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| Throughout its history, Hollins has been an innovative educational institution, leading the way with curricular enhancements such as writing across the curriculum and using technology in teaching. Here are some milestones. |
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first chartered women’s college in Virginia |
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first college in Virginia to name a woman president, Matty Cocke, 1901 |
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the nation’s first women’s intramural sports team established at Hollins, 1917 |
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Presser Hall, 1926, the first of numerous music buildings nationwide donated by the Presser Foundation of Philadelphia |
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first exhibition gallery in the Roanoke region, 1948 |
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Hollins Abroad-Paris among the first abroad programs in the country, 1955 |
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first women’s college in Virginia to offer coed graduate programs, 1958 |
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one of the first writers in residence programs in America was established at Hollins, 1959 |
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with the innovative 4-1-4 calendar, Hollins established one of the first Short Terms to be used for innovative classes, research, independent study, internships, and study abroad, 1968 |
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first liberal arts college in region to network all residence halls, a port per pillow, 1992 |
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first graduate program focusing on the writing and study of children’s literature established, 1993 |
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Wyndham Robertson Library named the first National Literary Landmark in Virginia, 1999 |
| Alumnae Firsts |
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first woman to serve as chaplain of the day for the U.S. House of Representatives at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Rev. Cynthia Hale '75 |
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first American woman to have climbed three of the world's 8,000 meter (26,000-foot peaks), Charlotte Fox '79; she survived deadly blizzard on Mount Everest in May 1996 |
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first woman sportswriter in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Mary Garber ’38 now inducted into the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame; received Hollins' first Distinguished Alumnae Award in May 2006 |
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first woman to be named a White House correspondent, Ann Compton ’69 |
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first woman publisher at Time Inc, Elizabeth Valk Long ’72 (publisher of Life, then People, Time) |
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first woman to earn a master of arts degree from UVa (one of 5), Lottie Moon, Baptist missionary -- the church has raised over $1 billion in her name |
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first woman to hold municipal office in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Fanny Scott Bagby (attended before the Civil War) |
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first woman to graduate from UVA’s school of architecture was Lucie Gillespie Greever ’40 |
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