Nikki from West Virginia

Nikki Soulsby from West Virginia is our new state girl of the week. She is a Junior here at Sweet Briar. Nikki claims "I learned about Sweet Briar on the drive home from the beach one year. We drove past the beautiful gated entrance and decided to stop in and see what was here." She was of course attracted to the beautiful campus Sweet Briar has, but what really attracted her was the prefessors. "I met with several professors for lunch as a prospective and one of them was Eric Casey. I was taking a Latin class at the time, and he gave me his home phone number and email in case I ever had any questions to discuss." That is what hooked her to the college.

Nikki loves quite a few things about Sweet Briar. She says that "I love the culture at SBC the most. That is partly because of the Honor Code and partly due to the fact that we attract great women to this institution." She also says that "I don't have to lock my door or worry about leaving my computer in the library if I have to go somewhere for a little bit." She loves a lot about the campus, but she really likes that "I can take my exams whenever I am ready to take them. The professors are more concerned with helping their students understand the material than just getting through a book." Nikki also made the comment that the girls are friendly in general.

Nikki may love a lot about Sweet Briar but she also misses a lot from her home state West Virginia. "I would say that what I miss the most about West Virginia is the evening activities that are available. Sweet Briar is wonderful but the most exciting things to do on any given night are to go to Wal-Mart and Sheetz." "In Charleston there are clubs, bars, coffee houses, and any number of stores to visit until 10:00 p.m. or so."

Nikki suggest that if you decide to visit her home state, to go White Water rafting. "It sounds like a silly mountain man thing to do, but it's very fun, plus West Virginia is beautiful."

Something about Nikki that many might not know is that "I have played piano for 13 years." So if you want to talk to Nikki and know more about her, make small talk about piano playing.

Megan from Delaware

This weeks new state girl is Megan Manubay a senior at Sweet Briar College. Megan is from Deleware. Megan's high school guidance councelor helped her discover Sweet Briar. "He knew how much I love to horseback ride," she claims. "Horseback riding was the first thing that attracted me to the school, but once I visited, I loved the campus and the small class size." Megan says that she loves how beautiful the campus is in the Spring, as well as how big and open the campus is.

While at college for the school yearMegan misses a few things from her home state. She says "I miss that I don't have to drive far anywhere. Deleware is in a pretty good location, it is about 45 minutes from Baltimore and Philedelphia, and two hours from New York City and Washington D.C." Megan also misses "how flat it is because sometimes I feel sick after driving on the mountain roads here." A few other things that she misses is the variety of restaurants. "I also miss Tax-free shopping because I can never figure out how much something really costs here.

If you ever decide to travel to the state of Deleware, Megan recommends some of her favorite things to do. Some include going to the beach. "There is a Steeple chase, Point-to-point, in the beginning of May which is always fun. "In the Fall, a lot of people go to the U of D football games or high school football games." Megan also says that you should visit the Dover Air Force Base. " There are a lot of museums and historical places to tour. It also takes only an hour and a half to get from one end of the state to the other, so it dosen't take too long to see it all."

If any of you would like to get to know Megan Better, bring her some Reese's Peanut Butter cups, and she will be your friend in a minute.

Jo from California

The girl of the week is Freshman Jordan Shoemaker of Springville California. She is also known to others on campus as Jo. Jo says "when i was applying to colleges, I found a website that had every college in the counrty. I saw Sweet Briar on the list, and I thought it had a unique name. When I visited the website, it looked interesting. So I applied." The schools beauty and small classes were attractions she loved about the school. Most impotantly she says "when I visited I felt like I fit in really well." Jo loves that the campus is so beautiful. " I take pictures on the way to class all of the time."


Jo misses a lot from her home state California. The authentic mexican food, the warm weather and the shopping are just a few that she really misses. Jo says that "Cali has a variety of places to go." The following are some places that she likes to visit and thinks that you would enjoy them to. "I love Santa Barbara fot the beach, San Fransico is my favorite city, Palm Springs is in the desert, and Mammoth Lakes is the best place to go for the mountain setting." Summer is just around the corner, get some friends together along with your camara and drive cross country for for some great scenic views.


Jo loves the mountains and fishing if you didn't already know. The picture of her above with her dog Zoey is taken at her cabin in Mammoth. She lives here all summer and "all I do is read books and go fishing with my sisters." Hold on just a few more weeks of school Jo, and you can enjoy the warm summer days of reading and Fishing!