co-sponsored by Gender & Women’s Studies, History, and Public Health
Speaker Biographies
Ren “Anavae Wolf” Herdman is the Chief and CEO of the Central Appalachian Cherokee Tribe. She is the first woman to become chief since the tribe’s public inception in 1916. Chief Ren is a direct descendant of three ancestral Cherokee chiefs, Chief Aaron “Redbird” Brock from the Chil
Teju Cole is a photographer and writer. He was born in the United States, raised in Nigeria, and currently lives in Massachusetts. His books—notable among them Open City, Blind Spot, Known and Strange Things, and Fernweh—are published in twenty languages.
Fiber artist Mallory Zondag will teach a Felted Flowers workshop at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum on Friday, 10/9 from 2:30-5:30PM. Sign up information for the workshop will be announced in early September and will be managed by the Wilson Museum. Registration is required and is limited to 20 seats. This workshop is part of […]
Website: https://guides.bloombergconnects.org/en-US/guide/eleanorDWilsonMuseumHollinsUniversity/event/2a170557-4466-4b01-a42d-f8903c6bd9a1
You are cordially invited to attend the 41st annual Perry F. Kendig Arts and Culture Awards. Reception to Follow Awards in the Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center and Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins. Please RSVP by Friday October 9
Website: https://www.givecampus.com/schools/RoanokeCollege/events/perry-f-kendig-awards
For many, leadership is thought of as definitive, uncompromising, lonely, and infallible. President Hinton invites current and aspiring leaders to reframe their perspective on leadership and to see it as an opportunity to create an environment where love is the guiding principle. Where Love Leads is not based on a soft notion of love, but on a powerful approach to achieving outcomes through courage, compassion, vulnerability, and love.
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Join us for a community art workshop on Friday, October 23rd from 2-4PM on the VAC Plaza! Inspired by Jake McCord’s self-taught whimsical painting style, we will create large scale paintings of friends, family, or pets on brown craft paper to display on the Visual Arts Center “porch.” No registration required, and participants of all […]
Website: https://guides.bloombergconnects.org/en-US/guide/eleanorDWilsonMuseumHollinsUniversity/event/7e0df0ac-14b6-4e1c-be0d-fddb3f304115
Discover all that Hollins has to offer at our upcoming Admission Open House: Discover Hollins Day. Tour our beautiful campus, meet current students, and explore student life, career pathways, and campus resources. Attend info sessions on admissions, financial aid, and support services, and get your questions answered as you envision yourself at Hollins. Register Today
Website: https://admissions.hollins.edu/register/?id=f43ce309-1908-4a32-ad1d-0eedb6d5d2d5As part of a rewarding partnership between Hollins and Opera Roanoke’s Young Artists, these talented singers will present The Medium, a solemn and spooky short opera perfect for the Halloween season.
Toni Jensen is the author of the memoir Carry, a Dayton Peace Prize finalist and a New York Times Editors’ Choice book. An NEA recipient in 2020, Jensen’s essays have appeared in Orion, Catapult and Ecotone.
Toni Jensen is the author of the memoir Carry, a Dayton Peace Prize finalist and a New York Times Editors’ Choice book. An NEA recipient in 2020, Jensen’s essays have appeared in Orion, Catapult and Ecotone.
Join us for a cozy afternoon of conversation about Where Love Leads by Mary Dana Hinton. We will be discussing love in leadership over coffee and pastries!
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Megan L. Cook is the Arthur Jeremiah Roberts professor of English at Colby College. A former teenaged mall goth turned medievalist, she is the author of The Poet and the Antiquaries: Chaucerian Scholarship and the Rise of Literary History (Penn, 2019) and co-editor of John Lydgate’s Dance of Death and Related Works (Medieval Institute, 2019).
Senior Thesis Production: Nerdy Prudes Must Die. Music and Lyrics by Jeff Blim | Book by Nick & Matt Lang originally produced by StarKid productions. produced by TinType Players Theatre Company ’27. directed by Gwyn Lloyd ’27. Nerdy Prudes Must Die is a teen-slasher comedy about a group of geeks and their ghostly tormentor from […]
Leadership requires us to navigate ambiguity, notice what others miss, imagine new possibilities, and respond without having all the answers.
Website: https://luma.com/uw82vqk9Hollins faculty writers read from their work to raise money for the hungry. 100% of the proceeds will be donated directly to Feeding Southwest Virginia. Come hear exciting new work by our Hollins writers and help a very good cause at the same time!
In this electric, one-act musical we follow Grace, a reclusive a young pianist, who befriends the shadow on her wall. During a complete blackout, this “shadow” takes physical form and the two are forced to face their own stagnation and the consequences of physical touch. Who should hold ownership over the body that exists between them – the troubled, living person who wishes they could disappear, or the discontented spirit desperate for a second chance? Through it all, Grace and the Ghost illuminates the process of healing through our darkest moments and taking a brave step back into the light.
Website: https://www.millmountain.org/tickets
Alejandro Heredia is a writer from The Bronx. He is the author of LOCA, a finalist for the 2025 Center for Fiction First Novel prize, and You’re the Only Friend I Need, winner of the Gold Line Press Fiction chapbook contest.
Join us online for both manuscript and “write now workshops” with our acclaimed Tinker Mountain faculty! This is your opportunity to recharge your creativity, reconnect with the Tinker Mountain community of writers, and reframe your work.
Website: www.hollins.edu/tmww
Peter Relic is the author of Bust a Move: Matt Dike, Delicious Vinyl and the Hip-Hop Hits that First Conquered Pop (Kensington Books, 2026), a book that Kirkus Reviews called “both informative and wildly entertaining.”
Peter Relic is the author of Bust a Move: Matt Dike, Delicious Vinyl and the Hip-Hop Hits that First Conquered Pop (Kensington Books, 2026), a book that Kirkus Reviews called “both informative and wildly entertaining.”