• March 3, 2023

In the fall of 2021, Hollins announced a new scholarship opportunity specifically designed for young women in the Roanoke Valley region who wish to pursue a Hollins degree with zero tuition debt. Madeline Aliff, the director of admissions and recruitment operations at Hollins University, played a crucial role in creating and implementing the program and spoke about her experience with Hollins and the incredible support surrounding the HOPE scholarship.

• January 26, 2023

This spring, Hollins students will contribute to the Virginia Law Audit Project (VLAP), a crowd-sourced, nonpartisan, statewide initiative in which state statutes, administrative code, and the Virginia Constitution are reviewed. VLAP’s mission is to identify all forms of discrimination and propose legislative amendments to further equity in the language and substance of the law.

• January 12, 2023

Hollins has received $428,000 in federal government funding to enhance dual enrollment offerings for high school students in Roanoke City Public Schools, Roanoke County Public Schools, and Botetourt County Public Schools. The initiative will be coordinated with Roanoke’s Virginia Western Community College.

• November 17, 2022

Brigitte Bonsu ’25 helped produce and host a story on the link between music and mood that premiered online in the PBS NewsHour Classroom and was then broadcast nationally on PBS NewsHour as part of CANVAS, the newscast’s arts and culture series.

• by Marin Harrington
• November 3, 2022

Theatre department students and faculty have collaborated on a series of theatre-based service projects as a way to support nonprofit organizations in Roanoke including Ursula’s Cafe and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia.

• October 21, 2022

Students from the Hollins first-year seminar “Ask Not What Your Community Can Do for You: Sustainability and Social Innovation” learned how to become social entrepreneurs and spark change in their communities at a three-day event hosted by the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation.

• October 13, 2022

The Perry F. Kendig Awards, which celebrate the people and organizations that support excellence in the arts in Virginia’s Blue Ridge, were announced during a ceremony at Hollins on October 11.

• September 29, 2022

Beginning this fall, Savannah Scott ’22 will spend two years working with the Tanana Chiefs Conference, an Alaska Native nonprofit organization, as part of a CDC program dedicated to developing the next generation of public health professionals.

• September 20, 2022

Kori Silence ’25 was one of approximately 30 students competitively selected from across the country to take part in the University of Oregon Law School’s LSAC PLUS pre-law summer program this year. Participants engaged in digital legal learning for four weeks and received LSAT and application support and a stipend.

• September 6, 2022

Hollins has joined with Roanoke City Public Schools, North Cross School, and Lord Botetourt High School to address the critical shortage of teachers and its profound impact in the Roanoke region.