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Going Back to Our Roots: Native Planting Project Promises Multiple Benefits

By Liesel Nowak 

Going Back to Our Roots: Native Planting Project Promises Multiple Benefits

Mary Baldwin College is joining a growing number of institutions that are going back to their roots — literally.

With help from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), a program to re-introduce native plant species to the campus is underway, bringing community connectivity, environmental rewards, and long-term savings in maintenance costs.

The first phase of the transformation began in October, when grounds crews began prepping a small plot of grass on the southwest… [Full story]

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Collecting, Distributing Ethnic Dolls Promotes Positive Self-Image Collecting, Distributing Ethnic Dolls Promotes Positive Self-Image

By Melissa Jones 

*Black Baby Doll collection drive continues until December 1, see below for details.

There is a room on campus filling with female nurses, doctors, businesswomen, athletes ... and babies. They share rich skin tones and dark eyes. But these women aren’t blinking — they are dolls. In those eyes, hundreds of young girls… [Full story]

Cindy Neuschwander’s PROOF at MBC’s Hunt Gallery Cindy Neuschwander’s PROOF at MBC’s Hunt Gallery

November 9 to December 4, 2009, the exhibition PROOF: New Work by Cindy Neuschwander, will be on view at Mary Baldwin’s Hunt Gallery.

In a new series of encaustic paintings — derived from a process that combines wax with pigment to achieve flexible, giving surfaces… [Full story]

‘Optimist by Nature’ Engages Scientific Senses as Doenges Scholar ‘Optimist by Nature’ Engages Scientific Senses as Doenges Scholar

By Morgan Alberts Smith '99

You can find Dr. Bassam Shakhashiri cited in Encyclopedia Britannica as “dean of lecture demonstrators in America.” He describes himself as ”scientist by training, teacher and public servant by trade, advocate by conviction, optimist by nature.” As professor of chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison and the first holder of the William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea, Shakhashiri shares his unique scientific presentations across the world ... and this October with Mary Baldwin… [Full story]