Cochran Library Hosts First Annual Edible Book Fest
By MacKenzie Place ’12 Sweet Briar’s Mary Helen Cochran Library hosted the first annual Edible Book Fest April 4 at 2:30 p.m. The event’s rules demanded all entries be made out of something edible and must reference a book either through the title, characters, book cover, etc. Open to the Sweet Briar community, the Edible [...]
Increased Faculty Salary and Student Body Size Key to Sweet Briar’s Financial Success
By Corinne Adams ’12 As the draft of Sweet Briar College’s strategic plan increasingly receives attention, questions have been posed about the College’s current financial state and how it is impacted by faculty and student retention rate. The draft of the strategic plan states that “Increased enrollment, expense curtailment, preservation of the endowment, productive fundraising, [...]
The Search for SBC’s Vice President for Academic Affairs
By Bianca Ktenas ’12 As the academic year winds down, the search for Sweet Briar’s new dean of faculty and vice president for academic affairs is heating up and in its final phase. The current VPAA, Dean Green, is stepping down at the end of this school year and has been named provost and dean of [...]
Sweet Briar Names Matt Payne as Riding Instructor
By Lauren Shoff ’11 On March 28, 2011, the Sweet Briar Riding Program announced that professional trainer Matt Payne will be joining the riding faculty in the fall of 2011. During his 24 years as a professional horseman, Payne has managed and taught at both his own farm and the University of Findlay in Findlay, [...]
