{"id":7094,"date":"2017-02-09T10:09:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T15:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/?p=7094"},"modified":"2017-02-09T10:10:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T15:10:10","slug":"in-the-loop-winter-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/in-the-loop-winter-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Loop: Winter 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pareena Lawrence named\u00a0new president<\/h2>\n

Takes\u00a0office in July 2017<\/h4>\n
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Judy Lambeth \u201973, chair of the Board of Trustees; President Gray; President-elect Pareena Lawrence; and Linda Koch Lorimer \u201974, chair of the presidential search committee<\/p><\/div>\n

Pareena Lawrence, provost and chief academic officer of Augustana College, has been named Hollins\u2019 12th president. She will take office in July 2017. Lawrence succeeds Nancy Oliver Gray, who will be retiring in June after serving as president of Hollins since 2005.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were intent on recruiting a president who is devoted to women\u2019s education and the liberal arts, and is a proven leader and strategic thinker,\u201d said Judy Lambeth \u201973, chair of the Board of Trustees. \u201cWe wanted to find an individual who embodies the values we hold dear at Hollins and can also inspire us to advance the institution even further. Pareena has all these characteristics, together with boundless energy and optimism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawrence has been at Augustana, a 156-year-old, nationally ranked liberal arts college in Illinois, since 2011, and her responsibilities have gone beyond the traditional role of provost. In addition to serving as a primary architect of Augustana\u2019s strategic plan, she has overseen an innovative set of student services, pioneered new career development initiatives, and has been a successful fundraiser and external ambassador for the college.<\/p>\n

Lambeth described Lawrence as \u201ca passionate believer in the power of a woman\u2019s college. She movingly conveyed to our presidential search committee how attending a girls\u2019 school in India changed her life. It is precisely our mission as a women\u2019s college that has drawn Pareena to Hollins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawrence, 49, graduated from the University of Delhi in 1987 with honors in economics, and two years later moved to the United States to pursue her Ph.D. in economics at Purdue University. In 1994, she joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota at Morris, where she became a full professor of economics and management in 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a plus that Pareena is an award-winning instructor and an accomplished scholar, with research focusing on international development and women\u2019s issues,\u201d Lambeth explained. She added that Lawrence\u2019s training as an economist gives her an extensive understanding of the finances of higher education, and her various administrative roles have equipped her to deal with the array of challenges and opportunities that arise on a college campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cPareena embodies all that is a Hollins woman: smart, articulate, warm, caring, and engaged, and aligned with our mission,\u201d said Hollins alumna Alexandra Trower \u201986, a member of the Board of Trustees and the presidential search committee. \u201cShe has the ability to execute with excellence while always looking ahead toward a great vision and strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo by Sharon Meador<\/em><\/p>\n

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Top 100<\/h2>\n

Books by three Hollins authors on Amazon\u2019s \u201cbest books\u201d list<\/h4>\n

Books by Associate Professor of English Elizabeth Poliner, Beth Macy M.A. \u201993, and Lee Smith \u201967 are among Amazon.com\u2019s\u00a0Top 100 Editors\u2019 Picks for 2016.<\/p>\n

\"As novel\u00a0As Close to Us as Breathing<\/em><\/a>\u00a0was an Amazon Best Book for March 2016. The story of a close-knit Jewish family striving to\u00a0cope\u00a0following a tragedy is \u201cvivid, complex, and beautifully written,\u201d said Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of\u00a0The Known World<\/em>. \u201c[It]\u00a0<\/em>brims with characters who leave an indelible impression on the mind and heart. Elizabeth Poliner is a wonderful talent and she should be read widely, and again and again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Truevine\"Published in October, Macy\u2019s\u00a0Truevine:\u00a0Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother\u2019s Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South\u00a0<\/em><\/a>is\u00a0<\/em>one of six books that have been selected in the nonfiction category for the\u00a0Kirkus Prize\u00a0shortlist.\u00a0Truevine<\/em>\u00a0has also been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence and is a\u00a0New York Times Book Review\u00a0<\/em>Editors\u2019 Choice. The Amazon Book Review\u00a0<\/em>called it\u00a0\u201c<\/em>a multilayered story that will captivate, haunt, and challenge you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Dimestore\"In\u00a0Dimestore: A Writer\u2019s Life<\/em><\/a>, Smith recalls how she became a storyteller while growing up in the Appalachian South, and discusses what later convinced her to embrace her heritage. \u201cSmith delivers a memoir that shines with a bright spirit, a generous heart and an entertaining knack for celebrating absurdity,\u201d noted\u00a0The New York Times Book Review<\/em>. \u201cAlthough\u00a0Dimestore\u00a0<\/em>is constructed as a series of personal essays, it presents as full a sense of a life as any traditional narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The sobering realities of climate change<\/h2>\n

\u201cPrinting carbon like we\u2019re printing money\u201d<\/h4>\n
\"Berrien

Moore<\/p><\/div>\n

What do we know for sure about climate change? What do we think we know? What don\u2019t we know? Berrien Moore, chair in climate studies at the University of Oklahoma, tackled those questions before a Hollins audience on October 10.<\/p>\n

Moore, the husband of Gail Thurman Moore \u201963, stated this certainty: \u201cWe know warming in the climate system is happening.\u201d The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change\u2019s [IPCC\u2019s] assertion that humans are responsible for global warming may not be as unequivocal, he said, but \u201cthe IPCC\u2019s categorization has evolved to \u2018extremely likely\u2019\u2014a 95 percent chance. It\u2019s due to CO2<\/sub>. We\u2019re printing carbon like we\u2019re printing money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, a realistic solution is also the biggest unknown. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to cut CO2<\/sub> emissions by 80 percent. But how do you change energy systems and not create economic havoc?\u201d Moore insists that \u201cwe shouldn\u2019t burn more coal\u201d and calls natural gas the \u201cfossil fuel of choice,\u201d if the industry can control methane emissions. He is also bullish on alternative energy sources. However, he warned, the world is far behind in building the wind farms and solar and nuclear power plants needed to offset eliminating fossil fuels while meeting the ever-increasing demand for electricity.<\/p>\n

Moore acknowledged that atmospheric stabilization will be tough, but \u201cwe\u2019ve got to get out ahead of this thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo by Sharon Meador<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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