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Join Us for
Meeting and
Senior Celebration
The next meeting of the Alumni Association Board of Governors will be held
March 23 on campus and will be followed by a celebration for the senior class at Jay's Place. All alumni are welcome at both events. Email alumni@hmc.edu for more information.
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Feb. 26, Boston SOJOURNER TRUTH LECTURE
Feb. 28, HMC campus
THE CLAREMONT
COLLEGES EVENING WITH THE
ONTARIO REIGNMarch 2, Ontario, Calif. THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES BALLROOM DANCE COMPANY PERFORMANCE March 3, San Diego ANNENBERG SERIES March 5, Colin Bodell P14 March 26, Fariborz Maseeh March 8-10, Lake Tahoe CLAREMONT ENTERTAINMENT MAFIA SCREENING OF "OZ, THE GREAT AND POWERFUL" WITH SCOTT STOKDYK '91March 12, Los Angeles March 13, various locations
RECEPTION WITH PROFESSOR ANDY BERNOFF AT YELP! HEADQUARTERS
March 19, San Francisco
174th MEETING OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF GOVERNORS
March 23, Claremont
ALUMNI CELEBRATION WITH THE SENIOR CLASS AT JAY'S PLACE
March 23, Claremont
May 3-5, HMC campus
May 17-19
EVENT INQUIRIES
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Jean Platt, Founding First Lady, Mourned Helped establish and support HMC's mission and students
 Jean Ferguson Platt, wife of Founding President and physics Professor Joseph Beaven Platt, passed away
Feb. 18 in Claremont, Calif. She was 91. Jean
was deeply involved in the founding of HMC, helping to establish the College in the 1950s and supporting its mission in the decades that followed.
"Jean's love of HMC was an integral part of the College's early years, especially in the development of our students and alumni," said President Maria Klawe.
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Celebrate the Place You Once Called Home Alumni Weekend includes All-Dorm Reunion Dinner
 Registration for Alumni Weekend 2013 is now open! Sign up to experience the new programming for this year's event, including the All-Dorm Reunion Dinner. On Friday evening, May 3, alumni and students will gather to celebrate the unique history and cultures of HMC's eight dorms, including milestone anniversaries for West (55 years), Linde (20) and South (45; residents shown, right, in 1973 yearbook).
Speaking of reunions, this year we celebrate class reunions for class years ending in 3 and 8! We are planning wonderful class dinners for all reunion classes, and some reunion committees have cooked up a few additional surprises. Join the fun, and catch up with your classmates!
REGISTER NOW
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HMC is One of Nation's Best Value Colleges Princeton Review ranking
Harvey Mudd College is one of the nation's "Best Value Colleges" according to The Princeton Review's newly released book, The Best Value Colleges: 2013 Edition. Students described HMC as a place where "everyone is literate in every branch of science," "the honor code really means something" and "research opportunities are limitless."
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First Alumni Career Forum a Success Alumni provide career advice, support
The Alumni Association hosted its first Alumni/Student Career Forum on Jan. 26 with great success. More than 50 alumni and nearly 100 students attended the event. Students had one-on-one conversations with alumni, who shared diverse career advice, life experiences, networking connections and, in some cases, offered long-term mentoring. Many thanks to the members of the Board of Governors' Outreach Committee, who managed the planning and organization of this event, which will be offered again next year.
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Math Alumnae Featured in SIAM Publication Diverse careers highlighted
 Alumnae Lindsay Hall '12 and Andrea Levy '11 are featured in Careers in Applied Mathematics, which profiles 18 professionals who represent the diverse careers available to mathematicians in a variety of industries and fields.
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HMC Hosts Sojourner Truth Lecture Physician to discuss breast cancer knowledge, disparity
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Dr. Olopade
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HMC is the host of this year's Sojourner Truth Lecture, which will feature physician, scientist and University
of Chicago Associate Dean of Global Health
Dr. Olufunmilayo I. Olopade. Her talk, "Closing the Knowledge Disparity Gap on Breast Cancer," will be held Feb. 28.READ MORE
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Bodell P14 to Discuss Amazon.com's Success First speaker in Annenberg Series
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British Magic Journal Features HMC Professor Art Benjamin discusses teaching and mathemagics
 HMC mathematics Professor Art Benjamin appears on the cover of the February 2013 issue of The Magic Circular, published by British magical society The Magic Circle.
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Tutors Contribute to Homework Hotline Success Students in local community benefit
 Harvey Mudd College Homework Hotline tutors, many of whom have been with the program since its inception, helped 2,478 students last fall, representing a 21 percent rise in the number of fourth- through 12th-graders successfully coached through the free, over-the-phone, math- and science-tutoring program.
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Annual SWE Event Encourages STEM Interest Nearly 200 young women expected to attend
 At least 200 high school girls are expected to attend the Women Engineers and Scientists of Tomorrow Conference on Saturday, March 2, at HMC. Hosted by the HMC chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the event will offer young women an opportunity to learn about careers in engineering, science and mathematics.
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MISSION STATEMENTHarvey Mudd College seeks to educate engineers, scientists, and mathematicians, well versed in all of these areas
and in the humanities and the social sciences so that they may assume leadership in their fields
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Innovation, Leadership, and Impact, Especially in Engineering, Science and Mathematics
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Focus on Experiential and Interdisciplinary Learning
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Unsurpassed Excellence and Diversity at All Levels
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Nurturing and Developing the Whole Person
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Global Engagement and Informed Contributions to Society
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Improvement of Infrastructure and Resources to Support HMC's Commitment to Excellence and Building Community
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