Hollins University

“How did you resist the mass allure of big universities, with their winning teams on television, their mascots and cheerleaders, and their adorable jumping-bean students in the stands? You are uncommon women, not crowd followers. What could be rarer than a student body of independent thinkers, each having access to a tailor-made education? There is no better measure of an educational institution’s value than the achievements of its graduates. Starting minutes from now, ‘graduates’ means you. So go out and do something wonderful with your lives!”