As the civil rights movement gained momentum in the 1960s, Mary Washington student Nan Grogan knew she couldn’t just wait for society to change -- she had to change it. She joined the struggle, endured harassment and arrest, and framed a lifetime’s work for justice. Now a Georgia state senator, Nan Grogan Orrock is profiled in this edition of the University of Mary
Washington Magazine. Also read about early Mary Washington basketball star Emmett Snead, a farmer and a leader in the move toward eating locally sourced food.