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Mar 4, 2015 · Sweet Briar College announced Tuesday that it is shutting down at the end of this academic year. Small colleges close or merge from time to time, more frequently since the economic downturn...
It nearly closed in 2015 but was saved by donations and legal actions by alumnae. Sweet Briar is known for its campus with its historic Georgian Revival architecture by Ralph Adams Cram and its 3,250 acres (13.2 km 2) of hills, forests, and fields. History. Elijah Fletcher (1789–1858), father of Indiana Fletcher Williams. Sweet Briar plantation.
May 17, 2018 · Three years ago, Sweet Briar, a women’s college in rural Virginia, announced that it would close after more than a century of operation. Enrollment had declined to fewer than 700 students,...
Eight years ago, the president of Sweet Briar College abruptly announced that the more-than-century-old school would shut down. Horrified alumnae rushed in to save the small private women’s...
Feb 10, 2023 · When Meredith Woo took over as the president of Sweet Briar College in 2017, the nonprofit Virginia women’s institution was seen as a troubled place. Alumnae had wrestled the college back from the brink of closure, but it still faced financial issues, resulting in a warning from its accreditor.
Mar 28, 2015 · The boathouse at Sweet Briar College, a 114-year-old women’s institution that decided to close because of insurmountable financial difficulties. Hilary Bowie remembers when she made the...
Sep 6, 2017 · Two years after alumnae filed a lawsuit and raised $12 million in a matter of weeks to keep the tiny institution from closing, Sweet Briar College’s faculty and its new president unveiled...
