Julia Jennings

Salem Spotlight with Terry Collins, Information Delivery and Archive Associate

JULIA JENNINGS What is your official role here at Salem College, and what is your favorite part of the job? My official role, according to the campus directory, is Information Delivery and Archive Associate. I manage the InterLibrary Loans and the Archives. And may I add, I’ve been at Salem 24 years. This semester is […]

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Salem Spotlight: Ronnie Lewis

JULIA JENNINGS Interview with Ronnie Lewis, Coordinator of Technology Services. Where are you from? And how did you end up in Winston-Salem? I am from Winston Salem and have lived here all my life. I had the opportunity to move away from Winston-Salem twice for jobs, but stayed local. In 1999, PepsiCo moved my helpdesk […]

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Wildlife Rambles: Eastern Chipmunk

JULIA JENNINGS Objectively one of the cutest inhabitant of Salem’s campus, the eastern chipmunk is also one of the hardest to catch on camera–especially during the winter when they hibernate in their burrows. Although dubbed the “eastern” chipmunk, this small rodent is not found in the eastern part of North Carolina and are most densely […]

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Artists’ Reception Opens New Exhibits in the FAC

JULIA JENNINGS On Friday, Feb. 9, Salem hosted the first artists’ reception of the Spring semester in the Elberson Fine Arts Center. Two exhibits opened: Meredith Elder in the Velma Mason Davis Gallery, and an invitational throughout the Mary Davis Holt Gallery. The Invitational Exhibition brings together women printmakers currently active in the Winston-Salem community. […]

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Spotlight on Salem: Kim Varnadoe-Carden, Professor of Art

JULIA JENNINGS Q: What made you decide that you wanted to be an artist and an art professor? When you were a child, did you have dreams of being an artist? A: I was a first generation college student in my family, so I did not have much guidance as to what options were available […]

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Study Abroad Q+A: Lorina Morton

JULIA JENNINGS Lorina Morton is a junior majoring in Communication and Creative Writing with minors in Professional Writing and Spanish. Morton participated in a multi-country study abroad program. Q: What sort of program did you go through? So, I went on a program called Semester at Sea, which is exactly what it sounds like. We […]

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Wildlife Rambles: Barred Owl

JULIA JENNINGS Whoo goes there? A curious reader? Well then, welcome to the newest edition of Wildlife Rambles, where a different plant or animal on Salem’s campus is featured each month. Some of you hopefully caught a glimpse of this issue’s subject – the Barred Owl – this past Fall semester as it perched amongst […]

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Contra Dancing Returns to Salem College

JULIA JENNINGS On Nov. 5, the Salem College Contra Collaborators, an organization devoted to bringing contra dancing to the Salem community, hosted their first contra dance of the semester in Bryant Hall. They received a great turnout with many beginner-dancers joining in. Contra dance is a form of folk dance similar to square dance, but […]

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Wildlife Rambles: Ginkgo Tree

JULIA JENNINGS Welcome back once again to Wildlife Rambles! Though the term “wildlife” is most often used to refer to only animals, it can also be used in reference to the flora of an area, and this month I’ll be teaching you all about the ginkgo tree! Also known as the maidenhair tree or Ginkgo […]

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Wildlife Rambles: The Groundhog

JULIA JENNINGS Welcome back to Wildlife Rambles! For this month’s edition I’ll be discussing one of Salem’s most well-known furry friends – the groundhog! Did you guess correctly from last week’s hint? The groundhog is actually a kind of giant ground squirrel, a marmot, in the same family as the tree squirrels we are familiar […]