Trip to Happy Valley Colleges is a Good February Break

The last week of February is winter break and the perfect excuse for a college road trip. Just a three-hour drive down Interstate 91 is the Happy Valley of western Massachusetts. Students can visit the Five College Consortium schools of Smith College, Amherst College, The University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Hampshire College, and Mount Holyoke College within a 20-minute radius of each other. This Consortium is the oldest and most well-established network of schools for students to expand their academic and social networks. . .

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