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FIRST-YEAR:
Nikki Johnson Williams
Director of Admission
1-800-456-9595
(540) 362-6401
huadm@hollins.edu

TRANSFER:
Bridget Hamill
Transfer and International Student Admission Coordinator
1-800-456-9595
huadm@hollins.edu

INTERNATIONAL:
Bridget Hamill
Transfer and International Student Admission Coordinator
1-800-456-9595
huintl@hollins.edu

HORIZON:
Celia McCormick
Director, Horizon Program
(540) 362-6609
cmccormick@hollins.edu

After graduation: Women who are going places start at Hollins

Graduate and professional school
Arts and Design
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Graduate and professional school
	Lianne Jackson McCray '11, has been admitted to Yale Divinity School
	Kelly Roidt '11, Shepherd College; master's program in college student development and administration; works as a graduate assistant for the Upward Bound TRIO Student Support Services
	Kelcy Mueller '10, University of Houston Law Center; accepted into the International Journal of Law
	Bronwyn Anderson '09, University of Baltimore School of Law
	Nandini Roy '06, M.B.A. candidate 2011 (full time honors), Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College - City University of New York; graduate assistant, economics and finance department at Baruch; worked for three years at the New York Stock Exchange Regulation (FINRA); currently a senior consultant at Ernst & Young.
	Hanna Bachrach '02, received a master's degree in library science from the Pratt Institute's School of Information and Library Science in August 2010. During summer 2010, she completed an internship at the Wexler Library at Hunter College in New York.
	Katherine (Kate) Cox Read '00, began study toward a Ph.D. in educational policy and leadership studies at Virginia Tech in August 2010. A political science major while at Hollins, she also holds a M.Ed. from The College of William and Mary in educational policy, planning, and leadership.
	Meredith Harper '05, graduated with an M.S. in dietetics and nutrition from Florida International University in May 2010. Upon graduation, she will begin her dietetic internship and take the exam to become a registered dietitian. She is also Student Council Liaison for the American Dietetic Association, president of the graduate student dietetics association, and writes a daily nutrition blog (PursuingBalance.com).
	Victoria Crump '06, associate instructor at Indiana University - Bloomington; pursuing her Ph.D. in gender studies with a concentration in sexualities, desires, and identities. She will be presenting artwork for the April Interdisciplinary Conference — "Bodies, Borders, and Resistance in the African Diaspora," at IU - Bloomington.
	Danielle Thompson '05, M.P.P. program (master of public policy in social policy), Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

	Lauryn Smith '09, M.A. program, broadcast journalism and public affairs-international, American University
	Samantha D. Toney ’07, Ph.D. program; master’s degree in marriage and family therapy, Nova Southeastern University
	Mary Stewart Atwell '00, Ph.D. program, literature, Washington University
	Courtney Chenette '09, Dean's Scholar and Presidential Scholar, Pace University School of Law, White Plains, NY; 2011 recipient of the Justice for Women Award at Pace; featured in The National Jurist. More »
	Zirwat Chowdhury '05, Ph.D. program in art history, Northwestern University
	Meghan Das Thakur '04, Ph.D. program, molecular genetics and genomics, Washington University
	Hilary DuBose '05, worked as a refugee youth advocate for Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement Program; now a graduate student at Roma Tre University in Italy, pursuing a master's in human development and food security
	Georgi Fisher '04, social work, Richmond Police Department; pursuing a master's in addiction studies at Virginia Commonwealth, King's College London, and the University of Adelaide
	Emily Frost '08, veterinary school, University of Pennsylvania
	Laura Kviklys '07, master’s program, historic preservation, University of Georgia
	Writtika Roy '08, University of Mississippi Medical School; presented her senior thesis, "Childbirth and the Internal Colonization of Women’s Bodies," at the American Medical Women's Association conference, March 2009
	Lauren Smith '05, University of Michigan Law School
	Megan Stagg '06, MBA program, Mason School of Business, College of William and Mary
Arts and Design
	Shaina Strom '10, Director of Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum with the City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
	Leah Twichell '09 (known as Leah Michellé), M.A. program in art history, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK (summer 2010); has paintings on display at the Degree Art Gallery in London; art director and co-founder of the New Artist Fair, London.
	Kristin Cowdin '02, artist manager at Guy Barzilay Artists, a boutique management company that represents classical singers worldwide. Recently wrote an article for Opera, a UK-based magazine - a feature article/profile of the young composer, Nico Muhly, whose first opera recently premiered at the English National Opera.
	Cameron Niedermayer '10, Tiffany Robinette '10, and Julia Schneider '10, opened Unicorn Stables Project, studio space and gallery near downtown Roanoke
	Hayley Chambers ’06, curator of Historic Adams House in Deadwood, South Dakota; M.A. in public history from the University of North Carolina - Greensboro, 2008
	Meg Graninger Feldman '08, exhibited her work [mixed media] at Signature 9 Gallery in downtown Roanoke in March
	English and photography major Olivia Body ’08 entered Hollins’ M.A.L.S. program for visual and performing arts. She also became the multimedia coordinator in Hollins’ marketing office. In addition, she owns her own photography and design studio in downtown Roanoke. Read more »
	Carly Blumberg '05, designer, J. Crew
	Gwen Fernandez '06, visitor programs manager, Office of the Curator, Supreme Court of the United States
	Sally Mann '74, named America's Best Photographer by Time magazine
	Kathryn McKeller '05, opera singer
	Xiomara Murray '98, curatorial research associate, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
	Amy Torbert '05, curator, Yale University Art Gallery
Awards/Honors
	Nicole Harrell '96, recipient of the 2009 Walter E. Hoffman Community Service Award, Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association; pro bono coordinator for Kaufman & Canoles
	Balli Jaswal '04, youngest recipient of the prestigious United Kingdom's David T.K. Wong Writers Fellowship
	Stephanie Via '05, whose film True Story was selected for the short film program at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival
	Emily Wexler '04, recipient of the 2008 American College Dance Festival Association/Dance Magazine Award for Outstanding Student Choreographer
Business/Finance
	Anne Justis Lesko '02, promoted to associate vice president, human resources, Davenport & Company, Richmond
	A year after graduation, Ellene Magee ’92 got a job as a consultant and independent contractor for the College Board. In 2009, she and her husband started a business specializing in business development in the electrical utility construction industry. Read more »
	"Amazing" is the word Hanan Abu Shanab '11 uses more than any other to describe her Hollins experience. The economics major, who landed a much sought-after internship with the International Monetary Fund following graduation, reflects on how her professors, her internships, and the Batten Leadership Institute had a profound impact on her life.
	Kelley Douglas-Mallery '94, has been named Director of Competitive Programs and Education for the United States Hunter Jumper Association. Kelley was the 2010 National Champion in the IHSA Alumni Hunt Seat Over Fences Class.
	Taylor Cook-Seppi '04, M.A. in economics, M.P.A., University of Montana; senior policy analyst, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
	Diana Bolt Perreiah '86, vice president for business operations, Kawneer North America
	Shannan Staples '08, financial institution specialist, FDIC
Communications/TV/Movies
	Kelsey Plagenhoef McCrae '04, specialist, U.S. Army, broadcast journalist with the Armed Forces Network in Korea; M.A. in eastern classical literature, St. John's College.
	Lisa Maniker '02, (professional name Zoe Hewitt) television host and personality
	Kate Fleming ’09, visitor services coordinator, Delmarva Discovery Center
	Cate McAnulty '06, production assistant, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Edinburgh
	Mallory Potock ’09, senior account manager, Worldways Social Marketing
	Ann Compton ‘69, national correspondent for ABC News Radio and president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, Washington, D.C.
	Veronica Votypka '99, senior associate producer, The Oprah Winfrey Show
	Nicole Phillips '03, graduate of USC's prestigious film school, assistant to the director of 2009's Star Trek
	Sadie Tillery '05, director of programming, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham, North Carolina; featured in the winter 2012 publication, Document, producted by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. More »
Government
	Honey Hutson '07 was hired straight out of Hollins into a federal job. She also continued to write, and once she began marketing her work her first book was sold within a year. Read more »
	Sarah Poulton '06, master’s degree, public administration, University of North Carolina–Charlotte; now working for the City of Charlotte, N.C.
	Justine Treadwell '01, Peace Corps volunteer, Malawi, Africa; master's degree, Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; now a diplomat in the U.S. State Department
Law
	Ashley Tomlinson '05, received law degree from Tulane University Law School; practices family law in Houston, TX
	Beth Burgin '04, College of William and Mary School of Law; attorney with Woods Rogers, PLC in Roanoke
Literature
	Annie Dillard '67, Pulitzer Prize winner, author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
	Ruth Foster '03, senior honors thesis for her international studies major translated into Arabic and published by the Cadmus Press in Damascus
	Liana Camper-Barry '09 (who writes under the name of Liana Quill), winner of the first Mississippi Review Poetry Series Contest (2009) for 50 Poems, which originated as her senior honors thesis
	Lee Smith '67, prolific novelist: Oral History, Saving Grace, Fair and Tender Ladies, On Agate Hill, among others
Medicine/Veterinary
	Currier Randall von Trapp '02, received her DVM in 2006 and is a general practitioner with Comal Animal Clinic in Texas
	Ashley Fitzgerald Vranich '06, associate veterinarian, Perry Veterinary Clinic, Perry, NY. She received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.
	Teah Martin Bayless '97, received the Degree of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) in May 2010. She plans to enter the Family Medicine program at Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C.
	Sharon Tran '02, received her medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine and is in her intern year focusing on pediatrics at a New Jersey hospital.
	Marie Owsley Easterlin '01, OB/GYN, private practice in New York City; clinical assistant professor, NYU School of Medicine
	Alisha Tucker '04, received her medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine and is in her intern year in her home country, Jamaica.
	Courtney Stuart Legum-Wenk '03, OB/GYN resident, Savannah
	Erica Feiste '03, graduated from North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine; member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; practices small animal emergency medicine in Virginia Beach, Virginia; in 2007 was named "Top Vet" by Hampton Roads Magazine.
	Sally Beazlie '04, family medicine resident, Poquoson, Virginia
	Jessica Anne Nelson McCaskill '02, doctorate in veterinary medicine, Advance, North Carolina
	Julie Tucker '03, doctorate in veterinary medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
Science
	Chemistry major Emily Klein '11 from Richmond, Virginia, is entering one of the top Ph.D. programs in the field. She discusses how Hollins and the real-world experience she gained through internship opportunities helped her get into a highly selective grad school, and why studying abroad in Paris was the perfect complement to her education.
	Megan Ihlefeld '07, research technician, Novozymes, Inc.
	Meghan Morse '06, received her master's degree from Virginia Tech; environmental analyst/project manager at Mangi Environmental Group
	Katie Layman '09, marine biology intern, The Nature Conservancy. She researches and populates a database with information on fisheries in the Mid-Atlantic Bight.
	Elizabeth Gleim '06, doctoral student, Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, University of Georgia.
	Lia Kelinsky '09, research project manager, psychology department, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia; accepted into the Leadership Roanoke Valley program for 2010-11.
	Christine Chuckaree Evangelista '99, associate scientist, Amgen
	Mary Hatten '71, world-class neurobiologist, Rockefeller University
	Mary Austill Lott '00, coastal programs director, Nature Conservancy of Alabama, leading National Nature Conservancy's Mobile Bay Oyster Reef Restoration project
Teaching/Humanitarian
	Since graduating from Hollins, Ann Dujardin ’10 has been teaching at the Shenandoah Autism Center, a private day school for autistic students. She has also started the graduate program in special education at Radford University. Read more »
	Katy Allamong '11, a political science major from Newport, Virginia, talks about finding her calling as an educator and how her commitment to community service blossomed during her years at Hollins.
	Sociology major Erika Critzer ’09 has been employed as a behavior/autism program specialist by the Piedmont Regional Education Program since July 2010. She works in the public schools in the Piedmont region of Virginia, providing educational support for teachers who have students with autism or behavioral problems.
	Sierra Smith '09, lower school science lab teacher and upper school drama teacher, Fuqua School, Farmville, Virginia; received a master's in elementary education from Longwood University.
	Shani Collins Achille '01, M.F.A. '07, Assistant Professor of Dance, Connecticut College
	Michelle Bradley '03, representative for the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at the Commission for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland; contributed to the UN Study on Violence Against Children
	Jamilyn Cole '00, working in Uganda for the North Carolina Zoo's UNITE project
	Cynthia Hale '75, senior pastor and founder, Ray of Hope Christian Church, with a congregation of 6,000
	Alyssa Lawless '08, AmeriCorps
	Ellen Malcolm '69, created EMILY’s List, devoted to helping women get elected to higher office
	Bri Seone '01, established Aid El Salvador, a nonprofit that provides educational opportunities to youth in rural El Salvador and improves access to health care, clean water, food, and shelter
	Emily Sullivan '06, Teach for America; now a middle school teacher, KIPP Gaston College Preparatory School, North Carolina
Other
	Elysse Stolpe '10 participated in the Adult Jumper Championship with her horse Kentucky Glenn during the 2010 Washington International Horse Show at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
	Charlotte Fox '79, barrier-breaking mountain climber; one of the first women to conquer three 8,000-meter peaks, including Mt. Everest
	Carol Semple Thompson '70, the world's most celebrated amateur women's golf champion