Focus on Philanthropy
Volunteers and Challenges Spur a Strong Year for Fundraising Despite, or perhaps due to, a volatile economic crisis brought on by the pandemic, donations for the year pushed the Hollins Fund for 2019-20 over its $3.55 million goal, almost $400,000 more
“It Feels Like There’s No Closure”
By Beth JoJack '98 As this magazine issue goes to press, more than 440,000 people globally have died from COVID-19. Much of the world shut down in March to slow the spread of the coronavirus — and that was true for Hollins, too. On
Hollins and the 19th Amendment
University archives contain clues to what students were thinking about women’s rights, including the right to vote, in the decades preceding the passage of the 19th amendment. By Jean Holzinger M.A.L.S. ’11 Looking back on her days at Hollins, Eudora Ramsay Richardson,
How One Librarian Tried to Squash “Goodnight Moon”
There’s a reason this classic is missing from the New York Public Library’s list of the 10 most-checked-out books of all time. By Dan Kois On Monday, January 13, 2020, the New York Public Library, celebrating its 125th anniversary, released a list
At the Center of Experience and Education
A key strength of the Hollins educational experience is the carefully constructed bridge between the academic programs provided by professors on the campus and the dynamic, real-world experiences beyond the classroom provided by the Rutherfoord Center for Experiential Learning. Made possible
Robert Sulkin: Photographs 1973—2019
The Eleanor D. Wilson Museum held a retrospective exhibition of Bob Sulkin’s works early in 2020, a show that presented more than 100 works selected from over 40 years of photography. Sulkin retired from teaching at Hollins at the end