Cynthia Wilson Ottaway ’57 has committed $500,000, to be apportioned over 10 years, to establish the Ottaway Endowed Fund to support the Tusculum Institute. Annual contributions will be split between programming costs and building an endowment to fund Tusculum’s core mission.
The Class of 1962 gathers for its 50th Reunion.
(The Burg, Lynchburg, Va.)
Endstation’s Broadway in the Blue Ridge fundraiser is set for 8 p.m. Saturday in Sweet Briar College’s Babcock Fine Arts Center. Broadway performer Tory Ross will sing “For Good” from “Wicked,” as well as other songs from Broadway hits like “9 to 5,” “Sundays in the Park with George,” “End of the Rainbow” and “Once,” which was just nominated for a slew of Tony Awards.
(WSET-TV ABC 13, Lynchburg, Va.)
Sweet Briar College has hired a new dean in hopes of attracting more students. Dr. Steven Nape will make the move to Sweet Briar as the Dean of Enrollment at the end of this month.
(News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.)
A pioneer in the formation of a national research agenda for women’s health told Sweet Briar College graduates on Saturday to remember the value of a small gesture.
Cynthia Wilson Ottaway ’57 has committed $500,000, to be apportioned over 10 years, to establish the Ottaway Endowed Fund to support the Tusculum Institute. Annual contributions will be split between programming costs and building an endowment to fund Tusculum’s core mission.
Representing Sweet Briar at the 35th ANRC National Intercollegiate Equitation Championship, senior Lauren Perhala, junior Ali Davidson and sophomore Olivia Smith rode with a consistency that kept them competitive throughout the two-day event.
Nine Sweet Briar students recently competed in the Commonwealth National Horse Show in Culpeper, returning with four championship titles and a passel of ribbons.
Sarah Hibler ’14 and Kathryne Richard ’15 recently competed in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships in Raleigh, N.C., placing 11th and seventh in their respective classes.
Retired Sweet Briar professors Sue and Lee Piepho recently committed to a bequest of $1.5 million to the College. The endowed fund will support programs and facilities that have been part of the Piephos’ lives here for more than 40 years.
“Be confident in the knowledge you have worked hard to accrue, but never assume that you know something or someone in their entirety. Never cease to inquire, to investigate, to be curious and to be adventurous.”
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