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Christopher Florio
Chris Florio is a historian of the United States, with interests in cultural and intellectual history, transnational history, the history of slavery and emancipation, and the history of capitalism. Florio […]
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Dakota Webb-Hawkins ’26 Selected for Prestigious LSAC Plus Program
Dakota Webb-Hawkins, a senior political science major from Woodbridge, Va., has dreamed of being a lawyer since middle school. In August, she took the LSAT and has just finished law […]
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Penelope Lutz Awarded Yale Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Penelope Lutz ’27, a classical studies and public health double-major from Madison Heights, Mich., is spending her summer researching ancient gynecology through Yale University’s highly selective Summer Undergraduate Research […]
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“I Came to Hollins on a Mission”: A Smithsonian Summer Internship Helps Fulfill Hailee Brandt ‘25’s Commitment to Experiential Learning
During her college search, Hailee Brandt ’25 was certain about what was most important to her in deciding on a school. “This was for my career, and I needed to […]
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With “A Marriage Between Everything I Learned in Both My Majors,” Kayla Richardson ’24 Embarks on a Career in Constitutional Law
Kayla Richardson ’24 believes that the two majors she quickly declared after arriving at Hollins have given her the best possible preparation for a legal career. “Political science was my […]
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“Do and Be What You Are”: Hollins Celebrates the Class of 2024 at 182nd Commencement Exercises
The threat of inclement weather led Hollins University to hold its 182nd Commencement Exercises indoors, and the enthusiastic celebration of the class of 2024 was not dampened literally or figuratively […]
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With The Hollins Living History Project, China Moore ’24 Seeks to Help “Reconcile the Injustices of the Past and Present”
Travel on Plantation Road in Roanoke County toward the Hollins University campus, and near the intersection with Milk-A-Way Drive you will pass the remnants of the Green Ridge Baptist Church […]
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With Help from GLAM and Disney, Hannah Slusser ’24 Is Building a Foundation to Become a Librarian
When she arrived at Hollins nearly four years ago, Hannah Slusser ’24 was certain of two things: She wanted to major in history, and she wanted to eventually become a […]
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Through an Art History Major, Internships, and Study Abroad, Eleanor Robb ’24 Ignites Her Passion for Archaeology
She smiles about it now, but Eleanor Robb ’24 vividly recalls a truly anxious moment during her work last summer with the Jamestown Rediscovery archaeological field school. “I was one […]
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“I Found My Voice at Hollins”: Marie Gruver ’24 Charts Her Own Course as a Classicist and Historian
“The prologues of history are my favorite things,” says Marie Gruver ’24, and the double major in classical studies and history has devoted much of her academic career to the […]