{"id":8276,"date":"2018-09-05T16:04:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T20:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/?p=8276"},"modified":"2018-09-05T16:04:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T20:04:14","slug":"editors-note-summer-2018-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/editors-note-summer-2018-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor’s Note: Summer 2018 Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

As President Lawrence says in this issue\u2019s essay<\/a><\/u>, her first year has been \u201ca voyage of discovery,\u201d during which she has not only found out more about Hollins but also about herself (and about the wiring in her house\u2014a teaser I hope will prompt you to read her inspiring text).<\/p>\n

Classes ending in 3 and 8 (and the class of 2016) assembled on campus in early June for reunion. For complete coverage of this splendid event, visit \u201cReunion 2018<\/a>.\u201d Here you\u2019ll find lots of photos, 25th<\/sup> and 50th<\/sup> reunion remarks by Punky Brick \u201993 and Sally White \u201968, and information about this year\u2019s award winners, including Distinguished Alumnae Award winners Brooke Morrow \u201978 and Margaret \u201cCameron\u201d McDonald Vowell \u201968 and Distinguished Young Alumnae Award winner Nicole Oxendine \u201903.<\/p>\n

Alumnae listened to a fascinating adventure story told by Jenine Culligan, director of the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Marilyn Moriarty, professor of English, and Beth Harris, special collections librarian and archivist. Titled \u201cFrench Connections,\u201d<\/a><\/u> their tale weaves together two biographies\u2014of writer Jacques Lusseyran and artist Jean H\u00e9lion\u2014and explains how each was connected to Hollins.<\/p>\n

Associate Professor of Biology Morgan Wilson again this year led participants on an early morning bird walk. \u201cEarly Birders\u201d<\/a><\/u> chronicles the birds on display this year. Check out the charming illustrations by Kristin Bell \u201914 and photos from Wilson\u2019s extensive collection.<\/p>\n

Many colleges that had their beginnings in the 19th<\/sup> century, especially those in the South, have connections, often overlooked or even buried, with enslaved people. Hollins is no exception. In \u201cThe Quest for Historical Justice,\u201d<\/a><\/u> Jeff Hodges M.A.L.S. \u201911 writes about the steps the university is taking to engage in a campus-wide dialogue on issues of collective memory, diversity, and reconciliation\u2014an effort that began nearly two years ago. Last spring, the university hosted the Universities Studying Slavery conference and also invited students to participate in the first on-campus archeological dig on a site near the Wyndham Robertson Library that is believed to have been the location of a 19th<\/sup>-century home called Edgehill.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Makes Ticks Tick?\u201d<\/a><\/u> is the question Hollins faculty, including biologist Elizabeth \u201cLiz\u201d Gleim \u201906, and student researchers are tackling in a joint study with Old Dominion University and the University of Richmond. As Jeff Hodges explains in his fascinating account, watching ticks in their natural habitat requires a lot of patience, but this close observation could help explain whether behaviors are, as Gleim says, \u201ccontrolled by genes or prompted by the climate in which ticks live.\u201d<\/p>\n

In \u201cThe Way Life Is Lived,\u201d<\/a><\/u> Martha Park M.F.A. \u201915 profiles writer Mary Carter Bishop M.A. \u201989, who has just published a memoir called Don\u2019t You Ever: My Mother and Her Secret Son<\/em>. The celebrated journalist uses her observational talents and the skills she learned in Hollins\u2019 writing program to explore and bring to light a long-held family secret.<\/p>\n

Beth JoJack \u201998 profiles two high school principals\u2014Emily Sullivan DoBell \u201906 and Martha L\u00f3pez Coleman \u201901\u2014and details the winding path each took \u201cFrom Leading the Classroom to Leading the School.\u201d<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss the tributes<\/a><\/u> to two much-loved members of the Hollins community\u2014Professor of Physics Sandra \u201cSandy\u201d Boatman and Riding Director Nancy Peterson\u2014who retired at the end of the academic year.<\/p>\n

Jean Holzinger M.A.L.S. ’11
\nGuest Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As President Lawrence says in this issue\u2019s essay, her first year has been \u201ca voyage of discovery,\u201d during which she has not only found out more about Hollins but also about herself (and about the wiring in her house\u2014a teaser […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-8276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editors_note","tag-summer-2018"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8278,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8276\/revisions\/8278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}