Please note that the lecture and book signing with Lillian Lambert, scheduled for February 9, has been postponed and rescheduled for the spring.

She was born on a farm and started out in the working world as a maid. But Lillian Lambert became the first African- American woman to earn an MBA at Harvard, and eventually she became the head of a $20 million… [Full story]

Something interesting is happening at Mary Baldwin College. In the face of a weak national economy, the college is seeing a record increase in freshman applications this year.

The college has already received more applications for the incoming class of fall 2010 (2,164) than it did for freshman entering in 2009 (2,145). MBC’s “rolling” schedule means that applications will continue to be accepted for several months. If the trend continues — and it is expected to — Mary Baldwin expects to record… [Full story]

Videos, photo galleries, and Twitter posts: there is now more to The Mary Baldwin College Magazine than ever before — online. The well-established print version of the magazine will continue to be delivered to more than 18,000 alumnae/i, parents, faculty, staff, and friends around the country, but many readers have already noticed additional features available at www.mbc.edu/magazine.

We hope others share the enthusiasm of Lindsey Lieberman ’04, who posted this message on the college’s… [Full story]