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By Billy Faires/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/n

/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/n/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/n/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/tIn a piece from Hollins Columns in 1946, a clever Hollins student noted that West was home to a /magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/u201ca swimming pool, a zoo, an opera guild, and all sorts of interesting characters./magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/u201d/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/n

The piece goes on to defend/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861//explain these claims. The swimming pool, it seems, was actually due to a flooding issue in a second-floor bathroom that poured through the first-floor ceiling below. The zoo was due to the presence of a skunk, a bat, and ants at various times that fall. The opera guild seems to have been a collection of students who routinely/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/u2014and loudly/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/u2014gathered in a first-floor bathroom to smoke./magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/n

/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/"WestPerhaps no residential hall in Hollins history evokes stronger emotions from as many students and alumnae as West. The building, a national historic landmark, has served as a rite of passage for generations of Hollins students. Long before Tinker Hall was completed, West housed all first-year students before they could move on to other options in later years./magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/n

/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/u201cThrough late-night talks and laugh- filled study sessions; across Today Show broadcasts, political demonstrations, Tinker Day celebrations, and the history that unfolds on the Front Quad, West has been home not just to countless Hollins students, but to so many of the memories we hold dear,/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/u201d said Senior Philanthropic Advisor Suzy Mink /magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/u201974, who is leading the charge for a substantial fundraising effort in support of needed renovations to West./magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/n

The building all living Hollins alumnae know now as West had a complicated origin, springing forth from what had previously served as the Botetourt Springs Hotel. Wings were added to that hotel structure in 1890 and housed the infirmary and doctor/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/u2019s office and faculty living quarters on the left wing, and housed literary societies and the senior parlor on the right wing. The center was demolished and rebuilt in 1901, initially housing the YWCA Club on the bottom floor with student residence rooms on the two upper floors./magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/n

More than a century later, West still stands and remains an unforgettable part of the student experience, but the last century has not been kind. A vital part of the Transforming Learning, Transforming Lives: The Levavi Oculos Strategic Plan is a two-phase project to ensure West remains a beloved memory for future generations of alumnae another century from now./magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/n

Phase One of the renovation was completed over the summer of 2024, as several structural upgrades were made in advance of Phase Two. The residence hall restrooms were also fully renovated and modernized to better meet the needs and expectations of today/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/u2019s students./magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/n

Phase Two will be far more extensive. All residential rooms will have access to newly installed geothermal HVAC (see sidebar), and an elevator will be installed to ensure any student can have the full West experience. Phase Two construction will require 18 months to complete once funding is secured. The project/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/u2019s goal is to have the renovation completed and ready to welcome students back for the start of the 2026-27 academic year and reopen for summer programs and camps in 2027./magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12861/n

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