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Post: A bittersweet farewell to Sweet Briar as college celebrates final graduation

By Moriah Balingit and Susan Svrluga

— In her first year as Sweet Briar’s dean, Amy Jessen- Marshall struggled to come up with the words to welcome the Class of 2015. But inspiration struck suddenly from deep beneath her feet.

That was the year that a rare and mild earthquake shook the rural campus here. And it gave the class one of its nicknames: the earth shakers.

Read the rest of the story at The Washington Post.

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