Hollins University

Hollins University congratulates students who earned Dean's List honors during the spring 2024 semester. To attain this distinction, students must earn at least a 3.5 average on a 4.0 grading scale. Congratulations to these distinguished scholars on earning this academic achievement.

Hollins University congratulates students who earned Dean's List honors during the Fall 2024 semester. To attain this distinction, students must earn at least a 3.5 average on a 4.0 grading scale. Congratulations to these distinguished scholars on earning this academic achievement.

Hollins University congratulates students who earned Dean's List honors during the fall 2023 semester. To attain this distinction, students must earn at least a 3.5 average on a 4.0 grading scale. Congratulations to these distinguished scholars on earning this academic achievement.

Hollins University congratulates students who earned Dean's List honors during the spring 2023 semester. To attain this distinction, students must earn at least a 3.5 average on a 4.0 grading scale. Congratulations to these distinguished scholars on earning this academic achievement.

Hollins University congratulates students who graduated during the 182nd commencement ceremony on May 19, 2024.

Hollins University congratulates students who graduated in October 2023, and were recognized during the 182nd commencement ceremony on May 19, 2024.

Omicron Delta Kappa (OK), the National Leadership Honor Society, is welcoming 34 Hollins University students as new members for 2024. They include: NAME, a MAJOR, from CITY, STATE. Founded in 1914, OK is the nation's oldest leadership honor society, featuring more than 300 circles of record at colleges and universities across the United States. Less than 5% of eligible sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students are selected for membership. Undergraduates must be in the top 35% of their class, and graduate students must meet stringent criteria set by each circle. OK encourages cooperation among members across the five pillars of leadership celebrated by the society: academics and research, athletics, service to campus and community, communications, and creative and performing arts. The society also champions its leadership values of collaboration, inclusivity, integrity, scholarship, and service. Hollins University is dedicated to academic excellence, creativity, belonging, and preparing students for lives of purpose. Hollins provides an outstanding and academically rigorous undergraduate liberal arts education for women and entrepreneurial and innovative graduate programs for all in a gender-inclusive environment.

Hollins University congratulates students who graduated on October 1, 2022, and was recognized during the 181st commencement ceremony on May 21, 2023.

Hollins University congratulates students who graduated during the 182nd commencement exercises on May 19, 2024.

Hollins University congratulates students who graduated in October 2022, and were recognized during the 181st commencement ceremony on May 21, 2023.

Hollins University congratulates students who graduated during the 181st commencement ceremony on May 21, 2023.

Eighteen Hollins University students have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Iota of Virginia Chapter, for 2023. Since 1776, Phi Beta Kappa has championed education in the arts and sciences, fostered freedom of thought, and recognized academic excellence. As America's most prestigious academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa honors the best and brightest liberal arts and sciences undergraduates from 293 top schools across the nation through a highly selective, merit-based invitation process. Ten percent of U.S. colleges and universities have Phi Beta Kappa chapters. These chapters select only about ten percent of their arts and sciences graduates to join. Hollins is an independent liberal arts university offering undergraduate education to women, selected graduate programs for men and women, and community outreach initiatives. Founded in 1842 as Virginia's first chartered women's college, its distinctions include a nationally ranked creative writing program, one of the oldest study abroad programs in the country, and extensive internship opportunities.

Jacquelyne Abe '24, who is double majoring in public health and environmental science, interned this summer with the Virginia Department of Health Professions and will present "Uncovering Racial/Ethnic Gaps in a State Oral Healthcare Workforce" at the Southern Demographic Association's Annual Meeting in October.

Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, welcomed 342 new initiates from 11 universities during February 2022. Students initiated into the Society must be sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduate/professional students in the top 35% of their class, demonstrate leadership experience in at least one of the five pillars, and embrace the ODK ideals. Fewer than five percent of students on a campus are invited to join each year.

The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Region IV has presented a Hollins University senior with a prestigious award in its Design, Technologies, and Management category. Elizabeth Dion '22 received the Stage Management Fellowship Award for her work on Hollins Theatre's Main Stage production in October 2021 of Caryl Churchill's "The Skriker."