{"id":5091,"date":"2014-05-29T20:43:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T00:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/?p=5091"},"modified":"2014-06-06T09:16:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T13:16:00","slug":"editors-note-spring-2014-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/editors-note-spring-2014-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor&#8217;s Note: Spring 2014 Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<style><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/ @font-face \t{font-family:Arial; \tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4; \tmso-font-charset:0; \tmso-generic-font-family:auto; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:10887 -2147483648 8 0 511 0;} @font-face \t{font-family:Times; \tpanose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; \tmso-font-charset:0; \tmso-generic-font-family:auto; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face \t{font-family:Times; \tpanose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; \tmso-font-charset:0; \tmso-generic-font-family:auto; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}  \/* Style Definitions *\/ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-unhide:no; \tmso-style-qformat:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0in; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:Arial; \tmso-fareast-font-family:Times; \tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tcolor:black;} .MsoChpDefault \t{mso-style-type:export-only; \tmso-default-props:yes; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tmso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; \tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:Times; \tmso-ascii-font-family:Times; \tmso-fareast-font-family:Times; \tmso-hansi-font-family:Times;} @page WordSection1 \t{size:8.5in 11.0in; \tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; \tmso-header-margin:.5in; \tmso-footer-margin:.5in; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 \t{page:WordSection1;}\n--><\/style>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5093 alignright\" title=\"Hollins Spring 2014 Alumnae Magazine\" alt=\"springcover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/springcover.jpg\" width=\"217\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/springcover.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/springcover-192x250.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/>Now that we\u2019re well into the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century and emerging from the worst recession in decades, employers, parents, and prospective students are all asking\u2014legitimately\u2014whether a liberal arts education continues to make sense in a career-driven culture.<\/p>\n<p>We at Hollins maintain that in fact it\u2019s the best preparation for the ups and downs of life. As Professor of History Joe W. Leedom says in the introduction to \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/?p=4946\">Living the Liberal Arts<\/a>,\u201d \u201cOne value of a liberal arts education is in the employment it helps you secure; but it is a lifelong education because it provides the elements for a richer life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Achenbach \u201988 interviewed four alumnae\u2014Justine Treadwell \u201901, Amanda Miller \u201986, Catherine Wannamaker \u201996, and Sandra Frazier \u201994\u2014who are putting their broad-based Hollins education to good work. To Wannamaker, the twists and turns of her career path have helped her find a \u201cniche that blends my science background, writing, and advocacy work. It\u2019s helped me to see that the world is a blending of different fields and expertise. The world doesn\u2019t work on a singular track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also making the case is President Gray, who debunks three persistent myths about a liberal arts education in \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/?p=4839\">Setting the Record Straight<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those familiar with Hollins\u2019 theatre program know about the Legacy Series: the project devoted to adapting the work by some of our best literary lights for the stage. The latest undertaking: adapting Annie Dillard\u2019s Pulitizer Prize-winning work of nonfiction, <i>Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, <\/i>into a theatrical piece. In \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/?p=4938\">Pilgrim\u2019s Progress<\/a>,\u201d Jeff Hodges M.A.L.S. \u201911 describes what went into that reimagining.<\/p>\n<p>In \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/?p=4941\">Perfect Equality,<\/a>\u201d University Chaplain Jenny Call writes about Lottie Moon, the 19<sup>th<\/sup>-century Hollins woman who did missionary work in China and launched a fundraising campaign that has raised more than $3.5 billion for Southern Baptist missions.<\/p>\n<p>This issue also covers various happenings at Hollins this spring: Founder\u2019s Day, which celebrated Hollins\u2019 designation as an All-Steinway school; three professors who received tenure; and encomiums for the late Louis D. 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