MBU NEWS
NEWS NOTES Newsmakers and events that captured attention
Kick-Start to Men’s Soccer It was a Cinderella-story start for the MBU men’s soccer club. In a preseason matchup on August 23, and with only four days of practice under their belts, the Fighting Squirrels handily defeated the Southern Virginia University (SVU) Knights 2–0 in their collegiate debut — and the debut of any men’s team in MBU’s 177-year history.
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MARY BALDWIN MAGAZINE
A Living Icon At 88 years old, she tells us Sí Se Puede, “Yes, we can.” Members of the MBU family met acclaimed labor rights activist Dolores Huerta at a documentary screening in Winchester about her life and work. “Dolores Huerta has inspired me immensely in my own thesis research about Mexican immigrants and what it means to be a ‘citizen’ in the United States,” said history major Katerin Collazo ’19 (pictured with Huerta).
