The smell of chai and the taste of spicy dhal. The sight of a painted cow and the feeling of adrenaline as a bull charges during a jallikattu. The sounds honking horns during a white-knuckle auto rickshaw ride.
In first-person accounts from his second sabbatical in India, Mary Baldwin College Professor of Philosophy Roderic Owen describes what it is like to be immersed in a rich culture nearly 9,000 miles from home. He is spending 10 weeks in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, to help strengthen ties between MBC and the all-women Lady Doak College, between which there is a student exchange… [Full story]
Students dressed to the hilt and danced the night away at Signature Ball on January 28. The annual formal dance is one of the year's most anticipated events — particularly for seniors who will depart campus in a few months — and is hosted by the student-run Baldwin Program Board.
A live performer and casino games welcomed guests to "A Night of Classic Elegance," and an energetic DJ beckoned people to the dance floor. Interspersed with… [Full story]
Master of Letters and Master of Fine Arts candidates in Mary Baldwin College's Shakespeare and Performance program will share their creative research and performance at the Blackfriars Playhouse. The Thesis Project Festival is a chance for the public to join with the MBC community in hearing more than 20 presentations which combine scholarship and stagecraft to explore the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The festival is formatted like a mini-conference with one block of… [Full story]
How can research help us understand the types of behavior associated with wisdom? Associate Professor of Psychology Louise Freeman takes on that question from the scientific perspective in her essay on wisdom, the third in a series of faculty papers about the 2011–12 college theme. The writings are intended to deepen understanding of the theme throughout the campus community and serve as a precursor for this semester's call for students to produce their own essays or creative works (painting, musical composition, monologue, etc.) inspired by the theme. The contributing faculty members, whose work is published… [Full story]
Here are the latest scholarly achievements in the School of Social Sciences, Business, and Global Studies.
Janet Ewing, associate professor of business Accompanied senior business major, Kate Carper, to the Sigma Beta Delta Quadrennial and Delta Mu Delta National Conference in Jacksonville, FL. Carper and Ewing presented a series of oral presentations on the strategic development of a national financial literacy project for middle-school-age youth who attend the Boys and Girls Clubs… [Full story]
"She gives her heart, her love, her wisdom, and her hope to every student she comes in contact with. I can call her work nothing short of performing everyday miracles, one student at a time."
Those heartfelt words from Director of Student Life Lisa Wells capture the way many on the Mary Baldwin College campus feel about Lynn Tuggle Gilliland '80, who will leave her post Friday as director of first year experience. Students, faculty, staff, and friends gathered this week to say their goodbyes… [Full story]
