A bittersweet graduation for Sweet Briar College Saturday

My story in C-ville about #SaveSweetBriar's latest or last graduation is here: http://goo.gl/9MjjSD

And I did this audio story for WCVE in Richmond.

Sweet Briar College celebrated a bittersweet graduation Saturday, as the Amherst County women's college seems headed for closure at the end of August unless the alumnae group trying to save it can wrest control from the current board. Hawes Spencer reports. (Photo by Ophelia Lenz)

The bagpipes competed, at times, with the sound of tearful goodbyes; but keynote speaker Teresa Pike Tomlinson seemed to celebrating the 123 graduates while scolding an administration accused of lacking transparency. "Had you been called to action, we would not be here today at the proposed end of an era-- which is in desperate need of continuance. Tomlinson, a 1987 graduate now the mayor of Columbus, Georgia, said she was encouraged by the recent mediation convened in Richmond by Attorney General Mark Herring. Those talks resume today. For WCVE News, Hawes Spencer in Amherst. #