Hollins University

Hollins University is a private four-year institution of higher education located on 475 acres (1.92 km2) campus on the border of Roanoke and Botetourt counties in the state of Virginia. Founded in 1842 as the Valley of Union Seminary in Botetourt Springs residential history, it is one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States.

Hollins has evolved into a full university with about 800 registered undergraduate and graduate students. As Virginia's first college chartered woman, all undergraduate programs are women-only. The man who claimed to graduate level programs.

Hollins known for writing undergraduate and graduate programs, which has resulted in the writer Annie Dillard, the current US poet Natasha Trethewey, and Henry S. Taylor Pulitzer Prize winner. Other notable alumni, including sports pioneer Mary Garber 2006 Man Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai, author of Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Lee Smith, photographer Sally Mann, and Ellen Malcolm, founder of EMILY's List.

Hollins offers small classes with a 9: 1 student-teacher ratios in the various departments. The most popular majors are English, psychology, studio art, business, and biology. Hollins is currently offering graduate programs in dance (MFA), creative writing (MFA), children's literature (MA, MFA), liberal studies (MALS), screenwriting (MFA), screenwriting and film studies (MA, MFA), and teaching (MAT). As of 2011, Hollins offers graduate-level certificate in Children's Book Illustration.

Hollins was one of the first college in the country to establish a study abroad program, launched Hollins Abroad-Paris in 1955. About half of the students Hollins has an international learning experience. Hollins runs its own program in London and Paris; non-Hollins students are free to apply for the Foreign Hollins-London and Paris-program. Hollins students can learn through a program sponsored Hollins in Argentina, Germany, Ghana, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, and in various other countries through the School of Field Studies. Hollins also sponsors an annual service-learning projects in Lucea, Jamaica.

In January, or J-Term, students follow their own independent course of study with professor sponsor, took off campus internships, or study abroad with other students Hollins. Innovative 4-1-4 calendar, established in 1968, is one of the first in the country.

Hollins peer counseling center is known as the Learning Center of Excellence, located in the Middle East. Writing Center offers students support and feedback on their writing interests, and QR Center, founded in 2002, offers support to students enrolled in the course quantitative.

In 2009, Hollins was ranked among the top 100 of American Best Colleges. Hollins is among the 372 most attractive schools according to the 2008 Kaplan / Newsweek How to Get Into College guide, and Princeton Review named Hollins a "Best in the Southeast" college and school displays between "The Best 373 Colleges" in the 2011 guide.

Hollins was a member of the Division III NCAA and competes throughout Virginia, Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC). Inter sport including basketball, golf, lacrosse, horseback riding, soccer, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. Hollins also has a fence, cross country, and martial arts sports teams.

Hollins is famous for the program up and Kaplan was named a "Hot Schools" to rise in 2004-05. Until now, Hollins has won 18 individual national championships, two national championship teams and four drivers' championship national high points respectively. Hollins consistently dominate competitions ODAC team.

Hollins did not have a mascot, and sports teams do not have an official nickname.

As part of the Education through Skills and Perspectives (ESP) general education requirements, two physical routine job education courses required for graduation.