Recent News
Alumna finds herself on familiar stage in new role
Betty Skeen, a 2007 alumna of Sweet Briar’s Dance program, will direct the College’s Spring Dance Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26, in Murchison Lane Auditorium.
Lacy to sing senior voice recital
Caroline Lacy will perform a senior voice recital at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 19, in Sweet Briar College’s Memorial Chapel.
Anthropologist awarded NEH stipend for field research
Professor of anthropology Deborah Durham has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend.
Mother’s gratitude to College shows
When Dee Branch Oliver’s husband, Johnnie, died suddenly at a young age, her family was not prepared — despite their years together working at H.D. Oliver, the funeral home business his family has operated in Virginia Beach since the Civil War.
’87 alumna appointed to Superior Court in Georgia
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed Sweet Briar graduate Verda M. Andrews Colvin ’87 to a Superior Court judgeship in the Macon Judicial Circuit.
Three riders advance to IHSA nationals
Sweet Briar is sending three riders to compete in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships.
National study names SBC ‘promising place to work’
Sweet Briar is one of “30+ Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs,” according to a national study conducted by the Center for Inclusion, Diversity & Academic Success at The Ohio State University.
2014 Mednick Fellowship takes poet to Peru
Assistant professor of poetry John Casteen has been awarded a $2,000 Mednick Fellowship by the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges. He will use the grant for a multimedia project in Peru next January.
Senior art show opens April 18
Four Sweet Briar College students will present their final work during this year’s Senior Art Majors’ Show, which runs until May 17. An opening reception will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, April 18, in Pannell Gallery.
Sigma Delta Pi welcomes five new members
Rho Omega, the Sweet Briar College chapter of Sigma Delta Pi National Honor Society, initiated five new student members at a ceremony on April 9 in the Garden Cottage on the Sweet Briar campus.
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