Hollins University

Chamber Music Recital
2025-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Talmadge Recital Hall, Bradley
Julia Goudimova on cello, Kevin Matheson on violin, and Anna Billias on piano will perform the Arensky piano trio as well as other chamber music.

Leadership in the Workplace: How Diversity of Experience Builds High-performing Teams
2025-03-19 17:00 - 18:00 | Ballator Gallery, Moody Center
Join us for an insightful presentation by Laura Bradford Godfrey, award-winning senior executive and founder across multiple industries, from fashion brands to EdTech companies. Currently serving as chief operating officer of Louvelle, a peer-to-peer fashion tech start-up.

This presentation will explore:

The business case for leading diverse teams
How diversity of experience leads to diversity of thought
Why diverse thinking is crucial for high-performing teams
Practical tools to encourage broader team participation

The Leading Together speaker series is sponsored by the Hollins Batten Leadership Institute and the William R. Kenan Jr. Leadership Endowment Fund. All events are free and open to the public.

Student Recital
2025-03-18 19:00 | Talmadge Recital Hall, Bradley
Our private study students will present a recital for family and friends.

Author Reading: Kiki Petrosino
2025-03-13 19:30 - 20:30 | Green Drawing Room, Main
Hollins University
Join us for a special reading with acclaimed poet Kiki Petrosino as part of the 2024-2025 Reading & Lecture Series hosted by the Department of English and Creative Writing.
Petrosino will present her work “Bright,” which explores the term used to describe light-skinned people of interracial American ancestry. The book offers a meditation on the author’s upbringing in a mixed Black and Italian American family, weaving together memoir, archival research, and personal reflection to examine the legacies of enslavement and racial discrimination in America.
Kiki Petrosino is the author of “White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia” (2020) and three other poetry collections. She holds graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop and currently teaches at the University of Virginia as a Professor of Poetry.
A Q&A session, book signing, and reception will follow the reading.
All are welcome to attend!

Spring Choir Concert
2025-03-09 15:00 - 17:00 | duPont Chapel, 7980 E Campus Dr, Roanoke,, VA, 24020, United States
The Hollins Combined Choirs will present their midsemester concert, Medieval Mystics.

Beyond Hollins: What’s Next...
2025-03-07 08:00 - 17:00 | Ballator Gallery, Moody Center
Career and Life Design presents Hollins University’s Annual C3: Spring Career Connection Conference on Friday, March 7, 2025. The conference theme, “Beyond Hollins: What’s Next…,” aims to empower attendees to unlock their individual potential and create a significant impact on their future careers as well as how to prepare for life after graduation. This event offers a transformative experience, connecting students with alumnae/i, employers, and other professionals in various industries.

Event Highlights:

Experiential Showcase: This event takes place in the Ballator Gallery with internship and study abroad students showcasing their work and experiences they’ve had this school year during their internship work and travels.
Industry Roundtables: Dynamic discussions with alumnae/i, employers, and other seasoned professionals from multiple sectors to gain valuable insights into different career paths and industry trends.
Speed Networking: Where students engage a wide range of professionals in a fast-paced setting, perfect for expanding your professional network and exploring potential career opportunities.
Careers Conversations: One-on-one sessions between our students and alumnae/i and other industry experts to ask specific questions, seek advice, and learn about day-to-day roles and responsibilities in fields of interest.
LinkedIn Photobooth: Students can enhance their professional online presence with a high-quality LinkedIn photo.

At “Beyond Hollins: What’s Next…” many students will take their first step towards preparing for life after graduation and fulfilling an impactful career. Others will leverage their experience at Hollins to excel in their next career steps.

This event is a unique opportunity for students to engage with alumnae/i and employers to ignite their passion, gain critical insights, and pave the way for your future success. The world is eagerly awaiting the distinctive talents and perspectives that our Hollins students can offer.

Lead Authentically: Crafting Tables, Seats and your Legacy
2025-02-24 17:00 - 19:00 | Hollins Room, Wyndham Robertson Library, 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, 24020, United States
Shamaill Ross will present on ” Leading Authentically: Crafting Tables, Seats, and Your Legacy.” Ross serves as LGBTQIA chair of the Roanoke branch of the NAACP and on the boards of Girls Rock Roanoke and the Council of Community Services. She is also a senior Rik analyst and chair of the PRIDE Employee Impact Group at a Fortune 100 company in Roanoke.

Please join us! No registration is required.

The Clothesline Project
2025-02-17 09:30 - 12:00 | Upper Moody
The Clothesline Project at Hollins University is a visual display that bears witness to interpersonal violence (IPV). Each shirt represents a particular person’s experience, illustrated by the survivor themself or by someone who cares about them. This project aims to raise awareness of the scope of IPV in so many lives in our community. T-shirt creation is open to students, staff, and faculty, and your anonymity is protected.

All students, faculty, and staff are welcome.

Leading Equity, Diversity, and Justice Conference 2025
2025-02-13 00:00 - 2025-02-14 23:59 | VA
FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE:
Embracing Difference, Embodying Access, Emphasizing Progress: Leading with Love
Hollins’ annual Leading Equity, Diversity, and Justice (EDJ) Conference aims to create an intentional and meaningful space to reflect, learn, and facilitate action toward making Hollins a more equitable and just community. We envision a conference that supports deep learning and engagement related to the central themes of this conference: Embracing Difference, Embodying Access, and Emphasizing Progress.

Questions? Contact Student Success, Well-being, and Belonging at 540-362-6072 or hackleyhuntdm@hollins.edu!

Viola Recital
2025-02-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Talmadge Recital Hall, Bradley
Bryan Matheson on viola and Melia Garber on piano will present a recital of works featuring Bartok and Shostakovich.

Hollins Abroad 70th Anniversary Celebrations - Opening Celebration
2025-02-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Moody Dining Hall
This is a celebration of the 70th anniversary of Hollins’ study abroad program, commemorating the first cohort of students who went abroad on February 5, 1955. The event features:

Lunch inspired by the menu from the S.S. Liberté (the ship that took the first students from New York to Paris)
International dessert table
Trivia with prizes
Viewing of footage from the first trip

The event is co-sponsored by:

Alumnae Relations
The Eleanor D. Wilson Museum
The Global Learning Hub
International Studies
Meriwether-Godsey Inc.

Spring Term Classes Begin
2025-02-03 00:00 - 23:59 | Hollins University Campus, 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, 24020, United States

Short Term Ends
2025-01-31 00:00 - 23:59 | Hollins University Campus, 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, 24020, United States

Conflict + Collaboration Gallery
2025-01-30 10:00 - 15:00 | Ballator Gallery, Moody Center
We are pleased to announce an exciting exhibition showcasing innovative student work from across our Conflict + Collaboration program. This gallery event will feature digital and print artifacts created by students from 11 different C+C sections.

Exhibition Highlights
The showcase demonstrates how our students have developed constructive dialogue skills essential for effective communication with classmates, faculty, family, friends, and prospective employers. Through their team projects, students explore various approaches to fostering meaningful conversations and collaborative relationships.

Event Details
Date: Tuesday, January 30th, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: Ballator Gallery, Moody Student Center
Join us for this J-Term 2025 exhibition and discover how our students are creatively and impactfully addressing communication challenges.
For additional information, please contact Professor L. Costa at lcosta@hollins.edu.

Winter Festival of New Works
2025-01-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Hollins Theatre
Hollins Playwright’s Lab is thrilled to present our 2025 Winter Festival of New Works!

FRIEDA
Written by ArLynn Parker. Directed by Vanna Richardson.

“The family I’d been tricked into choosing was never going to accept me.”

This one-act play revolves around a young woman wandering through a near-lifeless forest she wants to escape. As she speculates directly to the audience about what brought her to this place, she reveals herself to be the stepmother to a pair of challenging children. The expectations of what she imagined her life to be and what she was saddled with collide as she recounts her story. Taking place in the woods in which she lost her way, details of her childhood, loveless marriage, and the desperate hunger that drove her to make the most important decision of her life become clear. Ultimately wrestling with questions of what it means to be a “chosen family,” she attempts to set the record straight.

NUPTIAL MASS
Written by Ben Abbott. Directed by David Veatch.
Jeff has been looking forward to getting married his whole life. But when his fiancée doesn’t show up at the church on the morning of the wedding, he scrambles to figure out where she is and why. What will it take for the wedding to go forward as planned? Is he prepared for the secrets that will come to light as he tries?

Content warning: Nuptial Mass contains queer themes, religious themes, and simulated, comical drug use.

Both performances will take place on the Hollins Theatre’s main stage. $10 general admission. FREE for Hollins students, faculty, and staff.

Intramural Pickleball
2025-01-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Auxiliary Gym
Come play pickleball! It is open to all faculty, staff, and students. It is also open gym style, so no sign-up is necessary.

DIY Paint by Number
2025-01-21 16:00 - 17:30 | RAT
Join Devon and Alison and paint your very own Paint-by-Numbers kit! Kits are limited, so please sign up outside Megan’s office to secure yours. For current Hollins students, please sign up outside Megan’s office to secure your kit.

Cozy Journaling Workshop
2025-01-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Gordh Room (Chapel)
This workshop walks participants through different styles of journaling as well as the connection between wellness and a journaling practice. Participants will be equipped with templates that suit their journaling style and learn about the neuroscience behind journaling.

Inauguration Watch Party and MLK Day Reflection
2025-01-20 10:00 - 14:00 | VAC 119
The Inauguration Watch Party and MLK Day Reflection event creates a thoughtful pairing that bridges two significant moments in American civic life. The presidential inauguration represents the peaceful transfer of power and continuation of democratic traditions, while MLK Day honors Dr. King’s profound impact on civil rights and social justice in America.
Holding these observances on the same day in January offers a chance to explore their interconnected themes:

Dr. King’s work was fundamentally about expanding democratic participation and ensuring all Americans could fully engage in civic life;
The inauguration ceremony itself embodies democratic principles Dr. King fought to protect and extend to all citizens;
Both occasions invite reflection on the ongoing work of strengthening democracy and advancing equal rights.

This event is intended for current Hollins students. Interested faculty and staff are also welcome.

Hollins Playwright's Lab is thrilled to present our 2025 Winter Festival of New Works!
2025-01-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Hollins Theatre
FRIEDA
Written by ArLynn Parker. Directed by Vanna Richardson.

“The family I’d been tricked into choosing was never going to accept me.”

This one-act play revolves around a young woman wandering through a near-lifeless forest she wants to escape. As she speculates directly to the audience about what brought her to this place, she reveals herself to be the stepmother to a pair of challenging children. The expectations of what she imagined her life to be and what she was saddled with collide as she recounts her story. Taking place in the woods in which she lost her way, details of her childhood, loveless marriage, and the desperate hunger that drove her to make the most important decision of her life become clear. Ultimately wrestling with questions of what it means to be a “chosen family,” she attempts to set the record straight.

NUPTIAL MASS
Written by Ben Abbott. Directed by David Veatch.
Jeff has been looking forward to getting married his whole life. But when his fiancée doesn’t show up at the church on the morning of the wedding, he scrambles to figure out where she is and why. What will it take for the wedding to go forward as planned? Is he prepared for the secrets that will come to light as he tries?

Content warning: Nuptial Mass contains queer themes, religious themes, and simulated, comical drug use.

Both performances will take place on the Hollins Theatre’s main stage. $10 general admission. FREE for Hollins students, faculty, and staff.

Where Love Leads: Love as a Leadership Strategy
2025-01-16 17:00 - 18:30 | Ballator Gallery, Moody Center
The first in the Batten Leadership Institute‘s “Leading Together” speaker series will explore why and how love can be an effective leadership strategy and how to apply that strategy in your daily life. Hollins University President Mary Dana Hinton extols that education and the liberal arts, in particular, demand the use of love as a leadership strategy.
The event will begin with a networking reception at 5 p.m., the presentation at 5:30 p.m., and a Q&A beginning at approximately 6 p.m.
Dr. Hinton is the thirteenth president of Hollins University. An accomplished higher education leader, she currently serves as the president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities board of directors. She is the author of Leading from the Margins: College Leadership from Unexpected Places.
The Leading Together speaker series seeks to facilitate learning and build community around the practice of leadership in Southwest Virginia. Sponsored by the Hollins Batten Leadership Institute and the William R. Kenan Jr. Leadership Endowment Fund, the speaker series is free and open to the public.

What’s Your Story? Creating a Rule of Life (That You Actually Want to Follow)
2025-01-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Janney Lounge, Moody
This workshop focuses on developing a spiritual practice through creating a “Rule of Life” and walks participants through spiritual goal-setting in an easy-to-understand and meaningful way. Lunch is provided (pizza with GF and halal options).

The target audience is anyone interested in developing a spiritual practice.

Freshman Class Meeting: Island Princess Edition
2025-01-15 19:00 - 21:00 | VAC Auditorium
Come for information on the happenings and upcoming plans of the freshman class, and stay for Barbie Island Princess themed activities.

Trivia Night
2025-01-13 00:00 - 23:59 | Goodwin PDR
Join us for an exciting evening of trivia action! This dynamic competition features three engaging rounds where your knowledge will be put to the test. Whether you’re a trivia enthusiast or just looking for some fun, you can participate solo or team up with friends to tackle challenging questions across various categories.
Current Hollins undergraduate students are welcome to participate, and the best part? There’s no need to register in advance – just show up ready to play! For those interested in forming teams, you can organize your group beforehand or find teammates when you arrive. This is a perfect opportunity to showcase your knowledge, meet fellow students, and enjoy some friendly competition.

Short Term Begins
2025-01-06 00:00 - 23:59 | Hollins University Campus, 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, 24020, United States

Winter Break Begins
2024-12-19 00:00 - 23:59 | Hollins University Campus, 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, 24020, United States

Winter Concert
2024-12-08 18:30 - 19:30 | duPont Chapel, 7980 E Campus Dr, Roanoke,, VA, 24020, United States
The Hollins Choirs will present their holiday concert, accompanied by the student orchestra, guest musicians, and local children in choir. Featuring a multi-lingual performance of “Silent Night” by candlelight. Please join us and let’s celebrate the holidays together!

Thanksgiving Recess
2024-11-25 00:00 - 2024-11-29 23:59 | Hollins University Campus, 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, 24020, United States

Distinguished Speaker Series: Ailey School Student Performance Group
2024-11-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Hollins Theatre
THEATRE SEATING IS SOLD OUT! All Tickets will now be for a live video feed.
The Ailey School honors the vision of Alvin Ailey, founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, by providing the best professional dance education with a focus on multidisciplinary training.

Dancers from the Ailey School will offer a performance and a keynote address on the history of the Ailey company, their relationship with college campuses and diversity, and the importance of teaching and the arts. The dancers come from all corners of the world to train and perfect their craft in the Ailey style of dance which incorporates multiple techniques including ballet, Horton, Graham-based modern, jazz, West African, Dunham technique, and hip hop. Led by Rehearsal Director Freddie Moore, the dancers are given the opportunity to share Mr. Ailey’s vision through valuable professional performance experience. This special event is part of the Hollins Distinguished Speaker Series.
Admission is free and open to the public, but seating is limited, and tickets are required (click here to reserve your space). Once tickets in the theatre are sold out, we will offer tickets to overflow seating in another location, with a video feed from the event in the theatre.

Fall VCO Concert
2024-11-17 15:00 - 17:00 | duPont Chapel, 7980 E Campus Dr, Roanoke,, VA, 24020, United States
The Valley Chamber Orchestra will offer their fall concert, featuring Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” and a movement of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto with Mackenzie Alderson ’25.
