Roanoke Regional Writers Conference
Roanoke Regional Writers Conference 2024 is the ideal place to learn, grow, and experience the excitement that comes with your love of writing. Join us on January 19 – 20. […]
Website: https://www.hollins.edu/rrwc
12 events found.
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Babcock Auditorium, Dana Science Building
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Artist-in-Residence Lecture with Ying Li
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center2024 Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence Ying Li: “Blossoms in a Sudden Strangeness III” exhibition through April 14, 2024 Ying Li is known for her thickly painted, abstract plein air paintings created […]
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Zoom Lecture with L’Merchie Frazier
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterL’Merchie Frazier is an accomplished visual activist, public artist, historian, and poet. She is a member of Women of Color Network Quilters, founded by Carolyn Mazloomi, Ph.D., whose quilt collection […]
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Nationally Known Psychologist and Author to Discuss “Hope in a Time of Monsters”
Babcock Auditorium, Dana Science BuildingProfessor and education expert Sarah Rose Cavanagh, author of the new book Mind Over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge, will speak in Hollins University’s Babcock Auditorium on […]
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Women’s Role within the Eastern Siouan Tribes of Virginia’s Interior
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterVictoria Persinger Ferguson is an enrolled citizen of the Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia. She serves on the Monacan Historic Resource Committee and is the program director for Historic Solitude/Fraction […]
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Leading from the Margins: A talk with Mary Dana Hinton, Ph.D.
duPont ChapelMary Dana Hinton is the 13th president of Hollins University and president emerita of the College of Saint Benedict. A highly respected and sought-after advocate for the liberal arts and […]
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Empowering Women through Education with Guest Speaker: Verletta White, Ph.D.
Babcock Auditorium, Dana Science BuildingA results-driven, student-centered, visionary leader, Verletta White, Ph.D. was appointed superintendent of Roanoke City Public Schools (RCPS) on July 1, 2020. She has been recognized regionally and nationally for her […]
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Classics Symposium: Echoes of Empire: New Approaches to Imperial Strategies in the Ancient Mediterranean
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterReception in the lobby following each lecture 2-3 pm Sea Empires and Coastal Connectivity in the Third Century BCE Mediterranean Presented by Melanie Godsey, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, Department of […]
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Julie Benbassat Gallery Opening
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterBenbassat is an award-winning illustrator and painter based in Philadelphia. After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2019, she has gone on to amass a range of […]
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2024 Children’s Literature Writer-in-Residence and Symposium Keynote Speaker, Mitali Perkins
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterBorn in Kolkata, India, Perkins lived in Ghana, Cameroon, England, and Mexico before her parents settled in California when she was in middle school. She is the author of many […]
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Matt Faulkner: Chalk Talk
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterAward winning children’s book author and illustrator Matt Faulkner has over 35 books to his credit. His graphic novel Gaijin: American Prisoner of War, won the American Library Association Asian/Pacific […]
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James Ransome, Award-winning Illustrator Talk
Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center, Room 119Ransome has been honored with the 2023 Children’s Literature Legacy Award by the American Library Association in recognition of his exceptional contributions to children’s literature. With a career spanning over […]