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Mount Holyoke Club of Northern California

LXCL:The Mount Holyoke Club of Northern California fosters community among alums through events, networking, and support, promoting the values of education, leadership, and lifelong connections rooted in the Mount Holyoke experience.

Cheer on Golden State Valkyries vs. Dallas Wings&nbsp;with fellow MHC NorCal alums, family, and friends! Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the first 10,000 fans admitted will receive a&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://valkyries.wnba.com/tickets/theme-nights-and-giveaways" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Valkyries&nbsp;</a>mini tote bag. Tip-off is at 7:00 p.m. &nbsp; We have 22 tickets available in Section 210.&nbsp;We will send out the tickets to your Ticketmaster account once purchased. Tickets are non-refundable.🏀 How to get to Chase Center: Free Muni on game day and shuttle bus from 16th &amp; Mission. For more details, visit <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.chasecenter.com/plan-your-visit/transportation/" id="isPasted" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://www.chasecenter.com/plan-your-visit/transportation/</a>.&nbsp; Questions? Please contact May Chen&rsquo;21 at zymaychen@gmail.com.

Golden State Valkyries v.s. Dallas Wings

Join us in Emeryville for lively conversations that run the gamut of the lifecycle of a biotech career: grad school applications, boom and bust of working at start-ups or blue chip pharma, and retirement planning. We&rsquo;re not limited and no topic is off the table. Get under the hood of how to envision what&rsquo;s next in your journey in biotech when you join us. This event is open to Seven Sister/Sibling alums.&nbsp;<div fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid oklch(0.929 0.013 255.508); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: oklch(0.208 0.042 265.755); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid oklch(0.929 0.013 255.508); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: oklch(0.208 0.042 265.755); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid oklch(0.929 0.013 255.508); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid oklch(0.929 0.013 255.508); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"></div>Alums from Barnard, Bryn Mawr, and Mount Holyoke will co-host this event.&nbsp;

7S Biotech Coffee - Spring/Summer 2026

Join fellow Mount Holyoke alums for a relaxed afternoon of Napa wine tasting 🍷 in the heart of Northern California. Enjoy curated pours, good conversation, and time to reconnect with our shared Mount Holyoke roots. &nbsp;We will taste wines from Cuvaison and their sister winery. Light snacks will be provided.&nbsp; Your registration helps strengthen our alum community by supporting ongoing social, educational, and professional events across the region. Event open to MHC alums only 🍇

Napa Wine Tasting

Please join fellow MHC NorCal alums, family, and friends as we cheer on the Golden State Valkyries playing last year&#39;s WNBA champions, the Las Vegas Aces. Doors open at 11 a.m. and the first 10,000 fans admitted will receive a&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://valkyries.wnba.com/tickets/theme-nights-and-giveaways" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Valkyries scarf</a>. Tip-off is at 12:30 p.m. &nbsp;<br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: lato, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: lato, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: lato, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: lato, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">We have 30 tickets available in Section 218.&nbsp;Tickets are non-refundable.🏀 Questions?<br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: lato, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: lato, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Please contact May Chen&rsquo;21 at zymaychen@gmail.com.<br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: lato, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: lato, &quot;helvetica neue&quot;, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">

Golden State Valkyries vs. Las Vegas Aces

Join or renew your membership with the Mount Holyoke Club of Northern California to stay connected with alums across the region. 🌉 Your membership helps create welcoming spaces for social gatherings, educational programs, and networking events that support lifelong learning and alumni connection. Membership at any level supports planning future events, sharing local resources, and building a vibrant Mount Holyoke community here in Northern California. 🎓

Join or renew your membership with the Mount Holyoke Club of Northern California to stay connected with alums across the region. 🌉Your membership helps create welcoming spaces for social gatherings, educational programs, and networking events that support lifelong learning and alumni connection.Membership at any level supports planning future events, sharing local resources, and building a vibrant Mount Holyoke community here in Northern California. 🎓

Mount Holyoke Club of Northern California's 2026-27 Memberships

<img height="16" width="16" alt="🧶" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc0/2/16/1f9f6.png" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-draggable" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp;Bring your current craft project (knitting, crocheting, or other portable craft) for an afternoon together with fellow MHC crafters (alums &amp; current students) at Catherine Dunford&rsquo;s &lsquo;79 home. <img height="16" width="16" alt="🚪" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t8d/2/16/1f6aa.png" fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-draggable" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;">Catherine&rsquo;s house is located in San Francisco&rsquo;s Bernal Heights neighborhood and easily reached by several Muni bus lines and only a mile from Glen Park BART, with a connecting bus. Parking is possible. Exact location will be provided to everyone who registers. <img height="16" width="16" alt="📄" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t9c/2/16/1f4c4.png" fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-draggable" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp;Accessibility Note: The house has two flights of stairs. We will meet on the top floor of the house, and the bathroom is on the middle floor.

A "Craft-ernoon" Together

Join fellow MHC alums for a relaxed Presidio Pop Up in San Francisco. Connect with graduates from across class years, bring your families, share stories, and enjoy time with the Mount Holyoke alum community. Please RSVP for all planning to attend (kids included)&nbsp;so we can know how many to expect.&nbsp;

Presidio Pop Up

Let&rsquo;s Connect, Catch Up &amp; Build Our Alumni Community! It&rsquo;s time to reconnect, meet new people, and bring our alumni community together! Whether you&rsquo;re catching up with old friends or meeting fellow alumni for the first time, this is a chance to expand your network, share stories, exchange ideas, and create new connections. ✨ Come for the conversations.🤝 Stay for the connections.🌟 Leave with a stronger sense of community. No pressure, no formal agenda &mdash; just good people, great conversations, and an opportunity to grow our alumni network together. Come connect. Come mingle. Come be part of the community! Bring beverages and snacks to share All fields and career stages are welcome&mdash;come as you are and connect with fellow MHC community members.

Networking Meet-Up

Celebrate Mountain Day with ice cream and community. Join Mount Holyoke alums in East Sacramento for a relaxed gathering to celebrate this beloved Mount Holyoke tradition 🍦⛰️ This is a scheduled meet-up and separate from when President Holley rings the bells... unless she does it on this day!

Mountain Day Ice Cream (Sac)

Celebrate Mountain Day with ice cream and community. Join Mount Holyoke alums in Uptown Oakland for a relaxed gathering to celebrate this beloved Mount Holyoke tradition 🍦⛰️ This is a scheduled meet-up and separate from when President Holley rings the bells... unless she does it on this day!

Mountain Day Ice Cream (Oakland)

Come celebrate the beloved Mountain Day tradition with an autumnal hike! Katia K &#39;17 will lead a hike at Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park in Oakland. If you haven&#39;t been to this park, it&#39;s a beautiful mix of scenic views and mystical redwood trees. We will do a three mile loop on a wide trail with a few hills. Please note that there is a parking lot, but it fills quickly. People typically park along Skyline Blvd when it overflows. If you&#39;d like to carpool or get picked up from a Bart stop, please email the club at <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:mountholyoke@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">mountholyoke@gmail.com</a>&nbsp; Here is a preview of the trail: <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/stream-trail-prince-trail-and-east-ridge-trail-loop" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/stream-trail-prince-trail-and-east-ridge-trail-loop</a>

Mountain Day Hike

Join us in Mission Bay for lively conversations that run the gamut of the lifecycle of a biotech career: grad school applications, boom and bust of working at start-ups or blue chip pharma, and retirement planning. We&rsquo;re not limited and no topic is off the table. Get under the hood of how to envision what&rsquo;s next in your journey in biotech when you join us. This event is open to Seven Sister/Sibling alums.&nbsp;<div fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid oklch(0.929 0.013 255.508); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: oklch(0.208 0.042 265.755); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid oklch(0.929 0.013 255.508); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: oklch(0.208 0.042 265.755); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5;"> </div>Agenda:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Round table introduction (10-20 mins)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Discussion: Understanding our AI era (40-50 mins). &nbsp;We continue to dive further into AI with a first 7S Book Club discussion of &ldquo;The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI,&rdquo; a 2023 memoir by Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li. &nbsp;It would enhance the conversation if you read the book first, but a summary will be part of the discussion, so it&rsquo;s not required. &nbsp;Any 7S alum with an interest in this topic is welcome to join, regardless of their connection to biotech. &nbsp;Feel free to extend this opportunity to alums who may be interested. &nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Break out groups (30 mins) - follow up with individual attendees to exchange contacts. &nbsp;</li></ul><br style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid oklch(0.929 0.013 255.508); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid oklch(0.929 0.013 255.508); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Alums from Barnard and Mount Holyoke will co-host this event.&nbsp; Find us inside Blue Bottle Coffee, 1385 4th St San Francisco, CA 94158, we&#39;ll have college pennants on the table. Co-host contacts will be sent closer to the date.

7S Biotech Coffee - Fall 2026

Connect with fellow Mount Holyoke alums of color over conversation, stories, and support. This casual happy hour is a space to unwind, meet new people, and reconnect with the Bay Area MHC BIPoC community. 🍹

Mount Holyoke Club of Northern California

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