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The school was founded in 1842 as
Virginia Institute and was located near
Staunton. Eleven years later, the Virginia
General Assembly gave it a charter as
Roanoke College, and Bittle, an original
founder, accepted the presidency. His
leadership was so strong that Roanoke
was one of the few Southern colleges to
remain open during the Civil War.
the school's national reputation. The writer-in-residence program, one of the nation's first, was established a year earlier. In 2008, Hollins opened the
Jackson Center for Creative Writing.
Hollins has produced Pulitzer winners Annie Dillard, Natasha Trethewey (also U.S. Poet Laureate),
Mary Wells Knight Ashworth and Henry S. Taylor.
Other writing grads of note are sportswriter Mary
Garber, Man-Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai,
"Goodnight Moon" author Margaret Wise Brown
and noted author Lee Smith. More recent master's
degree grads include author/journalists Beth Macy
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("Factory Man" and "Truevine") and Roland Lazenby
(more than 60 books, including his latest "Showboat:
The Life of Kobe Bryant").
Hollins, which has neither a team nickname nor
a mascot (the only college in the country with neither), has won 18 individual national horseback riding championships, two team national championships, and four individual national high point rider
championships.
ROANOKE COLLEGE
Roanoke College's first president, David Bittle, was
a thick, bearded man with piercing bright eyes, who
looked more like a Mormon than a Lutheran. He
once rode to Wytheville and drove a small herd of
cattle back to Salem because food was running out
for the students. President Mike Maxey loves to tell
that story because he sees it as a measure of a man
who wanted this small mountain college to succeed.
The school was founded in 1842 as Virginia Institute and was located near Staunton. Eleven years
later, the Virginia General Assembly gave it a charter
as Roanoke College, and Bittle, an original founder,
accepted the presidency. His leadership was so strong
that Roanoke was one of the few Southern colleges
to remain open during the Civil War.
The early presidents were activists: Julius Dreher
(1870s-1890s) was an internationalist who brought
in students as varied as Choctaw Indians, Mexicans,
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Worth a Click
From the Editor
Lunch With . . .
Events
Streets of Roanoke
The Gist
Women Making Waves
The Next Chapter
Hollins University and Roanoke College Turn 175
Mall Wonder: Are Roanoke Shopping Centers Beating the National Trend?
Gardens, Gardens, Gardens
Delightful Dining Niches
The Dish
Where Are They Now?
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The Roanoker March/April 2017 - From the Editor
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The Roanoker March/April 2017 - Events
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