List of Firsts
- first chartered women’s college in Virginia
- first college in Virginia to name a woman president, Matty Cocke, 1901
- the nation’s first women’s intramural sports team established at Hollins, 1917
- Presser Hall, 1926, the first of numerous music buildings nationwide donated by the Presser Foundation of Philadelphia
- first exhibition gallery in the Roanoke region, 1948
- Hollins Abroad-Paris among the first abroad programs in the country, 1955
- first women’s college in Virginia to offer coed graduate programs, 1958
- one of the first writers in residence programs in America was established at Hollins, 1959
- with the 4-1-4 calendar, Hollins established one of the first Short Terms to be used for innovative classes, research, independent study, internships, and study abroad, 1968
- first liberal arts college in region to network all residence halls, a port per pillow, 1992
- first graduate program focusing on the writing and study of children’s literature established, 1993
- Wyndham Robertson Library named the first National Literary Landmark in Virginia, 1999
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