For the complete text to any of these stories, contact Jeff Hodges, director of public relations, at jhodges@hollins.edu or (540) 362-6503.
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| Hollins University was named one of "The Best 361 Colleges" by the Princeton Review.
Hollins is featured among the country's top colleges and universities in the 2007 edition of The Best 361 Colleges, published by the Princeton Review. Hollins students surveyed cited the university's small classes, one-on-one instruction, and great library. "The small western Virginia school boasts plenty of other assets as well, including 'a strong and well-known internship program,'" the review says. "The study abroad program is another winner."
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Natasha Trethewey’s (M.A. ’91) Pulitzer Prize for poetry received national recognition, notably in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on PBS. Locally, The Roanoke Times and the Blue Ridge Business Journal highlighted Trethewey’s Hollins connection.
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In addition to The Roanoke Times and Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Blue Ridge Business Journal reported on Hollins’ successful drive to meet a $5 million challenge gift.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Roanoke Times noted the $2 million gift supporting history education at Hollins from the family of Sandra Frazier ’94.
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In their respective interviews of Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey (M.A. ’91), The New York Times Magazine and National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air” program highlighted her connection to Hollins.
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President Nancy Gray’s signing of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, in which colleges and universities pledge to address global warming, was reported in the Blue Ridge Business Journal.
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| WNYC, New York City’s flagship public radio station, interviewed Professor of Dance Donna Faye Burchfield about bringing modern dance to China. |
On the first anniversary of the shootings at Virginia Tech, The Roanoke Times and WDBJ-TV (News 7) highlighted the events being held on the Hollins campus in commemoration and also talked about the security measures that had been instituted at Hollins since the tragedy.
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| Christine Schutt, Louis D. Rubin Writer-in-Residence for 2008, was profiled by The Roanoke Times.
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The Roanoke Times reported on Hollins’ efforts to stem a potential flu outbreak when students returned to campus for Spring Term.
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The Hollins basketball team was the subject of a Richmond Times-Dispatch feature story on persevering in the midst of a difficult season.
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The Roanoke Times noted the prestigious Strauss Living Award won by Madison Smartt Bell (M.A. ’81) from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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A profile of novelist Kiran Desai, a graduate of Hollins’ master’s program in creative writing, was published in The Washington Post and reprinted in The Roanoke Times. Desai recently won the United Kingdom’s most prestigious literary award, the Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
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The Richmond Times-Dispatch featured the Hollinsummer program in an article on summer camps throughout Virginia.
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The Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader profiled Hollins alumna Jane Gentry Vance, who recently named Kentucky Poet Laureate for 2007-08.
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The Newport News Daily Press noted Hollins’ participation in U-CAN, the online database launched by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.
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Hollins’ screenwriting and film studies program was profiled in the February 2008 issue of MovieMaker magazine.
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Ed Lynch, associate professor of political science, was interviewed for a story on the Virginia presidential primaries by The Roanoke Times.
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The purchase of land by a Hollins-led partnership to protect Tinker Mountain was featured in The Washington Post after receiving the “Best Preservation of a Scenic Viewshed” award from Scenic Virginia.
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The Roanoke Times noted Kiran Desai’s second major literary award of the past eight months, the National Book Critics Circle Award, for her novel The Inheritance of Loss. Desai is a 1994 graduate of Hollins’ master’s program in creative writing and was also recently profiled by the Houston Chronicle and Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Miss Virginia Hannah Kiefer ’09 was profiled by the Richmond Times-Dispatch about her experiences at the Miss America pageant.
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The Roanoke Times noted the Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Hollins Director of Riding Nancy Peterson by the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.
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Hollins’ M.F.A. program in playwriting was showcased in Roanoke Times articles on the Dumas Arts Festival and the opening of a live theatre in downtown Roanoke by a student in the program.
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The Roanoke Times featured Hollins in an article on how area colleges and universities responded to the emergency at Ferrum College in late February.
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Tufts University Professor Robert J. Sternberg noted Hollins’ general education program in an article entitled, “Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning,” that also featured problem-based major and minor programs at Tufts, Wheaton College, and the University of Virginia. The piece was published in the Winter 2008 issue of the Association of American College and Universities’ AAC&U News.
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The Roanoke Times reported on Hollins’ celebration of National Women’s History Month in March, featuring interviews with Susan Thomas, associate professor of women’s studies and political science, and Maryke Barber from Wyndham Robertson Library.
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The selection of the Hollins Theatre Department’s production of “Paper Cup Ocean” as a finalist in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival was reported by The Roanoke Times.
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WDBJ-TV (News 7) featured Hollins in a story on the Women’s College Coalition/Hardwick-Day survey results showing the benefits of attending a women’s college.
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Wayne Johnston, Distinguished Chair in Creative Writing, was profiled in an article published by The Edmonton Journal that noted he taught at the “small but prestigious” Hollins University.
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Renee Godard, professor of biology, was interviewed about downside of Daylight Saving Time by WDBJ-TV (News 7).
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Ed Lynch, associate professor of political science, was interviewed about the presidential candidacy of Sen. John McCain by WSLS-TV (WSLS 10).
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WDBJ-TV (News 7) interviewed Rebecca Eckstein, dean of admissions, about the lengths to which applicants will go to get into college.
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The Roanoke Times highlighted Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey’s return to Hollins to read from her work.
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The Chronicle of the Horse featured Hollins’ riding program in its April issue.
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Social Work Today, the nation’s leading newsmagazine for social workers, featured Hollins President Gray in a piece on the newfound popularity of single-sex education.
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Julie Pfeiffer, associate professor of English, was quoted in an article on The Chronicles of Narnia that was published by the Vancouver Sun and the Ottawa Citizen, two of Canada’s largest daily newspapers.
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The Roanoke Times and the Blue Ridge Business Journal noted Jeanine Stewart’s appointment as vice president for academic affairs.
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The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk noted the increase this year in Hollins’ endowment in an article on endowment growth at colleges and universities across Virginia.
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The New York Times and Timeout NY featured a review and profile, respectively, of Hollins alumna Jillian Peña’s new dance piece, “Mothership,” that also mention alumnae Katy Pyle and Ann Liv Young.
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"Give Young Women the Confidence to Tackle the 21st Century," an opinion piece written by President Gray, was published by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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The Charlotte Observer reported the creation of the Claudia W. Belk International Scholarship Fund to enhance study abroad opportunities at Hollins.
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BigLickU.com included initiatives at Hollins in its piece on how area colleges are going “green.”
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The Chapel Hill (NC) News published an article on the presentation of Hollins’ Distinguished Alumnae Award to Lee Smith and Shannon Ravenel.
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Laurin Ann Link, a student at Cave Spring High School in Roanoke County, talked about her overwhelmingly positive experience applying to Hollins and the advantages overall of attending a women’s college in a first-person article in The Roanoke Times.
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Ernie Zulia, associate professor of theatre, was interviewed about the Hollins Theatre Department’s spring production, “Caroline, or Change,” on WVTF Public Radio (89.1 FM).
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| U.S. News & World Report's Web site ranks Hollins' creative writing graduate program 20th in its list of America's Best Graduate Schools. The ranking is determined by questionnaires sent to deans, top administrators, and senior faculty at other universities offering M.A. programs in creative writing. |
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