ’03

February 2024 Book Club: The Fraud: “A novel based on real historical events, The Fraud is a dazzling novel about truth and fiction, Jamaica and Britain, fraudulence and authenticity and the mystery of ‘other people.’” by Zadie Smith.
When: Wednesday, February 28th, 2024; 7:00-8:00 pm PT
Where: Join us and register for the event on Zoom.
Cost: Free. This event is open to all alums.
Point person: Hannah Fairbanks ’03. Please note that virtual book club meetings will happen on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 7:00p PST. 

Cal Women’s Gymnastics: 50 Years!
When: Saturday, March 2, 2024.
Where: Haas Pavilion. 115 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720

What better way to start Women’s History Month than by supporting Cal Women’s Gymnastics and their 50th year! On Saturday, March 2, 2024 the Bears will be facing the University of Utah in this Pac-12 dual meet.

Event cost is $18 – adults, $12 – 65+, $12 – youth. If we are a group of 10+ it will be $8 each. Meet start time is TBD, but typically starts between 12p-2p and is around 90min. Venue is a college sport auditorium with open general seating. Event can get loud with music, cheering teammates, fans, and the pep-band. Please bring anything needed for sound sensitivity.

If you are planning to attend, or have any questions, please email us so we can get a headcount. We will send a future link that will tell you how to purchase the ticket(s). We had a great time last year and even made it on the Jumbotron!

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Virtual Programming from the Alum Association

The College is offering a range of virtual programming and opportunities to connect. Learn more on the AA Events page.

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Let’s Get Social!

To hear the latest about our programming in-between our monthly newsletters, we encourage you to connect with the Club on one or more forms of social media. We hope to see you at an event soon!