Author Archive: Jennifer McManamay
Leadership students graduate with extra edge
On Saturday, Sweet Briar’s Leadership Certificate Program graduated its sixth class, ready to engage and influence the world community they will be part of.
Endstation presents Broadway in the Blue Ridge
Endstation Theatre Company will present its third annual Broadway in the Blue Ridge fundraiser concert at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 26, in Murchison Lane Auditorium at Sweet Briar’s Babcock Fine Arts Center.
Class of 2013 bests Mother Nature
Sweet Briar College’s 104th commencement exercises were held Saturday, May 18, on the College’s main quad beneath a chilly blanket of gray clouds.
‘All-College’ honorees recognized
Each year, Sweet Briar College gives special recognition to several graduating students through its all-College awards. The following recipients were honored during commencement on Saturday, May 18.
Historic trust supports slave cabin preservation
Sweet Briar College has been awarded a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation Fund to preserve and interpret a circa 1840s cabin on the College’s campus.
Retired economics professor dies
The Sweet Briar community was saddened to learn of the death of William “Bill” Lewis Hostetler II, associate professor of economics and director of the business management program emeritus, on Saturday, May 4, 2013.
Sophomore collects books, prize money
Camille Reding ’15 is this year’s winner of the Nicole S. Basbanes ’04 Student Book Collecting Contest.
Librarian honored by endowed scholarship
The University of Alabama has honored Sweet Briar alumna, Kate Ragsdale, who was a longtime employee of the university’s library.
Worth a thousand words
Last month, Spencer Beall ’14 and her mentor, Sweet Briar Professor Marie-Thérèse Killiam, published a 353-page Apple iBook, “Painting With Words: Writers’ Transpositions of Masterpieces into Art,” based on their collaborative research.
ANRC champs!
Sweet Briar’s novice and national teams took home the ANRC champion and reserve champion titles respectively at the American National Riding Commission National Intercollegiate Equitation Championship, held April 19-21 in Owings Mills, Md.
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