Mary Dana Hinton is the 13th president of Hollins University and president emerita of the College of Saint Benedict. A highly respected and sought-after advocate for the liberal arts and inclusion, President Hinton’s leadership reflects a deep commitment to educational equity and the education of women. Hinton’s latest book, Leading from the Margins: College Leadership from Unexpected Places, was inspired by her lived experiences as an emerging leader. She also has
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center
African American Quilts from the Collection of Carolyn Mazloomi, through April 14
2024 Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence Ying Li: Blossoms in a Sudden Strangeness III, through April 14
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 12-5 pm, Thursday 12-8 pm (closed Mondays) www.hollins.edu/museum
A results-driven, student-centered, visionary leader, Verletta White, Ph.D. was appointed superintendent of Roanoke City Public Schools (RCPS) on July 1, 2020. She has been recognized regionally and nationally for her ability to bring together communities for the benefit of students. In 2023, she was named Virginia’s 2024 State Superintendent of the Year, Virginia’s Region VI Superintendent of the Year, and was also touted as one of the five superintendents in the nation to watch by K-12 Div […]
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center
Reception in the lobby following each lecture
2-3 pm
Sea Empires and Coastal Connectivity in the Third Century BCE Mediterranean
Presented by Melanie Godsey, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
3:15-4:15 pm
The Toxic Ties that Bind: Empire as the Art of Bullying and North Africa in the Second and First Centuries BCE
Presented by Stephen A. Collins-Elliott, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Classics
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Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center
Quilts and Stories is an opportunity for local quilt collectors and enthusiasts to bring a quilt to the museum for an afternoon of sharing stories about how it was made or given and how it has been important in your life.
“African American Quilts from the Collection of Carolyn Mazloomi,” on display at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum through April 14.
Museum hours: Tuesday – Saturday 12-5 pm, Thursday 12-8 pm (closed Mondays)
Botetourt Reading Room
7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United States
Visiting guest artist and teacher Todd Rhoades will be in conversation with Dance Department Chair Jeffery Bullock about the current state of dance and contemporary culture.
Thursday, April 11, 6 – 7 pm, Botetourt Reading Room
Hollins Room, Wyndham Robertson Library
7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United States
Kaldas, professor of English and creative writing at Hollins, is the author of Looking Both Ways, a collection of essays (Cune Press 2017); The Time Between Places, a collection of short stories (University of Arkansas Press 2010); Letters from Cairo, a travel memoir (Syracuse University Press 2007); and Egyptian Compass, a collection of poetry (WordTech Communications 2006). She also co-edited with Khaled Mattawa Dinarzad’s Children: An Anthology of Con […]
Botetourt Reading Room
7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United States
Year Residency graduate students Paris Gray, Sarah Lunceford, and Katy Womack present an ARTIST TALK about their new dance and performance work.
Botetourt Reading Room
Hollins Living History Project by China Moore ’24
A Student Thesis Production
When: April 20 and 21 TIME TBA
Where: Hollins Theatre, leading into a walking tour
What: Guided by the ancestors, the Enslaved of Hollins University move through the campus once more to tell their stories and that of the generations that follow.