Two Women Scholars Are Honored

Mary Hollinshed, professor of art history at the University of Rhode Island, was selected to receive the 2012 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award from the Archaeological Institute of America. She will receive the award in January at the organization’s annual meeting in Philadelphia. Professor Hollinshed is a classical archaeologist who works with artifacts from ancient Rome, Greece, and other Mediterranean civilizations.

Professor Hollinshed holds bachelor’s and Ph.D. degrees from Bryn Mawr College. She earned a master’s degree at Harvard University.

Susan Arnold, director of the West Virginia University Health Sciences Library, was chosen Librarian of the Year by the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the Medical Library Association. Arnold joined the staff at WVU in 1988 and has served a director of the medical library since 2004.

Arnold is a graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College. She holds a master’s degree in human nutrition and foods from Virginia Tech and a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of South Carolina.