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Retired economics professor dies

| May 8, 2013

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.

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Sophomore collects books, prize money

Sophomore collects books, prize money

| May 7, 2013

Camille Reding ’15 is this year’s winner of the Nicole S. Basbanes ’04 Student Book Collecting Contest.

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Witherow appointed director of alumnae relations and annual giving

Witherow appointed director of alumnae relations and annual giving

| May 3, 2013

Melissa “Missy” Gentry Witherow ’80 has been appointed director of alumnae relations and annual giving at Sweet Briar College.

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Sweet Briar seeks new home for Tusculum house

Sweet Briar seeks new home for Tusculum house

| May 2, 2013

Sweet Briar College has announced it is seeking a new home for Tusculum, the mid-18th-century house of Maria Crawford, the mother of College founder Indiana Fletcher Williams.

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Librarian honored by endowed scholarship

Librarian honored by endowed scholarship

| May 2, 2013

The University of Alabama has honored Sweet Briar alumna, Kate Ragsdale, who was a longtime employee of the university’s library.

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Worth a thousand words

Worth a thousand words

| April 30, 2013

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.

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Students, College honor staff members

Students, College honor staff members

| April 29, 2013

Sweet Briar College’s Office of Human Resources and student organization Sweet Spirits honored staff members at the Unsung Heroes and Employee Recognition Banquet April 26 at the Florence Elston Inn and Conference Center.

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Girls on the Run returns once again

Girls on the Run returns once again

| April 29, 2013

Sweet Briar College will host the Girls on the Run of Central Virginia Spring 2013 Celebration 5K at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 4.

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Self-taught music major presents senior recital

Self-taught music major presents senior recital

| April 29, 2013

Jacqueline Comola has always loved music, but never took voice or piano lessons until she came to Sweet Briar. Four years later, the music and religion major is giving her senior recital. The event will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, May 6, in Memorial Chapel.

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SBC’s Jones lands VFIC grant for research in Trinidad

SBC’s Jones lands VFIC grant for research in Trinidad

| April 24, 2013

Sweet Briar College’s visiting assistant professor of music Jeffrey Jones is the recipient of the 2013 Maurice L. Mednick Memorial grant.

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