{"id":5529,"date":"2014-09-15T15:51:59","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T19:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/?p=5529"},"modified":"2014-09-15T15:51:59","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T19:51:59","slug":"same-horizon-different-view-reunion-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/same-horizon-different-view-reunion-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Same Horizon, Different View: Reunion 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Same horizon, different view.<\/h3>\n

In her remarks for her 25th reunion, Katie Gentry-Funk \u201989 compared coming to Hollins for reunion with what she saw almost 29 years ago when she arrived on campus as a first-year student. \u201cThe buildings looked a little smaller, the landscape and foliage a little richer. There was a sense that our school had somehow transformed. What had not changed was that same anticipation and excitement I felt in 1985 when my view from the backseat told me I was about to embark on an experience that would change and shape my life forever. Today, I was seeing it from the front seat: a slightly different view but from the same horizon.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an impression no doubt shared by the hundreds of other alumnae who came back to campus in late May. Temporarily set free from \u201cthe web of a life lived fully,\u201d in Gentry-Funk\u2019s words, they took time out to celebrate and reconnect. The photos on these pages tell part of the story. See more stories, award winners, and other highlights here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nAlumnae \u201crocking and relaxing\u201d with President Gray.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nFriday night\u2019s dinner at the barn was a fun way to start the weekend for these members of the class of 1994: Valerie Votypka Hershberger, Kirsten Fromknecht Eadie, and Monica Perry Minus.<\/em><\/p>\n

[quote]When I think of us as we walked out of the Hollins gates in 1964, I think of the beautiful lines by the poet Mary Oliver: \u2018Tell me, what is it you plan to do\/with your one wild and precious life?\u2019 It was a question, of course, that none of us could possibly answer. For me, the only plan was to do good and have fun. Lucky for me, it worked out. To this day \u2018Do good\/Have fun\u2019 is my mission, motto, and brand.   \u2014Sarah Holland \u201964<\/strong>, from her remarks during Saturday morning\u2019s celebration[\/quote]<\/p>\n

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\nBetsy Christenberry Holleman Burke, Lynn Fifield Black, and Lucy Carothers McRae-Vollet go all out to show off the class of \u201964\u2019s \u201csassy and classy\u201d pink flamingo theme.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nAbrina Schnurman-Crook, executive director of the Batten Leadership Institute, leading one of the Saturday workshops.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nMeghna Das Thakur \u201904, winner of this year\u2019s Distinguished Young Alumna Award, with winners of the Distinguished Alumnae Award: Evelyn Dickenson Swensson \u201949, Georgia Murdock Berner \u201964, and Carol Lawrence-Beswick \u201973. Read a profile of each alumna in class letters.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nSuzy Mink, Linda Koch Lorimer, and Trisha Rawls, all class of 1974, applaud their class during Saturday morning\u2019s celebration.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nSusan Seydel Cofer \u201964 won the Betsy Green Grubbs \u201972 Award for making a significant contribution to the arts. An exhibition of her work, organized by Atlanta\u2019s High Museum, was on display in the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum during reunion. See \u201cArt Appreciation\u201d for a photo of her work.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nOn parade: costumes, props, and class themes. Krispy Kremes, anyone?<\/em><\/p>\n

Photos by Michael Sink and Sharon Meador<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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