October 2011

 

 

Leah Bosque '01: Her company is off and running Sweet Briar graduate and entrepreneur Leah Busque's Internet venture TaskRabbit Inc. is the subject of a feature in the August 2011 issue of Wired magazine and also a recent story on ABC News.

 



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The Legacy of Buck Edwards  

It is with sadness that we report the death of Ernest P. "Buck" Edwards, Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Ecology, emeritus. He died on Tuesday, Sept. 27 in Lynchburg at the age of 92.   

 

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Top News

 

Connect to family at Homecoming and Families Weekend, October 14-16  

 

Pitching in on local entrepreneurship efforts 

 

IHSA team announced   

 

Sweet Briar receives engineering accreditation 

 

        

 

 

Presidential Message   

 

As you know, we are reaching out to the Sweet Briar family in many different ways. Last month we began a series of video messages (first seen via Facebook) that we plan to continue throughout the year. We invite you to hear from President Parker as she talks about an academic theme for the year, "Testing Tolerance."  

 

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