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=== Admission of transgender students === At Convocation on September 2, 2014, President [[Lynn Pasquerella]] announced a new policy allowing the [[Transgender admissions policies at women's colleges|admission of transgender individuals of both sexes]] to the college,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/transgender-applicants-welcome-mount-holyoke-womens-college|title=Students react to decision to admit transgender students at Mount Holyoke|date=October 15, 2014|website=PBS NewsHour}}</ref> as well as the admission of students whose gender identities are [[Genderqueer|non-binary]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Admission of Transgender Students|url=https://www.mtholyoke.edu/policies/admission-transgender-students|website=Mount Holyoke College|access-date=2015-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116134430/https://www.mtholyoke.edu/policies/admission-transgender-students|archive-date=2015-01-16|url-status=live|date=2014-09-02}}</ref> Of the Seven Sisters that had remained women's colleges, Mount Holyoke was the first to implement such policy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/09/03/watch-first-seven-sisters-schools-admit-trans-women|title=Mt. Holyoke Becomes First 'Seven Sisters' School to Admit Trans Women|date=2014-09-03}}</ref> At Convocation on September 3, 2024, the College launched TGNC10 @ MHC, described as "a trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC)-led, student-led project sponsored by Mount Holyoke College (MHC) in commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of MHCβs gender-inclusive admissions policy, which was established as the result of student activism through the 'Open Gates' initiative."<ref>{{Cite web |title=TGNC10 @ MHC |url=https://events.mtholyoke.edu/tgnc10-mhc#tabs-47365351174281-47365351180428 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Mount Holyoke College Events |language=en}}</ref>
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