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> | Teaching Partner Recognized for Excellence in the Classroom The Veterans of Foreign Wars have named Mary Baldwin College teaching partner Linda Petzke Virginia middle school teacher of the year. |
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> | MBC Connects with Young Science Sleuths A day dedicated to Junior Girl Scouts, Girl Scouts Science Sleuth Day gives fourth and fifth graders the opportunity to earn three badges while completing hands-on projects led by MBC students. |
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> | Help for Students Navigating the Job Market The Sena Center for Career Development's three-part series of monthly workshops, Taking Your Liberal Arts to Work, is designed to equip students with the information needed to successfully pursue employment. |
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> | Recycling is picking up — in more ways than one — at area schools Mary Baldwin College students recently added recycling receptacles from TerraCycle, a New Jersey-based company that specializes in hard-to-recycle items, such as Capri Sun pouches, yogurt containers, candy wrappers, chip bags, paper towels, cell phones, tape dispensers, wine corks, writing instruments and ink cartridges. |
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> | Turning Trash to Treasure at Mary Baldwin College MBC is competing against 600 other colleges to see who can recycle the most. It's called Recyclemania. |
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> | February 25 The Colored Museum The MBC Kuumba Players — a theater troupe dedicated to liberating African-American stories — is producing this satirical play by George C. Wolfe. Set in a museum that is designed to exhibit African-American life in the United States, the story playfully poses questions about how to effectively honor black history when the story has been woven within the crucible of oppression. 8 p.m., Fletcher Collins Theatre, Deming Fine Arts Center, 301 Deming Drive, Staunton. General admission is $5. For more information, call 540-887-7270. |
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Visit the college calendar for a full listing of MBC events. |
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