Here's how students reacted when they learned their imploding college would be saved
AP Photo/Steve Helber
That ruling ended a months long fight between Sweet Briar's Board and alumnae deeply committed to preserving the school, and garnered ecstatic reaction from Sweet Briar students.
Maggy O'Donnell, a rising sophomore, attended Sweet Briar her freshman year. She had plans to transfer to Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia, but as soon as she heard her college would be open in the fall, she immediately knew she'd go back.
"For me I knew if it was staying open, come hell or high water, I would be back there," she told Business Insider.
Reaction on Twitter was equally effusive, with students championing the news and pledging they will be back on campus next semester.
I don't remember the last time I was ever this happy. I will be back in Virginia next year attending Sweet Briar College #SavedSweetBriar
- Jona (@JonaCumani) June 21, 2015
Indigo! Our home Sweet home is saved!!!!!!!! ??????#MissingMyLittleDonkey #sweetbriarcollege… https://t.co/7HJ5yrV6QM
- Maddie Coleman (@mrcequestrian16) June 21, 2015
Suri Xia, will finish her senior year at Mount Holyoke College, rather than Sweet Briar where she started. Still, Xia pledged her support and loyalty to Sweet Briar.
"I am, and I always will be a Sweet Briar woman," she said.
- A centenarian who starts her day with gentle exercise and loves walks shares 5 longevity tips, including staying single
- A couple accidentally shipped their cat in an Amazon return package. It arrived safely 6 days later, hundreds of miles away.
- Colon cancer rates are rising in young people. If you have two symptoms you should get a colonoscopy, a GI oncologist says.
- Having an regional accent can be bad for your interviews, especially an Indian one: study
- Dirty laundry? Major clothing companies like Zara and H&M under scrutiny for allegedly fuelling deforestation in Brazil
- 5 Best places to visit near Darjeeling
- Climate change could become main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century: Study
- RBI initiates transition plan: Small finance banks to ascend to universal banking status
- JNK India IPO allotment date
- JioCinema New Plans
- Realme Narzo 70 Launched
- Apple Let Loose event
- Elon Musk Apology
- RIL cash flows
- Charlie Munger
- Feedbank IPO allotment
- Tata IPO allotment
- Most generous retirement plans
- Broadcom lays off
- Cibil Score vs Cibil Report
- Birla and Bajaj in top Richest
- Nestle Sept 2023 report
- India Equity Market