Afghan Students, Fergus Make Headlines

SUZANNE RAMSEY
College relations staff writer

Over the past month, Sweet Briar College has gotten some good news coverage, including two front-page stories in the Lynchburg News & Advance in less than a week. What follows is some of the media attention the College has received:

Westfield Resident’s Work Published in Science Journal
The (Westfield, Mass.) Saturday News
Sept. 15, 2007
Re: Ashley Figueiredo ’08 work published in science journal.

Studying here for a better Afghanistan
Afghan women study at area schools to help rebuild back home
Lynchburg News & Advance (front page)
Sept. 23, 2007

Cardboard Boat Regatta
ABC-13/WSET
Sept. 23, 2007

Author to lecture at Sweet Briar College
Amherst New Era-Progress
Sept. 27, 2007
Re: Michael Pollan, Waxter Forum

Rufty exhibition at Sweet Briar College
Richmond Times-Dispatch “Weekend” Section
Sept. 27, 2007

Sweet Briar to host wetlands restoration conference and workshop
Amherst New Era-Progress
Sept. 27, 2007

Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta at Sweet Briar College
Amherst New Era-Progress
Sept. 27, 2007

Sweet Briar’s Gager concert series kicks off
Amherst New Era-Progress
Sept. 27, 2007

Sweet Briar business program featured in Habitat World Magazine
Amherst New Era-Progress
Sept. 27, 2007

Sweet Briar business program featured in Habitat World Magazine
Nelson County Times
Sept. 27, 2007

Sweet Briar to celebrate archaeology month
Nelson County Times
Sept. 27, 2007

Master of Disguises
Lynchburg News & Advance (front page)
Sept. 28, 2007
Re: Fergus and other campus chameleons and biology program

Fergus the chameleon a star on campus
Charlottesville Daily Progress
Sept. 28, 2007
Re: Fergus and other campus chameleons and biology program

Lynchburg College students living out ecological experiment
Lynchburg News & Advance
Sept. 30, 2007
Re: Eco-floor in Randolph

Sweet Briar responds to mandatory water restrictions
WSLS/Channel 10
Oct. 2, 2007
Re: Sweet Briar’s Steve Bailey and students talk about Amherst County’s mandatory water restrictions announcement.

The following items were listed in the September/October 2007 Lynchburg Living community calendar:
Author Dave Griffith at Sweet Briar
‘Connect the Dots’ Exhibit Opens at Sweet Briar College
Bestselling Author Michael Pollan at Sweet Briar
Richmond Artist [Eleanor Rufty] Exhibits at Sweet Briar

Students change lifestyle to preserve Earth
Lynchburg College’s Eco-House promotes green living
Washington, D.C., Sunday Times
Oct. 7, 2007
Re: Sweet Briar Eco-Floor

Conference to examine injustices, like plight of Ota Benga’s tribe
Lynchburg News & Advance
Oct. 11, 2007
Re: Ota Benga Conference

Boiling down food choices
Lynchburg News & Advance
Oct. 12, 2007
Re: Michael Pollan, Waxter Forum