Spotlight

Dr. Brandi Clark

The NOSW Foundation is pleased to highlight the accomplishments of Dr. Brandi Clark. She attended the NOSW Program at Lees-McRae College in 2013. After completing the program, she attended Lees-McRae College and graduated in 2018. She went on to attend North Caroline State College of Veterinary Medicine. She graduated in May of 2022 with a doctoral degree in Veterinary Medicine. She currently works as a vet in Las Vegas, Nevada, but is saving money with the goal of returning to North Carolina. Brandi says she misses the green spaces and the quietness of the mountains! She is one of the many examples we can share that speaks to the success of women from the Appalachian region when given access to NOSW programming, support, and resources.

Meg Quinn (right) with Colmon Elridge (middle), NOSW Foundation board member, and Stephanie Hong (left), friend of the NOSW Foundation at an event to celebrate the NOSW Foundation and the NOSW family of programs. (Photo: Mike Nichols, NOSW Foundation board member).

Meet Meg!

Margaret (Meg) Quinn is a graduate of the 2010 class of the New Opportunity School for Women at Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, NC. Meg remembers "how scared [she] was the first day she arrived" for the NOSW 3-week residential session and that her "self-esteem grew by leaps and bounds." In the fall of 2015 Meg graduated from Lees-McRae with BS degrees in both Criminal Justice and Psychology. She now serves as the director of NOSW at Bluefield College. Meg previously served as a member of the NOSW Foundation board and is shown in the photo on the right. We invite you to support the NOSW FOUNDATION in its mission.

Jane Stephenson receiving the Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) inaugural Champions of Appalachia award on October 22, 2015, at Boone Tavern, Berea, Kentucky (Photo: Ben Poage, NOSW Foundation board member)

Congratulations to Jane, Champion of Appalachia!

Jane Stephenson, founder of the New Opportunity School for Women and Vice-Chair of the New Opportunity School for Women Foundation board, recently receive a well deserved honor, the first annual Champions of Appalachia award.

Congratulations to NOSW at Lees-McRae

Congratulations to NOSW at Lees-McRae on its tenth anniversary in 2015 of improving lives of Appalachian women!

The Summer 2015 Class of NOSW at Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, North Carolina, with Jenny Harpold (far left), Director. NOSW at Lees-McRae also celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2015.

Thanks to our donors, friends, supporters, and volunteers for helping us to improve lives of Appalachian women in need.

New Opportunity School for Women at Maryville College

New Opportunity School for Women at Maryville College featured in The Daily Times, August 9, 2015: "New skills, new life, new hope: New Opportunity School for Women graduate six"‍

‍The New Opportunity School for Women at Maryville College receives grant from Presbyterian Women

NOSW WOMEN, PROGRAM DIRECTORS and FACULTY, and FRIENDS and SUPPORTERS of the NEW OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL FOR WOMEN FOUNDATION and FAMILY of PROGRAMS

Thank you UK College of Law Students

The Women's Law Caucus (WLC) and the Appalachian Law Caucus (ALC) of the University of Kentucky College of Law invited the NOSW Foundation to share information about the Foundation and the NOSW Family of programs. Elizabeth Combs, 2015 president of the WLC, and Taylor Clark, 2015 president of the ALC wanted to know how law students could help the NOSW Foundation achieve its mission.

UK College of Law students wanted to know how they could help

Congratulations to President David Olive and Bluefield College!

Bluefield college has been ranked among the nation’s “best values” by the economist magazine based on the earnings of its alumni that exceed expectations.

The NOSW Foundation is pleased to be affiliated with and have such outstanding friends! Learn more about the NOSW Bluefield College program and Bluefield College. http://www.bluefield.edu/nosw/

Spotlights

Changing Lives of Appalachian Women in Need

Dr. Brandi Clark

Meet Meg!

Congratulations to Jane, Champion of Appalachia!

Congratulations to NOSW at Lees-McRae

New Opportunity School for Women at Maryville College

Thank you UK College of Law Students

Congratulations to President David Olive and Bluefield College!

Spotlights

Changing Lives of Appalachian Women​ in Need

Dr. Brandi Clark

Meet Meg!

Congratulations to Jane, Champion of Appalachia!

Congratulations to NOSW at Lees-McRae

New Opportunity School for Women at Maryville College

Thank you UK College of Law Students

Congratulations to President David Olive and Bluefield College!

Changing Lives of Appalachian Women in Need