Archives & Special Collections exhibits Spring ’26
Come check out two new exhibits!
Rosebud Hobson: Sixteen Girls, a Raft, and the Mississippi River (3rd floor)
From the Hollins Archives: This way lies adventure! In the summer of 1966, inspired by the story of Huckleberry Finn, a group of Hollins students embarked on the journey of a lifetime.
Petals and Porcelain (2nd floor)
Originating in China, the exquisite art of porcelain painting has been practiced for hundreds of years. Enjoy this collection of natural scenes created by three talented artists. Exhibit created by Erin Masarjian (‘25).
Exhibit: Many Voices, One Community
Our April exhibit celebrates literature for National Arab American Heritage Month: novels, poetry, short story, memoir, and more! Come check out the amazing diversity of stories and voices from Arab-American authors and take home something to read 🙂
Related event:
Art that Endures: an evening of Palestinian and Palestinian-American poetry on April 8, 5:30 pm in the Lewis Reading Room. Click here for more information.
Research Awards Reception
Please join us to celebrate the excellent work submitted for this year’s research awards! This year’s finalists are:
First-Year/Sophomore category
- Annika Gulling (’27) – “Genetic Causes of Classical Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Investigating a Pathogenic Single Nucleotide Variant in the COL5A1 Gene” nominated by Dr. Shaun Davis.
- Melanie Stevenson (’28) – “Syncretism of Culture Through Restoration at Cyrene’s Temple of Lykeian Zeus” nominated by Dr. Katelin McCullough.
Junior/Senior category
- Sanaa Belton (’26) – “Missionaries and Magic: Freed People, Conjure and Reformation During and After Southern Reconstruction” nominated by Dr. Chris Florio.
- Helene Erlbaum (’26) – “Women’s Movement and Mobility in New York City: Restriction, Rejuvenation, and Resistance in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920” nominated by Dr. Chris Florio.
- Shasta Power (’26) – “Exploring the Ephemeral: California’s Light and Space Artists” nominated by Dr. Genevieve Hendricks.
- Anna Starman (’26) – “The Impacts of Wing-flashing by Northern Mockingbirds on Foraging, Parental Care, and Reproductive Success” nominated by Dr. Morgan Wilson.
The reception is on Wednesday, April 15, at 5 p.m. in the Hollins Room; we will recognize the finalists in each category and announce the winners at the ceremony. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome!
The awards are co-sponsored by the Library and the Office of Academic Affairs to recognize exemplary student research projects completed in Hollins courses, with a cash prize of $300 for winners and $100 for finalists, along with publication in the Hollins Digital Commons.
We also thank this year’s judges: Sofia Craig (’26); Susan Eagle, Assistant Professor of Public Health; Isabel Folck, Archivist and Digital Collections Librarian; Katelin McCullough, Assistant Professor of Classics, Rebecca Seipp-Behnisch, Assistant University Librarian and Humanities Liaison.
Craftapalooza
Come craft at the library! We’ll have supplies for crochet, coloring, watercolor postcards, button making, and bracelets. Don’t know how to crochet….we’ll teach you!
April 15, 7-9 p.m. in the Reading Room (1st floor). Refreshments will be provided.
Sponsored by LSAB, the Library Student Advisory Board.
Staff and Faculty Book Club: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
RSVP to Dina Hackley-Hunt: hackleyhuntdm@hollins.edu .
Martyr! is bestselling author Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel; Akbar is also an award-winning poet whose writing appears in the New Yorker, the New York Times, Paris Review, New Republic, GQ, The Atlantic, Best American Poetry, Best American Sportswriting, and elsewhere. Born in Tehran, Iran, Kaveh is the Roy J. Carver Professor of English at the University of Iowa. His work has been translated into over thirty languages.
About the book club: our goal is to explore dialogue across differences, and related issues. You are welcome to bring your brown bag lunch, and any interested colleagues. We’ll supply coffee and dessert.
Options for reading:
- request a print copy from the public library;
- or use Hollins’ interlibrary loan service;
- or support your local independent bookstore.
We hope you can join us on April 23!
LSAB Student Advisory Board Meeting
The library student advisory board will meet to discuss library activities and celebrate our graduating LSAB Seniors!! Also on the agenda: results from the interview-a-friend project. Bring your questions and concerns, too! Dinner is served at 4:30 and the meeting starts at 4:45 pm. To rsvp, send an email to mbarber@hollins.edu.
Write-in for Commuter Students
Hello commuters, this is for you! Join the library and the CLE tutors as we create a supportive space for getting your work done. Bring any writing or presentation project; get help from tutors and librarians, or just enjoy the coffee, tea, snacks and mellow atmosphere 🙂
We hope you can make it!
Write-In
Come for the snacks, stay for the low-fi atmosphere and friendly people!
- Sodas and snacks. Special feature: frozen treats!
- Writing tutors & librarians (until 10 pm).
- Support for getting stuff done!