The Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Doenges Visiting Artist/Scholar program was the vision of the late MBC alumna and trustee Liddy Kirkpatrick Doenges and honors her memory. Each year the program brings to campus a distinguished artist or scholar for an extended visit.
| 2009-10 Dr. Bassam Shakhashiri, scientist |
| 2008-09 Cornelius Eady, poet |
| 2007-08 Judith Blau, sociologist and human rights activist |
| 2006-07 Claudia Bernardi, artist |
| 2005-06 Francine Prose, novelist |
| 2004-05 Arthur Sze, poet |
| 2003-04 Thomas Nozkowski, painter |
| 2002-03 Richard Fleischner, artist |
| 2001-02 Maxine Kumin, poet |
| 2000-01 Andrew Gurr, Shakespeare scholar |
| 1999-00 Melissa Miller, expressionistic artist |
| 1998-99 Joan Snyder, painter |
| 1997-98 Lee Smith, novelist & Hal Crowther, columnist |
| 1996-97 David Bradley, author |