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Meet MBU’s New Student Leaders
Mary Baldwin University has its new student leaders for the 2018–19 school year. They have big plans and exciting goals. Get to know a little more about the upcoming SGA Executive Committee and their vision for next year. SGA President: Qadira Muhammad ’19 “Empowerment. Dialogue. Unity.” On why she wanted to run for office: Last Read more
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1918 Alumna’s Poetry Book Finds Its Way to Print
Margaret Tynes Fairley Margaret Tynes Fairley, Seminary Class of 1918, enjoyed success as a playwright, seeing her work published in The New York Times, Nature Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, among others, and joining a distinguished circle of poets who helped promote her work, including e.e. cummings and Kenneth Patchen. Now, more than 30 years Read more
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Summer Research Heats up in Pearce Science Center
Science faculty saw a surge in student research on campus this summer with projects covering a range of scientific disciplines and including some with interdisciplinary collaboration. Biochemistry student Zindzi Thompson ’18, psychology students Sharanya Rao ’17 and Elise Ball ’17, physics student Anna Wright ’17, and biology student Shelby Ma ’17 participated in the research Read more
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Checkmate: Interim Provost Brings Strategic Vision
Oliver Evans, Mary Baldwin University’s interim provost, believes his greatest accomplishment is yet to come. He’s no stranger to achievement however, and has already mastered a career in higher education for the better part of 40 years. Coming out of retirement to accept the position of interim provost, Evans saw potential in the university’s future. Read more
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Maryland-Based Fine Arts Professor and Painter Carrie Patterson at Mary Baldwin’s Hunt Gallery
From October 3 to 28, 2016, the exhibition “LightBox: New Work by Carrie Patterson” will be on view at Mary Baldwin’s Hunt Gallery. Patterson is a visual artist working in Leonardtown, Maryland, and she is professor of art and department chair at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. She earned a BFA in studio art from Read more
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Reunion 2016 to Highlight VWIL 20th and Showcase New Events
Each year, the team in the alumni office creates a Reunion schedule that adds a few new events to make each gathering special for the hundreds of alumni who make their way to campus each April. This year is no different, especially for alumnae of the Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership (VWIL), who will have Read more
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Doenges Lecturer to Discuss Religion and Conflict Transformation
Emily Welty, an expert in faith-based peacebuilding and development work, humanitarianism, nonviolent social movements, and reconciliation and transitional justice, will discuss the role of religion in conflict transformation as this year’s Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Doenges Visiting Scholar. Welty’s keynote — free and open to the public — will be held at 7 p.m. September 24 in Read more
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New Faculty Bring Varied Experience in 2015–16 – August Update
Instructors are bringing varied experience as the newest members of the Mary Baldwin University faculty. For Donovan Branche, returning to teach residential and adult degree students at Mary Baldwin after experiencing the school as an adult student is “a dream.” She joins the Healthcare Administration (HCA) Program with a variety of academic interests, including healthcare Read more
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New Work by Massachusetts-Based Artist at Hunt Gallery
The exhibition “Passing Strange: New Work by Adria Arch” will be on view January 12–30, 2015, at Mary Baldwin University’s Hunt Gallery. Arch lives and works in Arlington, Massachusetts, where she is a mixed-media artist whose work features strong graphic elements and vivid color. She combines an abiding interest in shape with a fascination in unpredictable Read more