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  • Hollins Music Faculty Showcase

    duPont Chapel

    Hollins music faculty will present a showcase concert featuring classical, popular, and theatrical selections. Come and see what our excellent musicians are capable of!

  • Eboo Patel, Founder and President of Interfaith America – Distinguished Speaker Series 2024

    Eboo Patel: “Building Bridges Across Difference”

    Talmadge Recital Hall, Bradley

    Building and maintaining a participatory, democratic society involves developing strategies for talking with and listening to people who don’t always share our perspectives and life experiences. Dr. Eboo Patel, author, speaker, educator, and founder of the organization Interfaith America will offer his insights about democracy, pluralism, and faith, and discuss our shared responsibility of building […]

  • Helen Phillips Reading and Lecture

    Hollins Room, Wyndham Robertson Library 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United States

    Helen Phillips is the author of six books, including the novel The Need (Simon & Schuster, 2019; Chatto & Windus, 2019), which was long-listed for the National Book Award and named a New York Times Notable Book of 2019. Her latest novel, HUM, was published in August 2024 by Simon & Schuster/Marysue Rucci Books.  Phillips’ short story collection Some […]

  • Dancers from the Alvin Ailey School

    Distinguished Speaker Series: Ailey School Student Performance Group

    Hollins Theatre

    THEATRE SEATING IS SOLD OUT! All Tickets will now be for a live video feed. The Ailey School honors the vision of Alvin Ailey, founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, by providing the best professional dance education with a focus on multidisciplinary training. Dancers from the Ailey School will offer a performance and […]

    Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/distinguished-speaker-series-ailey-school-student-performance-group-tickets-1042317629087
    Free

  • Winter Concert

    duPont Chapel

    The Hollins Choirs will present their holiday concert, accompanied by the student orchestra, guest musicians, and local children in choir. Featuring a multi-lingual performance of “Silent Night” by candlelight. Please join us and let’s celebrate the holidays together!

  • Where Love Leads: Love as a Leadership Strategy - Mary Dana Hinton - BLI Leading Together Speaker Series

    Where Love Leads: Love as a Leadership Strategy

    Ballator Gallery, Moody Center

    The first in the Batten Leadership Institute’s “Leading Together” speaker series will explore why and how love can be an effective leadership strategy and how to apply that strategy in your daily life. Hollins University President Mary Dana Hinton extols that education and the liberal arts, in particular, demand the use of love as a […]

  • Beyond Hollins: What’s Next…

    Ballator Gallery, Moody Center

    Career and Life Design presents Hollins University’s Annual C3: Spring Career Connection Conference on Friday, March 7, 2025. The conference theme, “Beyond Hollins: What’s Next…,” aims to empower attendees to unlock their individual potential and create a significant impact on their future careers as well as how to prepare for life after graduation. This event […]

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  • Author Reading: Kiki Petrosino

    Green Drawing Room, Main

    Join us for a special reading with acclaimed poet Kiki Petrosino as part of the 2024-2025 Reading & Lecture Series hosted by the Department of English and Creative Writing.

  • Promotional flyer for the 'Leading Together Speaker Series' at Hollins University featuring a green puzzle piece background. The flyer announces 'Leadership in the Workplace: How Diversity of Experience Builds High-performing Teams' event on March 19, 2025, from 5-6:30pm at the Moody Center, Ballator Gallery. The schedule includes networking at 5pm, presentation at 5:30pm, and Q&A at 6pm. Speaker Laura Bradford Godfrey is shown in a professional headshot, wearing glasses and a black top. The flyer includes a description of the talk about diversity in teams and Godfrey's background as a senior executive. The Hollins University and Batten Leadership Institute logos appear at the bottom, noting the event is free and open to the public.

    Leadership in the Workplace: How Diversity of Experience Builds High-performing Teams

    Ballator Gallery, Moody Center

    Join us for an insightful presentation by Laura Bradford Godfrey, award-winning senior executive and founder across multiple industries, from fashion brands to EdTech companies. Currently serving as chief operating officer of Louvelle, a peer-to-peer fashion tech start-up. This presentation will explore: The business case for leading diverse teams How diversity of experience leads to diversity of […]

  • Choir Quad Concert

    Front Quad

    Bring your lawn chairs and picnic blankets for the choir’s traditional end-of-semester concert!  It’ll be a blast with selections chosen by our graduating seniors, and ice cream will be served beforehand.

  • Commencement 2025

    Berglund Center 710 Williamson Rd NE, Roanoke, United States

    More information regarding the comprehensive schedule for Commencement Weekend, including the featured speaker, will be provided in early March.  

    Website: https://commencement.press.hollins.edu/

  • Kat Pascal Headshot

    Kat Pascal – From Me to We: Connections That Create Impact

    Grandin CoLab (CoLaboration Space) 1327 Grandin Rd SW, Roanoke,, VA, United States

    Date: September 29th Time: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM 5:00 PM: Networking 5:30 PM-6:30PM: Speaker/Workshop Location: Grandin CoLab (CoLaboration Space) Description: In this presentation Kat explores how an entrepreneurial mindset can strengthen nonprofits by fostering creativity, resourcefulness, and collaboration. She shares personal experiences of turning challenges into opportunities and explores how shifting from individual goals to collective […]

    Free

  • Book Discussion – High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda Ripley

    Book Discussion – High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda Ripley

    Sweet Donkey coffee House 2108 Broadway Ave SW, Roanoke, United States

    Date: October 22nd Time: 5:30 PM-6:30 PM Location: Sweet Donkey (Green Room) Description: Please join us at Sweet Donkey for a discussion of the book High Conflict: Why we get trapped and how we get out by Amanda Ripley. Hollins BLI faculty Dr. LeeRay Costa and Dr. Abrina Schnurman will serve as facilitators. Attendance requires […]

    Free

  • Senior Thesis Production: The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals

    Senior Thesis Production: The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals

    Hollins Theatre

    Music and Lyrics by Jeff Blim, Book by Nick & Matt Lang Originally produced by StarKid Productions Directed by Gwyn Lloyd ’27 Produced by Too Many Hats Theatre Company ’26 When: November 14-15 at 7:30 pm and November 15 at 2 pm Where: Hollins Theatre Main Stage What: Everything in Hatchetfield seemed normal until people […]

    Free
  • Janet Crawford

    Janet Crawford – The Coaching Advantage: A Leader’s Game-Changing Superpower: Subtle Shifts. Extraordinary Results

    Grandin CoLab (CoLaboration Space) 1327 Grandin Rd SW, Roanoke,, VA, United States

    Date: November 17th Time: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM 5:00 PM: Networking 5:30 PM-6:30PM: Speaker/Workshop Location: Grandin CoLab (CoLaboration Space) Description: Coaching isn’t an extra skill for leaders—it is the key to unlocking performance and building trust. In this interactive session, participants will discover how adopting a coaching mindset can transform everyday conversations into opportunities for growth, […]

    Free

  • Reimagining Medea

    CANCELLED – Reimagining Medea

    Dana Dance

    Reimagining Medea written and directed by Dr. Anuradha Marwah Performed by THEA 250 When: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED – December 8 at 7:30 pm Where: Dana Dance What: In the course ‘Reimagining Medea: Participatory Theatre’, which involves the making of a performance-in-the-round of Euripides’ play with student actors, we propose to investigate the proto-feminist […]

    Free
  • LeeRay Costa

    LeeRay Costa – Grounding Your Leadership in Contemplative Practice

    Grandin CoLab (CoLaboration Space) 1327 Grandin Rd SW, Roanoke,, VA, United States

    Date: December 10th Time: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM 5:00 PM: Networking 5:30 PM-6:30PM: Speaker/Workshop Location: Grandin CoLab (CoLaboration Space) Description: Research tells us that self-awareness and relationality are critical components of effective leadership. Yet the constant change and overwhelming expectations that leaders experience daily can make embodying such qualities challenging. In this workshop we will explore […]

    Free

  • Kismet Loftin-Bell

    Kismet Loftin-Bell – Power Moves: Navigating Priorities, People & Purpose With Strength

    Goodwin PDR

    Date: January 13th Time: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM 5:00 PM: Networking 5:30 PM-6:30PM: Speaker/Workshop Location: Goodwin PDR, Moody Center, Hollins University Note: the first 20 people to sign up will receive a free copy of the Clifton Strengths book and a code to take the assessment for free. This requires pre-registration. Workshop Description: This is not […]

    Free

  • Artist Talk: Edward Steffanni

    VAC 119

    Edward Steffanni is an American artist born in Ohio. He received his Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design. In Edward’s interdisciplinary practice, he examines the relationships between queerness, concealment, nature, and spirituality using print media, ceramics, papermaking, and performance. His work has been exhibited nationally and has received […]

  • Artist Talk & Exhibition Opening: Dara Hartman, 2026 Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence

    VAC 119

    Join the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum in welcoming 2026 Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence Dara Hartman discuss her artistic practice, particularly in relationship with her exhibition in the museum on view from February 19 – May 2. Reception to follow lecture. Dara is a full-time studio artist based in Salt Lake City, UT. She received a BFA […]

  • Guest Speaker Panel: Richard Conway & Rachel Fugate

    VAC 119

    Join the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum’s guest speakers Richard Conway, PhD, and Rachel Fugate, M.A., as they discuss their research work in relation to the exhibition Cultivating History: Food, Crops, and Art on loan from the VMFA from January 29 – March 21. Reception to follow panel. Richard Conway received a PhD from Tulane University. […]

  • Vanessa Priya Daniel

    Vanessa Priya Daniel – Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning & How We Can Show Up for Them

    Talmadge Recital Hall, Bradley

    Date: March 12th Time: TBD Location: Keynote presentation – Talmadge Hall, Hollins University; Book Signing following presentation – Lewis Reading Room, Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University Joint event: Leading EDJ and BLI Leading Together series Description: In this keynote presentation, Vanessa Priya Daniel, author of Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone […]

    Free