More than 130 years ago, Meredith College opened with just over 200 women. Today, we’re a nationally-ranked community of thousands going far and going strong – together. As we carry our work forward into the future, we want to share a new alumnae resource that can help you care for yourself, your loved ones, and your community for years to come.

Ashley Elise Riggs was a true champion on the soccer field and in the community. Meredith College is celebrating and honoring her legacy by raising funds for the Ashley Riggs Project. Funds will provide youth summer camp scholarships, women’s leadership, and character development training, and improve women’s athletics at Meredith College.

Meredith College will break ground this spring on a new athletic complex that will include athletic training space for softball, tennis, and golf, along with a student lounge. Lights have already been installed at the tennis courts and resurfacing of the tennis courts will take place as well. The softball complex will have two large indoor batting cages that will double as indoor golf driving ranges and locker rooms. There will also be a new LED wireless scoreboard.

The three Stephens sisters’ dream of owning their own dance studio in their hometown of Sanford, N.C., finally happened in 2021. Their mother, Mary Lynne Normann Stephens, ’90, said, ”When they were little, they would pretend they had a dance studio and put on a recital at any family get-together. As they grew older, they would always talk about starting their own studio. The stars finally aligned!”

Sisters Martha Browning Dicus, ’71, and Mary Woodley (Woody) Dicus, ’74, loved Meredith College, the friendships they made, and the education they received. Friends say they were leaders and beloved by their classmates. Rhett Dunaway, Martha’s partner, and Billy Dicus, their brother, have recently endowed the Dicus Sisters’ Scholarship in their memories to honor and celebrate their lives.