Hollins is at its best when it celebrates the accomplishments of our alumnae/i and our history while holding fast to the awareness that our mission is centered around today’s students, tomorrow’s alumnae/i. This work requires finding that fine line where basking in yesterday’s successes never distracts us from the urgency and ever-evolving work of educating and preparing tomorrow’s leaders.

So, while I am obviously proud of the amazing individuals featured in this Winter 2023 issue of the magazine, I would like to begin this little editor’s note by honoring the amazing Hollins people behind the pages bringing their talents to bear. Their efforts in this magazine highlight the promise of tomorrow’s alumnae/i.

“Raising Lazarus and Coming Home,” a piece about Beth Macy M.A. ’93’s fall visit to the campus, was cowritten by two current students, Julia Mouketo ’23 and Marin Harrington M.F.A. ’23, who has worked two years as a graduate assistant for the marketing and communications office.

Harrington also wrote our spotlight on Elizabeth Kolmstetter ’85, “A People-Centered Approach,” as the current trustee discusses her recent transition from NASA to the first-ever chief people officer for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

First-year graduate student Ruby Rosenthal M.F.A. ’24 spoke with two Hollins women who have given most of their professional lives serving in higher education, Michelle DeRussy Dodenhoff ’85 and Christa Davis Acampora ’90, and wrote “’Just Remind Yourself Why You’re Here’” for the current issue.

Finally, in “Nearer to Vital Truth,” you’re invited to journey through a sampling of poems from Thorpe Moeckel (professor), T.J. Anderson III (professor), Cathy Hankla ’80, M.A. ’82 (professor emerita), and Annie Woodford ’99, M.A. ’00 (alumna), all of whom had books of their work published since last fall.