BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Hollins University - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Hollins University X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.hollins.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Hollins University REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260511T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260511T183000 DTSTAMP:20260403T135425 CREATED:20250905T180803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T165734Z UID:71486-1778518800-1778524200@www.hollins.edu SUMMARY:Abrina Schnurman: Exploring the Leader-Follower Dynamic for Purpose-Driven Results DESCRIPTION:Date: May 11th\n Time: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM\n\n 5:00 PM: Networking\n 5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Speaker/Workshop\n\n\n Location: Grandin CoLab (CoLaboration Space)\n Description: While traditional leadership discourse has centered on leadership style or capacity\, followers play a significant role in co-creating culture and outcomes. This talk adds to the leadership development toolkit by examining the dynamic intersection of leaders and followership as a framework for cultivating purpose-driven organizations and enhancing collective engagement.\n Speaker Bio: Abrina Schnurman has been a core faculty member of the Batten Leadership Institute at Hollins University since 2004\, where she teaches courses in leadership studies. She holds Executive Certificates in Leadership and Management from Harvard and the University of Virginia. She is also a licensed professional counselor.\n FREE to the public. Registration is required. Register for any Leading Together Series Dates\n\n \nRegister Today URL:https://www.hollins.edu/event/abrina-schnurman-exploring-the-leader-follower-dynamic/ LOCATION:Grandin CoLab (CoLaboration Space)\, 1327 Grandin Rd SW\, Roanoke\,\, VA\, 24015\, United States CATEGORIES:Leading Together Series,Open to the Public ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hollins.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Abrina-Schnurman-Headshot.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T135425 CREATED:20250910T144650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T144545Z UID:71515-1779012000-1779019200@www.hollins.edu SUMMARY:Commencement 2026 DESCRIPTION:More information regarding the comprehensive schedule for Commencement Weekend\, including the featured speaker\, will be provided in early March.\n\n  URL:https://www.hollins.edu/resources-for/parents-families/commencement/#new_tab LOCATION:Berglund Center\, 710 Williamson Rd NE\, Roanoke\, 24016\, United States CATEGORIES:Academic Calendar,Community Event,Open to the Public ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hollins.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Hollins-University-Commencement-2025.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Megan Canfield":MAILTO:canfieldm@hollins.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260529T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260531T235959 DTSTAMP:20260403T135425 CREATED:20251204T174803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251204T174803Z UID:72820-1780012800-1780271999@www.hollins.edu SUMMARY:Reunion 2026 DESCRIPTION:Reunite with old friends and create new memories at Reunion 2026! Our alumnae reunion offers a unique opportunity to celebrate our shared experiences at Hollins. Immerse yourself in nostalgic campus tours\, informative and interactive sessions\, and lively social events. Join us for a weekend of laughter\, learning\, and lasting connections! URL:https://alumnae.hollins.edu/s/1916/20/interior.aspx?sid=1916&gid=2&pgid=1201#new_tab LOCATION:Hollins University Campus\, 7916 Williamson Road\, Roanoke\, VA\, 24020\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumnae Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hollins.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/0e0b984d-5ca9-4067-a596-8d534484db59.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260619T235959 DTSTAMP:20260403T135425 CREATED:20251114T170519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T170519Z UID:72456-1781395200-1781913599@www.hollins.edu SUMMARY:Summer Residential Workshops DESCRIPTION:Spend an inspirational week at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the beautiful campus of Hollins University. Join us in one of our intimate and inspiring manuscript or write now workshops in poetry\, fiction\, nonfiction\, or multigenre. Or our tutorial option\, which allows you to work with your faculty mentor in one-on-one sessions that focus solely on your own work.\n\nOur manuscript workshops allow you to share work with colleagues and your faculty mentor in advance. In return you will receive supportive and critical feedback during the week. If you don’t have a manuscript\, or you’re looking to start new work\, a “write now workshop” is the perfect choice. This allows you to write each day and join fellow writers for both in-class writing exercises and sharing of work written during Tinker Mountain.\n\nWhether taking part in a tutorial\, manuscript\, or write now workshop\, you can participate in craft talks\, readings\, and social sessions. You’ll have plenty of interaction with faculty\, including a one-on-one session with your faculty mentor\, and have the opportunity to network with other writers for ideas and support. URL:https://www.hollins.edu/academics/continuing-education-camps/tinker-mountain-writing-workshops/tmww-summer-residential-workshops/ LOCATION:Hollins University Campus\, 7916 Williamson Road\, Roanoke\, VA\, 24020\, United States CATEGORIES:Continuing Studies,Summer Programs,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hollins.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/EKC_1252-Enhanced-NR.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Tinker Mountain Writers' Workshops":MAILTO:cpowell@hollins.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260712T235959 DTSTAMP:20260403T135425 CREATED:20260313T132036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T184525Z UID:74157-1783641600-1783900799@www.hollins.edu SUMMARY:3rd Biennial Children’s Literature Symposium DESCRIPTION:The Pleasures and Problems of Pooh\n\n\n\nThe 3rd Biennial Children’s Literature Symposium\n\n\n\nOn Zoom\n\n\n\nFriday–Sunday\, July 10–12\, 2026 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConference Details\n\n\n\n\nHost: Hollins University Graduate Programs in Children’s Literature\n\n\n\nChair: Chaired by Dr. Lisa Rowe Fraustino\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis year’s hundredth anniversary of A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh\, published in 1926\, provides a springboard for reflection on the role of classic children’s literature. \n\n\n\n\n“Here–we–are…all–of–us\, and then\, suddenly\, we wake up one morning and\, what do we find? We find a Strange Animal among us. An animal of whom we have never heard before! An animal who carries her family about with her in her pocket!” — Rabbit\n\n\n\n\nINVITED KEYNOTERS INCLUDE:\n\n\n\n\nLara Saguisag\, Associate Professor and Georgiou Chair in Children’s Literature and Literacy at New York University and President of the Children’s Literature Association\n\n\n\nA Pooh Panel with Jennifer Harrison\, editor of Positioning Pooh: Edward Bear after 100 Years; volume contributor and Millersville University professor Sarah E. Jackson; and distinguished East Carolina University emeritus professor C.W. Sullivan III\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSYMPOSIUM ABSTRACT SUBMISSION\n\n\n\nThis online symposium seeks presentation proposals from authors\, illustrators\, librarians\, publishers\, educators\, and scholars in any field. View the Call for Papers. Submit proposals of 500 words to Symposium-Abstract-Submissions by May 1\, 2026. Submit Symposium Abstracts online (please be sure to include your contact information). \n\n\n\nART CHALLENGE\n\n\n\nIllustrators are invited to submit images of your own creations related to Pooh and Pooh adjacent or influenced subjects. The symposium will include a digital art show and panel discussion session. Please submit artwork as JPGs or PNGs\, no larger than 1000 pixels wide or no larger than 5mb. Submit online \n\n\n\nGIRLS LITERATURE DISCUSSION GROUP\n\n\n\nThe final session of the symposium will be a meeting of the Hollins Girls’ Literature Discussion Group\, for which we’ll be reading Tuck Everlasting upon its 50th anniversary of publication. \n\n\n\nQuestions?\n\n\n\nQuestions: Please contact Lisa Rowe Fraustino\, FraustinoLR@hollins.edu  \n\n\n\n\n\n Original public domain image from Wikimedia Commons\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCall for Papers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis year’s hundredth anniversary of A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh\, published in 1926\, provides a springboard for reflection on the role of classic children’s literature. This online symposium seeks presentation proposals from authors\, illustrators\, librarians\, publishers\, educators\, and scholars in any field. Possible topics for exploration include: \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Review Possible Topics for Exploration \n \n \n \n \n\nClose readings of how the Pooh stories interpellate young readers into social structures. Who’s out\, who’s in? \n\n\nHow does imaginative play socialize children into adult behaviors? \n\n\nHow does adult nostalgia contribute to classic children’s literature? \n\n\nWhat is the role of illustrations by E. H. Shepard and/or later artists? \n\n\nWhat is the purpose of cuteness? What does it cover up? How does cuteness integrate with other aspects of storytelling and interpretation\, and toward what effect? \n\n\nComparative readings of Pooh with other classics or with contemporary pairings. \n\n\nCommercialization and/or Disnification of Pooh and other classic texts. \n\n\nExaminations of media adaptations or translations into other languages. What is kept? What is reinterpreted? How do those choices reflect ideology? \n\n\nExploration of imaginative play and/or toys in children’s literature. \n\n\nTheoretical approaches—colonialism\, whiteness\, psychoanalytical\, animal studies/anthropomorphism\, food\, boyhood\, etc. \n\n\nWhat is the purpose of literary criticism\, especially for books that are written primarily for children (not adults) to read? \n\n\nWhat do we do when books feel like they aren’t written for us (because of race\, class\, gender\, and other aspects of identity)? \n\n\nHow do our readings/experiences of a text change when we read it multiple times? \n\n\nHow does the intergenerational evolution of our engagement with classics call attention to new issues and questions over time? URL:https://www.hollins.edu/event/3rd-biennial-childrens-literature-symposium/ LOCATION:Hollins University Campus\, 7916 Williamson Road\, Roanoke\, VA\, 24020\, United States CATEGORIES:Children's Literature ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hollins.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/KidLitLogo.png ORGANIZER;CN="Children's Literature and Book Illustration":MAILTO:kidlit@hollins.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260712T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T235959 DTSTAMP:20260403T135425 CREATED:20250930T140902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T175051Z UID:71745-1783814400-1784419199@www.hollins.edu SUMMARY:Hollinsummer 2026 DESCRIPTION:Looking for an adventure this summer? Join us for Hollinsummer\, a pre-college summer program for young women with interests in everything from creative writing to riding and more! URL:https://www.hollins.edu/academics/pre-college-experiences-camps/hollins-summer-program/#new_tab LOCATION:Hollins University Campus\, 7916 Williamson Road\, Roanoke\, VA\, 24020\, United States CATEGORIES:Admission,Summer Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hollins.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Untitled-1000-x-800-px-5.png ORGANIZER;CN="Hollins Admission":MAILTO:huadm@hollins.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260712T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260725T235959 DTSTAMP:20260403T135425 CREATED:20251216T212637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T212637Z UID:73040-1783814400-1785023999@www.hollins.edu SUMMARY:Summer Scholars 2026 DESCRIPTION:This immersive\, two-week liberal arts program allows young women to experience life as a college student. Sponsored by a grant from The Teagle Foundation\, the program is provided at no cost to participants and gives them an opportunity to study and build connections with students and professors who are invested in their growth. URL:https://www.hollins.edu/academics/pre-college-experiences-camps/summer-scholars/#new_tab LOCATION:Hollins University Campus\, 7916 Williamson Road\, Roanoke\, VA\, 24020\, United States CATEGORIES:Admission,Summer Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hollins.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Hollins-summer-girls-sitting-hill.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Hollins Admission":MAILTO:huadm@hollins.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR