{"id":467,"date":"2023-08-18T18:12:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T18:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/?page_id=467"},"modified":"2024-10-08T17:53:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T17:53:36","slug":"stoling-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/stoling-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoling Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Started in 2005, the Stoling Ceremony allows graduating students of color to celebrate their achievements with a mentor who has inspired and supported them. In return, mentors bestow on the student a Kente cloth or satin cloth stole that is embroidered with \u201cMHC\u201d and three symbols \u2014 a diamond to signify wealth and knowledge, a key to represent the key to knowledge and a spool to reflect leadership and unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tradition, now planned by the Student Government Association\u2019s Students of Color Committee, was established by faculty and staff of color across multiple departments as a way to acknowledge the accomplishments of students of color who graduate, especially from predominantly white institutions, and honor the elders\/mentors who contributed to their success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/islandora\/object\/mtholyoke%3A23972\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0005-3-694x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-487\" style=\"width:500px;height:undefinedpx\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0005-3-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0005-3-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0005-3-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0005-3-1041x1536.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0005-3-1387x2048.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230803_0005-3-scaled.jpg 1734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><sub>Mentor invitation and Stoling Ceremony Program, 2008<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Started in 2005, the Stoling Ceremony allows graduating students of color to celebrate their achievements with a mentor who has inspired and supported them. In return, mentors bestow on the student a Kente cloth or satin cloth stole that is embroidered with \u201cMHC\u201d and three symbols \u2014 a diamond to signify wealth and knowledge, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2199,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-nosidebar.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-467","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":785,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/467\/revisions\/785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}