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Hollins University is a private university in Hollins, Virginia. Founded in 1842 as Valley Union Seminary in the historical settlement of Botetourt Springs, it is one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States. Hollins enrolls about 800 undergraduate and graduate students. As Virginia's first chartered women's ...
Cathryn ("Cathy") Hankla (born March 20, 1958) is an American poet, novelist, essayist and author of short stories. She is professor emerita of English and Creative Writing at Hollins University in Hollins, Virginia, and served as inaugural director of Hollins' Jackson Center for Creative Writing from 2008 to 2012.
Tama Janowitz, American author, M.A. 1979, commonly grouped with 1980s Brat Pack (literary) Jill McCorkle, author, 1981. Kevin Prufer, poet, novelist, essayist, editor, M.A. 1994. 2024 Rilke Prize for American poetry. Candice F. Ransom, author of children's books. Ethel Morgan Smith, author of From Whence Cometh My Help: The African American ...
Mary Dana Hinton is an American academic and university administrator. She served as the President of the College of Saint Benedict from 2014 to 2020, and was appointed as the president of Hollins University in August 2020. She is the first African-American president of Hollins. Prior to her presidencies, she served as the Vice President for ...
WikiProject Hollins University hopes to create, assess, and improve articles related to Hollins University. This involves: Cleanup of pages that are related to Hollins University. Expanding and creating pages for Hollins University Personalities (notable alumni, faculty, administrators, etc.)
Richard Henry Wilde Dillard [2] was born in Roanoke, Virginia, Dillard was best known as a poet. [2] He is also highly regarded as a writer of fiction and critical essays, as well as one of the screenwriters for the cult classic Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster. [3] He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Roanoke College and went on to ...
Hollins University. Women's colleges in the Southern United States refers to undergraduate, bachelor's degree –granting institutions, often liberal arts colleges, whose student populations consist exclusively or almost exclusively of women, located in the Southern United States. Many started first as girls' seminaries or academies.
Academic career. Amanda Cockrell co-founded the children's literature graduate program at Hollins University in 1992, along with R.H.W. Dillard, and was director of the program until she retired from it. Since then, she has been managing editor of The Hollins Critic, a position she holds as of 2024. [1]