Hollins University - List of Firsts

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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