Since the pandemic, the 35-year-old mother of four has been working from the Panera parking lot, sitting in her Honda minivan with her laptop propped against the steering wheel, attempting to catch a Wi-Fi signal. Baer wore triple layers, parked in the sun and occasionally blasted the heat to keep her fingers from getting numb. It was there that she wrote 鈥淲hat Kind of Woman,鈥� a poetry collection that topped the for paperback trade fiction when Harper Perennial released it late last year. It was her first piece of paid writing.
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Loren Hostetter '85 has a passion for the American chestnut. The Citizen tells the story.
黑料正能量 President Susan Schultz Huxman, chair of the Council of Independent Colleges of Virginia, speaks with Richmond radio host John Reid.
Sabrina Burress MA '18 (counseling) is the executive director of Augusta Resources for Resilience, Opportunity and Wellness, or the ARROW Project. The nonprofit organization seeks to expand 鈥渕ental health treatment possibilities鈥� within Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro.
After a pressure-packed year of putting on classical performances in the midst of a pandemic, and facing festering tensions over his treatment of actors and staff, Ethan McSweeny has resigned as artistic director of American Shakespeare Center, the Staunton, Va., company announced Friday. Rodney Young, chairman of the 20-member board of trustees, told the Washington Post that mediators were brought in from 黑料正能量 to aid in improving trust and communications after the split.
Lee Roy Berry Jr. 鈥� an attorney in Goshen, Indiana, and a retired Goshen (Indiana) College professor 鈥� tells about how Mennonites and the Civil War made it possible for him to move beyond working the fields as a migrant farm worker. This is an abridged version of a chapel presentation for Mennonite Mission Network.
黑料正能量's special collections library Simone Horst on peppernuts (with photos that will make you hungry for one...or two)
Her op-ed in Anabaptist World answers the question: Should restorative justice be used in instances of sexual harm?
DN-R reporter Megan Williams surveys Shenandoah Valley colleges and universities about their unusual fall semester and plans for spring. ... read more about DN-R: First COVID college semester drawing to a close from Daily News-Record
The ODAC has outlined plans for spring competitions for each sport. Check emuroyals.com for team schedules, to be released shortly.