{"id":6472,"date":"2016-01-30T10:53:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T15:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/?p=6472"},"modified":"2016-01-30T11:14:38","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T16:14:38","slug":"in-the-loop-winter-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/in-the-loop-winter-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Loop: Winter 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hollins writers make National Book Award shortlists<\/h3>\n

Books by Sally Mann and Karen Bender make the cut<\/h4>\n

They\u2019re very different books, but they have one thing in common: They were named last fall to the National Book Award shortlist, which featured 20 finalists in four categories.<\/p>\n

\"SallyHold Still<\/i>, a memoir by Sally Mann \u201974, M.A. \u201975 was shortlisted in the nonfiction category. The New York Times<\/i> called the book \u201cuncommonly beautiful,\u201d and The Atlantic<\/i> described the bestseller as \u201cgorgeously written and convincing.\u201d Mann\u2019s other books include Second Sight<\/i>, At Twelve<\/i>, Immediate Family<\/i>, Still Time<\/i>, What Remains<\/i>, Deep South<\/i>, Proud Flesh<\/i>, and The Flesh and the Spirit<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\"Karen<\/p>\n

Karen E. Bender, who joined the Hollins faculty in September 2015 as the distinguished visiting professor of creative writing, was a finalist in the fiction category for her short-story collection, Refund<\/i>. She is the author of the novels Like Normal People<\/i> and A Town of Empty Rooms<\/i>, and her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker<\/i> and other magazines. She has previously won two Pushcart Prizes.<\/p>\n

According to the Chicago Tribune<\/i>, \u201cThe tales told in Karen Bender\u2019s Refund<\/i>, a collection of stories that centers on money and family, are exquisitely composed portraits of modern life\u2026.[her] ability to transform observations of life into uncomfortably realistic stories cannot be denied.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Photo credit for Sally Mann photo: Betsy Schneider<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

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Senior selected for prestigious exchange program<\/b><\/h3>\n

Putting an international studies major into practice<\/h4>\n

\"PavithraPavithra Suresh \u201916 was one of only 10 students nationwide to receive a Saudi Arabia Exchange Fellowship\/Malone Fellowship by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (NCUSAR), a nonprofit, nongovernmental, educational organization dedicated to improving American understanding of the Arab world.<\/p>\n

Professor of Political Science Ed Lynch, who recommended Suresh for the fellowship, called her \u201ca great representative of Hollins University.\u201d A double major in international studies and communication studies, Suresh is from Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Applicants had to have participated in Model Arab League, NCUSAR\u2019s flagship student leadership development program, similar to Model United Nations. Suresh was a member of the Hollins delegation that took part in the Southeast Regional Model Arab League at Converse College in March 2015.\u00a0She and\u00a0teammate Emily Garcia \u201918 were named \u201cbest delegation\u201d for their work on the Palestinian Affairs Council. She also took part in the Appalachia Regional Model Arab League, which Lynch organized on campus last November.<\/p>\n

\"WWW\"\u00a0Read more about Suresh\u2019s experiences during the Appalachia Regional Model Arab League on her blog at www.hollins.edu\/studentblogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Career conference brings alumnae and students together<\/b><\/h3>\n

How to succeed in business (and the arts, nonprofits, law, and more)<\/h4>\n
\"C3

Nancy Lublin, C3 keynote speaker<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s becoming one of Hollins\u2019 new traditions: the annual Career Connection Conference, or C3. Held each October for the past three years, C3 brings students and alumnae together for an afternoon of panel discussions, mock interviews, and networking opportunities, including \u201cspeed connection\u201d sessions during which alumnae experts meet with one or two students at a time. Some 70 alumnae returned to campus for last October\u2019s C3 event and shared their expertise in the sciences, writing and publishing, entrepreneurship, financial services, education, law, visual and performing arts, and public service.<\/p>\n

Nancy Lublin, former CEO of DoSomething.org and one of the \u201cWorld\u2019s 50 Greatest Leaders\u201d according to Fortune<\/i> magazine, delivered the keynote address. She spoke candidly about the challenges she has overcome as well as the successes she has achieved during her career, and told the student audience, \u201cThe only problem with failure is not learning from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lublin\u2019s approach to business, teens, and technology has transcended the not-for-profit world. Under her leadership, DoSomething.org became one of the largest youth organizations in America, leveraging Facebook, texting, and Twitter to engage more than 3.6 million teens in its campaigns.<\/p>\n

Cortney Phillips Meriwether \u201909 was one of the alumnae who participated in the most recent C3. Read the essay<\/a> she wrote about her experience.<\/p>\n

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Board of Trustees update<\/b><\/h3>\n

Alumnae serving in key roles<\/h4>\n

Elected to the Board of Trustees in 2015 were Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington \u201997, Norwalk, Connecticut; Leslie Dunne Ketner \u201984, Greensboro, North Carolina; Patricia \u201cTrisha\u201d Peace Rawls \u201974, Norfolk, Virginia; and Savon Shelton Sampson \u201904, Glen Allen, Virginia. Evelyn Julia \u201cJudy\u201d Lambeth \u201973, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has served on the board since 2010. She was elected chair in 2015.<\/p>\n

\"Harrington\"

Harrington<\/p><\/div>\n

Harrington, who earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University, is CEO of Gilman Hill Asset Management.<\/p>\n

\"Ketner

Ketner<\/p><\/div>\n

Ketner has worked for 30 years in marketing and publishing, most recently at Pace, where she serves as vice president and executive director.<\/p>\n

\"Rawls\"

Rawls<\/p><\/div>\n

Rawls, who has served for 25 years in numerous leadership positions for nonprofit organizations in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area, is the current president of the Alumnae Association.<\/p>\n

\"Sampson\"

Sampson<\/p><\/div>\n

Sampson served on the Alumnae Board for two years before being elected to the Board of Trustees. She is senior marketing manager for McKesson Medical-Surgical.<\/p>\n

\"Lambeth\"

Lambeth<\/p><\/div>\n

Lambeth received a J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law and served as in-house counsel to three Fortune 500 companies\u2014DuPont, ConocoPhillips, and Reynolds American\u2014before her retirement in 2010.<\/p>\n

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What others say about Hollins <\/b><\/h3>\n
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  • The Princeton Review\u2019s 2016 guide, The Best 380 Colleges,<\/i> lists Hollins as #19 for \u201cBest College Theater.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • The Washington Monthly\u2019s<\/i> 2015 College Guide and Rankings<\/i> ranked Hollins among the top 100 liberal arts colleges in the nation (#98)\u2014and <\/span>one of only four Virginia colleges to earn a spot in the top 100, joining Emory & Henry College (#36), Washington and Lee University (#56), and the University of Richmond (#79).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      \"CenterAugust Roth \u201919<\/strong> (right) works with quantitative reasoning tutor Tegan Harcourt \u201917<\/strong> in the new R. Lowell Wine Center for Learning Excellence, located in the Wyndham Robertson Library. The center, directed by Brent Stevens (writing) and Erin Levering (quantitative reasoning), opened last September.<\/p>\n

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      \"theFirst-year students Gaelin McLeod<\/strong> and Samantha \u201cSami\u201d Makseyn<\/strong> in the new Hollins Store, which was relocated from the lower level of Moody to the main level last fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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