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August 23, 2012

News
	>	College Reflects on Bryant’s Legacy The MBC community gathered on what would have been Brenda Bryant’s 67th birthday to celebrate the life of the longtime administrator. She had passed away the day before, after a courageous fight with breast cancer.	Social Network Shout-Out All Atwitter With a its just-launched Twitter account, the Office of First-Year Experience is finding new ways to connect with new students. In Other News … MBC Mourns Loss of Professor Emerita, Historian, Civic Leader Community Remembers Virginia Munce Louisell Alumna's Gift Results in Major Campus Spruce-Up MBC Expands Reach in Asia with Taiwanese University Vice President of Health Sciences Named Valley Native to Lead New PT Program
	>	Cadets Reach End of Summer ‘Break’ It’s not just the regular chorus of "yes ma’ams" and eye-catching uniforms that set Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership cadets apart from their classmates. Summer plans often include activities that push physical and emotional boundaries.
	>	City Thanks Fox, Layman for Heifetz Contributions Staunton’s mayor has issued a proclamation in honor of MBC President Pamela Fox and her husband, Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement Dan Layman, for their personal efforts to make the summer music program a success.
	>	Best in the Southeast The Princeton Review has again named Mary Baldwin College among its top colleges in the southeastern United States.
MBC in the News
	>	Local Mascot Makes a National List Director of Athletics Sharon Spalding said Gladys represents how to be a team player.
	>	New Health Sciences College May Help Doctor Shortage Mary Baldwin College hopes to help the problem in the Valley by opening its new college for health sciences.
	>	Mary Baldwin Takes Part in Virginia Private College Week Baldwin is well known for its "program for the exceptionally gifted" and can boast the nation’s only all-female corps of cadets. Now it has also broken ground on the $20 million College of Health Sciences.
	>	Local eighth grader skipping high school and going straight to college Madison Sparks has her sights set on becoming a museum curator or a journalist. And for her family, sending their 14-year-old to another state is nerve-racking, but they are positive about it too.
Featured Event
	>	August 26–September 2 Welcome to MBC The Office of Student Life has released a schedule of new-student orientation activities for the upcoming week, the majority of which are required for first-year and transfer students. To reflect the college-wide theme for 2012–13, the slogan for this year’s orientation is "Discover Your Place."
		Visit the college calendar for a full listing of MBC events.
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