Media Update

From staff reports

Here’s a sample of the media coverage the College has received lately:

Tusculum slows the pace with fine dining
Lynchburg News & Advance
Jan. 30, 2008
Re: Fine dining at Elston Inn & Conference Center

Sweet Briar College events to celebrate Black History Month
Nelson County Times
Feb. 7, 2008

Sweet Briar College fishes for information on colonies of tiny sharks
Roanoke Times
Feb. 4, 2008

“Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards”
ABC-13/WSET’s “Good Morning Virginia”
Feb. 15, 2008
Re: Bill Kershner spoke about Sweet Briar’s spring theater production.

SBC gym on track for ’09
Lynchburg News & Advance
Front-page story in the local section
Feb. 15, 2008

New Building Coming to Sweet Briar
ABC-13/WSET’s weekend newscast
Feb. 16, 2008

Postcard’s details tell larger story
1910 image of Sweet Briar house gives glimpse of life at Amherst County plantation
Lynchburg News & Advance
Feb. 20, 2008

Gospel Fest delivers annual dose of inspiration
Amherst New Era-Progress
Feb. 21, 2008

SBC to host lecture on ‘Meaning in a Material World’
Lynchburg News & Advance
Feb. 20, 2008

Reclaiming Sweet Briar history
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Feb. 22, 2008

‘SBC’ set for ‘Potato Drop’
Lynchburg News & Advance (“This Week” section)
Feb. 25, 2008

Gospel Fest 2008 at SBC: Singing and playing out
Lynchburg News & Advance (front-page photo)
Feb. 25, 2008

‘Fair Ladies’ take the stage at Sweet Briar College
Amherst New Era-Progress
Feb. 28, 2008

Waste not, want not
At SBC, donated potatoes pile up for hungry
Lynchburg News & Advance
March 2, 2008

On the trail of the spotted salamander
A slimy census
Lynchburg News & Advance (front-page story with photos)
March 6, 2008

Volunteers mash up to spread spuds
Amherst New-Era Progress (front page)
March 6, 2008
Re: Potato Drop

SBC instructor honored with lifetime award
Amherst New-Era Progress (front page)
March 6, 2008
Re: Jon Conyers receive IHSA Lifetime Achievement Award

Youth artwork on display at Sweet Briar gallery
The Burg
March 6, 2008
Re: “It’s Not Elementary”

Study: Women’s college grads ready to lead
SBC, but not R-MWC, included in survey
Lynchburg News & Advance (front-page, local section)
March 7, 2008

Youth artwork on display at Sweet Briar gallery
Lynchburg News & Advance (front-page, local section)
March 7, 2008
Re: “It’s Not Elementary”

Sweet Briar census tallies a subterranean species
The Newport News Daily Press
March 10, 2008
Re: Lynchburg News & Advance story about salamanders

Sweet Briar Census Tallies Spotted Salamander
WTOPnews.com
March 10, 2008
Re: Lynchburg News & Advance story about salamanders

Sweet Briar holds a pond party
Washington (D.C.) Times
March 11, 2008
Re: Lynchburg News & Advance story about salamanders

Sweet Briar College hosts Holocaust survivor who lived
Subject of Nazi doctor’s experiments refuses to be a victim
Amherst New-Era Progress
March 13, 2008

Lecture at Sweet Briar digs into Long Mountain’s farming past
Amherst New-Era Progress
March 13, 2008