Editor’s Note: Summer 2012 issue
“Coming home.” That’s the way many alumnae describe their experience when they return to Hollins for reunion, and we think the cover photo captures that feeling perfectly. Far from a formal and stuffy event, reunion is a time to relax,
Q & A with Author and Illustrator Wendy Watson
by Savannah Hendricks Wendy Watson, known for writing and illustrating Bedtime Bunnies and for illustrating numerous children’s books, such as the award-winning Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes, is teaching this summer in Hollins University’s graduate certificate program in children’s book illustration. Q: Media within
Speakers fund at work
Patchett, the author of New York Times bestsellers State of Wonder and Bel Canto, will speak on September 11.
Hollins: Pass it on
For some prospective students, their relationship with Hollins starts long before they set foot on campus. That was the case for senior junior Isabel “Izzy” Henderson from Swoope, Virginia.
Twos and sevens are heaven
The class of ’62 won the Tinker Mountain Award for the class with the largest total gift to the Hollins Fund, with $610,085. This was also the largest reunion class gift ever recorded in Hollins’ history. Congratulations, class of 1962,