The Sweet Briar Campus is often cited as one of the nation’s most beautiful, with its 2,847 acres, 18 miles of trails, two lakes, old hardwood forests, lush greens and dells, mountain vistas, and 22 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. Generations of Sweet Briar women have relished this environment for the motivation, awe, and inner peace it brings.
Campus Aerial During Fall
Hands-On Laboratory
We don’t just enjoy the beauty of the campus; we use it. We harvest grapes, tend bees, and grow our own vegetables through Sweet Briar College Farm. We engineer hydroponic systems, track water quality, and develop market strategies for our honey. We photograph and draw the landscape, flora, and fauna. By tying our classrooms and academic research to the land, we shape the future of conservation and sustainable agriculture.
Prof. Lisa Powell in the campus greenhouse.
Walk to class under the crisp fall air
Riding in the fall.
Bee tending at Sweet Briar
Sweet Briar lake.
Expert instruction in photography.
Equestrian Life
You can ride here. We’ve been doing it well for 100 years. In a region known for equestrian talent, we excel. In 2021, our Vixens won a national championship. We have a130-acre on-campus riding center and one of the nation’s largest indoor college arenas.But most of our riders are intermediates and beginners. Like everything at Sweet Briar, you are so welcome to join.
Creative Community
Students perform during the fall 2022 Dance Concert.
With three galleries, a performing arts center, and a museum, Sweet Briar offers students many ways to connect with their creativity.
Also nearby is Amherst’s community arts center at Second Stage. A little further from our campus is the Harlem Renaissance poet, Anne Spencer’s home and garden in Lynchburg, as well as the third president, Thomas Jefferson’s retreat at Poplar Forest, and his home, Monticello, located in nearby Charlottesville.
Sure, it’s beautiful but where’s the closest…?
3 minutes from Amherst, with 15 restaurants, two breweries, grocery and drug stores, antiques, coffee shop, and motel.
20 minutes from Lynchburg, with downtown dining and bars on the James River and the Academy Center for Arts, where you can see a show.
50 minutes from Charlottesville, with the University of Virginia, clubs, restaurants, arts venues, great shopping, and Monticello.
The campus community is invited to celebrate our graduating seniors! This longstanding tradition celebrates a senior as they reveal an annoucement about their future plans - a job, acceptance to a graduate program, or an engagement.
All games will be held in the Prothro Atrium and will begin promptly at the time listed. Games are quick, so we encourage you to be on time if plan to attend.
The campus community is invited to celebrate our graduating seniors! This longstanding tradition celebrates a senior as they reveal an annoucement about their future plans - a job, acceptance to a graduate program, or an engagement.
All games will be held in the Prothro Atrium and will begin promptly at the time listed. Games are quick, so we encourage you to be on time if plan to attend.
Please join the Engineering program Senior Engineering students for their Capstone presentations! The presentations are (in no particular order): Design and Fabrication of a Client-Driven Electromechanical Prosthetic Arm Restoring Elbow Mobility and Grasp Function by Asmita Bhandari, Taieba Jannat Meem, Samia Sultana, and Peninnah Adjei Gyamfi Experimental Validation of Capacitive Touch Sliders by Bivushi Timilsina, Karigya Joshi, Adisha Ahmed and Nafia Farzana A Dynamo-Based Framework for Streamlining MEP Design Workflows in Autodesk Revit by Mithila Afroz Hridy, Sadia Akter, Preonty Paul and Erin Purvis Modified Slip Coupling Design for High Temperature Conditions in HTGRs by Nathalie Schelin, Mariam Lara, Sweejal Kafle and Elizabeth G Wells Hermle North America Clock Design by Chloe Bash, Maggie Minton, Ilka-Marie Kuleba, Cameron Fox and Davis Shiflett. Capstone Design: NRC Combat Robot by Mohima Chowdhury Anushi, Allison Kent, Emma Staton, and Karlie Lester
The campus community is invited to celebrate our graduating seniors! This longstanding tradition celebrates a senior as they reveal an annoucement about their future plans - a job, acceptance to a graduate program, or an engagement.
All games will be held in the Prothro Atrium and will begin promptly at the time listed. Games are quick, so we encourage you to be on time if plan to attend.
Want to do well this 3-Week Term? Join the Student Academic Success Center in the Haskell Learning Studio (Library, Rm. 232) from 6:30-8:30 PM for our evening study hall! A dedicated space to work on assignments and stay engaged! Tutors will be present to support you and answer any general academic questions. NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED!! WALK-INS WELCOME!
The campus community is invited to celebrate our graduating seniors! This longstanding tradition celebrates a senior as they reveal an annoucement about their future plans - a job, acceptance to a graduate program, or an engagement.
All games will be held in the Prothro Atrium and will begin promptly at the time listed. Games are quick, so we encourage you to be on time if plan to attend.
