Holyoke Community College Alumni Association

Call Directions Website Contact the university

Holyoke Community College Alumni Association The Holyoke Community College Foundation provides stewardship for more than 160 scholarships that assist HCC students.

The HCC Alumni Association strengthens alumni engagement with the college; develops networking opportunities for alumni and current students; and helps students discover their career paths. The Foundation also administers nearly 50 funds that have been established in support of specific programs and initiatives.

10/21/2026

Tune in November 1 for Episode 3 of The Green Thread! 🎙

Alum Donna DeFant '77 joins us! She is retired after a 32-year career as a certified financial planner, including time as vice president at Wells Fargo, and now serves as president of Theatre Odyssey in Sarasota, Florida. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and management from Western New England University. 💚

In this episode, DeFant sits down with Pat LaBelle, radio station manager, and Natalia Castagno, assistant director for alumni relations, to discuss how she got involved in theater, what it was like performing under Leslie Phillips, how she became a financial planner, and why she continues to travel back to campus from Florida each year for The Phillips Festival. 🎭

Ten years of The Phillips Festival, and what a way to celebrate! Thank you to every player who showed up and gave their ...
10/07/2026

Ten years of The Phillips Festival, and what a way to celebrate! Thank you to every player who showed up and gave their all over 24 hours. This one's one for the history books. 📖

The HCC Alumni Players

What does it take to go from Upward Bound student to social work educator? 🎧 We're thrilled to welcome alum Kim Monson '...
10/03/2026

What does it take to go from Upward Bound student to social work educator? 🎧

We're thrilled to welcome alum Kim Monson '01 as our guest on Season 2, Episode 2 of the Green Thread Podcast! 💚 She joins Pat LaBelle, radio station manager, and Natalia Castagno, assistant director for alumni relations, to share her story. It's live now, so press play! https://bit.ly/4rHlymo

🎭 NOW PLAYING: TREVOR 🎭Current HCC student ACT I: THE ABOUTHi, I'm Trevor! I've been acting my whole life, and I'm reall...
10/02/2026

🎭 NOW PLAYING: TREVOR 🎭
Current HCC student

ACT I: THE ABOUT
Hi, I'm Trevor! I've been acting my whole life, and I'm really glad to be helping HCC with this new theater fest. I've made many short films, writing, directing, editing, and acting in them. I've been in Hello, Dolly!, Urinetown, and Once Upon a Mattress. I'm a first-year student at HCC, starting my journey toward a communications degree. Hope you enjoy what we do!!

ACT II: TREVOR & THE THEATER
I've been acting for a very long time, and I always love being part of a show. I love watching shows too. The best part is seeing everything come together and how people can create something truly magical when they work together.

Local theater helps people access the wonderful world of theater right next door to where they live.

ON MY PLAYLIST: FAVORITE WORKS OF THEATER
Jekyll and Hyde from Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical is my favorite show to exist, and a close second is probably the musical Tootsie.

CURTAIN CALL: SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
Give Trevor a standing ovation! Visit their profile and cheer them on at The Phillips Festival: hcc.edu/phillipsfest

🎭 NOW PLAYING: VIVIANA 🎭Current HCC student ACT I: VIVIANA & THE THEATERI love the community and creativity within theat...
10/02/2026

🎭 NOW PLAYING: VIVIANA 🎭
Current HCC student

ACT I: VIVIANA & THE THEATER
I love the community and creativity within theater, as well as the opportunities it gives you to make friends and express yourself. It allows people in a more confined community to express themselves with others.

ON MY PLAYLIST: FAVORITE WORK OF THEATER
The Phantom of the Opera

CURTAIN CALL: SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
Give Viviana a standing ovation! Visit her profile and cheer her on at The Phillips Festival: hcc.edu/phillipsfest

🎭 NOW PLAYING: VALERIE RUEL 🎭HCC Alumni '79CURTAIN CALL: SHOW YOUR SUPPORTGive Valerie a standing ovation! Visit her pro...
10/02/2026

🎭 NOW PLAYING: VALERIE RUEL 🎭
HCC Alumni '79

CURTAIN CALL: SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
Give Valerie a standing ovation! Visit her profile and cheer her on at The Phillips Festival: hcc.edu/phillipsfest

🎭 NOW PLAYING: TRACY VIOLA 🎭HCC Alumni '15ACT I: THE ABOUTI'm an alum and a local community volunteer. My career is in c...
10/02/2026

🎭 NOW PLAYING: TRACY VIOLA 🎭
HCC Alumni '15

ACT I: THE ABOUT
I'm an alum and a local community volunteer. My career is in customer service, and I'm a serial entrepreneur: I'm a real estate broker and company owner, a mobile notary public, and an ordained minister. I acted in plays in high school, college, and summer camps, and in recent years I've performed in The Va**na Monologues. I love to keep busy, whether I'm working, networking, or spending time with family and friends. I have two rescue cats, and my passions are traveling, skiing, swimming, photography, and visiting new places and restaurants.

ACT II: TRACY & THE THEATER
Theater is fun, sometimes funny, and a way to show my personality and be somebody else.

It's important to have the arts, as well as entertainment. Life is too short not to enjoy it!

CURTAIN CALL: SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
Give Tracy a standing ovation! Visit their profile and cheer them on at The Phillips Festival: hcc.edu/phillipsfest

🎭 NOW PLAYING: TOM ROCHÉ 🎭HCC Alumni '16ACT I: THE ABOUTI'm an actor, improviser, writer, director, comedian, and teachi...
10/02/2026

🎭 NOW PLAYING: TOM ROCHÉ 🎭
HCC Alumni '16

ACT I: THE ABOUT
I'm an actor, improviser, writer, director, comedian, and teaching artist from Holyoke, Massachusetts.

I teach improv and acting at the Hope Center for the Arts and the Springfield Jewish Community Center, as well as with Northampton Improv at Quonk. I regularly perform improv with Northampton Improv at Quonk, Happier Valley Comedy in Hadley, and Sea Tea Comedy Theater in Hartford, Connecticut.

ACT II: TOM & THE THEATER
Theater is the most important collaborative art of storytelling. Whether I'm acting, writing, or directing, the common thread is expressing a narrative with a team and/or for an audience in a way that explores the unknown, takes risks, and faces our fears of humiliation, embarrassment, and vulnerability under the spotlight to reveal something about humanity. And we all get to feel something along the way.

The Phillips Theatre has been a place where I've learned and grown so much as an artist, a human, and a man. I've learned from amazing professors, directors, and peers what it means not just to be disciplined, committed, and skilled at my craft, but also to be kind, to be part of a team, and to do what I love.

CURTAIN CALL: SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
Give Tom a standing ovation! Visit his profile and cheer him on at The Phillips Festival: hcc.edu/phillipsfest

🎭 NOW PLAYING: SUE 🎭HCC Alumni '19ACT I: THE ABOUTIt's difficult to talk myself up, but I have grown, and I grow every d...
10/02/2026

🎭 NOW PLAYING: SUE 🎭
HCC Alumni '19

ACT I: THE ABOUT
It's difficult to talk myself up, but I have grown, and I grow every day. When I first stepped through the doors of Holyoke Community College, I had one career goal. It led me to certain classes and to professors who saw potential in me that I never dreamed existed. My mentors gently pushed me from the vet tech program into the humanities, where I learned about others, history, art, science, and society, and I began to learn about me.

I graduated from HCC in 2019, then transferred to Mount Holyoke College and earned a bachelor's degree in science and psychology in 2024. I now work for BCI as a BT, working one on one with littles, taking data and making sure our programs help their progress. Learning through play is my favorite part of the job! When I'm not there, practically everything in the world floats my boat. ☺️

ACT II: SUE & THE THEATER
My first experience with theatre taught me that it is alive!!!

Local theatres are important to me because of Annie Baker.

CURTAIN CALL: SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
Give Sue a standing ovation! Visit their profile and cheer them on at The Phillips Festival: hcc.edu/phillipsfest

Address

303 Homestead Avenue
Holyoke, MA
01040

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+14135522253

Website

,

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Holyoke Community College Alumni Association posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The University

Send a message to Holyoke Community College Alumni Association:

Shortcuts

Share

Category