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Coventry Resident Earns Fulbright Award
Natte Fortier of Coventry, a member of Hollins University's class of 2024, has been accepted into the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the U.S. State Department's flagship initiative devoted to international academic exchange. Fortier will travel to Mad...
Jun 6, 2024, 10:17am EDT
Williamsburg Resident Embraces the Business Side of History as She Prepares to Pursue an M.B.A.
Zoey Tyson-Taylor, a member of Hollins University's class of 2024, has always aspired to work in the business world. But after she came to Hollins, she says she came to appreciate that "I didn't have to stick with just business because there's business...
Jun 6, 2024, 9:41am EDT
On Her Journey to Becoming a Conservation Vet, Eastlake Resident is Taking the Next Step at Tufts University
Emily Jones, a member of Hollins University's class of 2024, says she found her life's calling in high school, a discovery she credits in large part to her AP Biology teacher. "He was so passionate about the subject, and it was fascinating to learn ho...
Jun 6, 2024, 9:27am EDT
Edwardsburg Resident Charts Her Own Course as a Classicist and Historian
"The prologues of history are my favorite things," says Marie Gruver, a member of Hollins University's class of 2024, and the double major in classical studies and history has devoted much of her academic career to the past that "nobody talks about. I ...
Jun 5, 2024, 4:12pm EDT
With a "Never Give Up" Philosophy, Fresno Resident Overcomes Injuries from a Horrific Accident to Thrive in College
For two weeks after another vehicle collided with her car on June 13, 2021, Aliya Aguirre '24 lay in a heavily medicated state of unconsciousness. "My body was shutting down to heal the parts that were injured," she says. Just a month after completing...
Jun 5, 2024, 4:00pm EDT
San Bruno Resident Draws Upon Study Abroad, Independent Study - and Soon, Disney - to Pursue a Career in Animal Conservation
Cat Bussani, a member of Hollins University's class of 2024, has always been passionate about working with animals and wants to focus on the environmental and conservation issues that can impact them. As a biology major, she's used study abroad and ind...
Jun 5, 2024, 3:42pm EDT
Through an Art History Major, Internships, and Study Abroad, Richmond Resident Ignites Her Passion for Archaeology
She smiles about it now, but Eleanor Robb, a member of Hollins University's class of 2024, vividly recalls a truly anxious moment during her work last summer with the Jamestown Rediscovery archaeological field school. "I was one of eight students in t...
Jun 5, 2024, 3:34pm EDT
Mocksville Resident Seeks to Help "Reconcile the Injustices of the Past and Present"
Travel on Plantation Road in Roanoke County, Virginia, 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 and Cemetery. Originally established by African Am...
Jun 5, 2024, 3:26pm EDT