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Girls on the Run
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE HOSTED
the Girls on the Run of Greater Lynchburg
fall 5K event in November, which brought
more than 550 girls ages 8 to 13 to campus.
e local chapter serving Central Virginia is
part of a national organization whose mission
to empower young girls through its
curriculum makes Girls on the Run a natural
partner of the College.
“is is a campus where women discover
their strengths and achieve more than they
imagined they could,” says President Jo Ellen
Parker.
“Girls on the Run at Sweet Briar will be an
opportunity for younger women to
experience the exhilaration of striving for a
challenging goal.”
Hilary Bowie '12 is among the student
volunteers. She is a leader in the crosscountry
club on campus and has worked with
Girls on the Run in her home state of Kansas
for several years.
Hilary Bowie '12
Engineering Treks to Brazil
A TEAM FROM SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE WENT TO
Ilhéus, Brazil, for two weeks in June with the objective of
improving the daily routines of clients in an occupational
therapy clinic. e trip was part of last spring's Technology
and Society: A Global Perspective class, in which students
designed and built assistive devices for individuals with
impairments ranging from autism to complete paralysis.
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