University and community leaders react to the $100 million gift to establish William & Mary’s Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences.
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Experienced, engaged leaders join W&M Board of Visitors
New appointments to university’s governing board announced.
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‘How we got here’: Commencement 2024
Approximately 2,800 graduates participated in the Commencement festivities, witnessed by around 12,000 family members and friends. Judge John Charles Thomas, the first African American and youngest appointee to the Supreme Court of Virginia, served as…
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Values in Action staff and student awardees honored at Commencement 2024
Spring 2024 awardees include section leader Amy Alyson Teller and clinical faculty member Debbie Ramer, plus five student organizations.
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W&M Commencement awards celebrate individual excellence
Honorees demonstrated outstanding scholarship, service, leadership, teaching and character.
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W&M Board of Visitors confirms leadership
The William & Mary Board of Visitors unanimously voted Friday to renew its current leadership.
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W&M budget enhances student experience, career preparation
The Board of Visitors adopts a two-year tuition plan with added predictability.
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Rankings highlight Vision 2026’s Careers Initiative
W&M continues its values-based approach as rankings, job outcome listings are on the rise.
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Dunder Mifflin comes to W&M: Brian Baumgartner to present 2024 Atwater Lecture
The event is sponsored by Alma Mater Productions with generous support from the Janet and Peter Atwater Lecture Endowment.
Service & Community
Photos: Students represent W&M on the ‘Road to Richmond’
The program brings students to Richmond to meet with government officials and learn about the legislative process.
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Photos: Commemorating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
William & Mary hosted a series of events in February to commemorate King, including a march across campus.
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‘Scholarly Perspectives’ fosters informed conversations on the Middle East
Scholars from William & Mary and across the globe will engage the campus community as part of a new lecture series devoted to the Middle East.
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2024 Charter Day
The annual Charter Day tradition celebrates the university’s founding 331 years ago and offers an opportunity for the community to reflect on William & Mary’s past while keeping an eye toward its future, guided by…
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William & Mary extends enrollment confirmation deadline for Class of 2028
Student support, additional flexibility are the focus as delay in availability of FAFSA applicant data prompts university to shift deadline to May 15
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Honoring excellence: Meet this year’s Charter Day award winners
Two students and two faculty members are recognized for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the community.
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Books published by William & Mary faculty in 2023
A look at books published by W&M faculty in 2023.
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Picture this: W&M’s 2023 Yule Log ceremony in photos
Hundreds of members of the William & Mary community gathered at the Wren Building on Dec. 16, 2023, for the university's annual Yule Log ceremony.
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W&M salutes students, employees for values in action
This fall’s faculty and staff award recipients are Charlie Foster, director of the Office of Student Veteran Engagement, and Michael Gaynes, teaching professor of art.
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W&M remembers 22nd Chancellor Henry Kissinger
Kissinger served as the university’s chancellor from 2000 to 2005.
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William & Mary’s 2023 Homecoming & Reunion Weekend
There was much to celebrate during Homecoming & Reunion Weekend 2023, Oct. 19-22.
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New partnership to provide foundations for 21st century democracy
Joint venture with The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation supports university's Vision 2026 Democracy Initiative through engaged dialogue and leadership development.
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Williamsburg to host second conference in ‘For 2026’ series to reflect on freedom in America’s history
"Contested Freedoms” will delve into the exploration of how freedom was defined and experienced in the long era of revolution.
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The quintessential ‘Public Ivy’
W&M focuses on providing the best personal educational experience.
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Summer 2023 William & Mary alumni book roundup
A look at some of the most recent books published by alumni of William & Mary
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Highlights from the 2023 Opening Convocation ceremony
On Aug. 30, William & Mary celebrated the 2023 Opening Convocation ceremony, an annual tradition held on the first day of undergraduate classes to mark the beginning of the academic year and to welcome new…
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W&M’s Year of the Arts kicks off a whirlwind of performances, exhibits and talks
The opening of the new Fine and Performing Arts Complex and major events during Homecoming & Reunion Weekend Oct. 19-22 will be among the fall’s highlights as the year kicks off.
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W&M’s new students move into residence halls
William & Mary is welcoming about 175 new transfer students this fall along with about 1,630 students in the Class of 2027. They began moving into residence halls on Aug. 24, 2023.
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W&M’s Historic Campus preservation project moves forward
A multi-year project to ensure William & Mary’s historic Wren Building and President’s House are preserved for the next 100 years will begin phase one in the coming weeks.
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William & Mary begins construction on new housing and dining facilities
Phase one of the $700-plus million comprehensive housing and dining facilities project began in July.
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W&M’s Jackie Ferree named senior vice president at George Mason University
Interim COO advanced projects that will benefit W&M for years to come.