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W&M Life

Yule Log celebration 2024

The William & Mary community gathered Dec. 14 for the 90th annual Yule Log ceremony.
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Service & Community

Raft Debate returns

On Oct. 28, William & Mary held its first Raft Debate since 2019.
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Service & Community

Adding your chapter: Convocation 2024

Following tradition, the William & Mary community welcomed the university’s newest students to campus and kicked off the 2024-2025 academic year with the Opening Convocation ceremony in the Wren Yard.
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Service & Community

W&M’s new students move in

Toting boxes, blankets, mirrors and more, William & Mary’s Class of 2028 and new transfer students made themselves at home on campus on Aug. 23 as they moved into residence halls with the help of…
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W&M Life

‘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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University News

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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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 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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Alumna paints murals in Sadler Center

Zara Fina Stasi ’12, muralist and founder of Good for the Bees, recently returned to William & Mary to paint two new murals in the Sadler Center.
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Research & Scholarship

Faculty on topic: Russia-Ukraine War

W&M's Jeffrey Kaplow and Samantha Custer discuss the war in Ukraine, one year after the Russian invasion began.
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W&M Life

Highlights from the 2023 Charter Day ceremony

William & Mary’s 2023 Charter Day ceremony at Kaplan Arena provided a meaningful platform to tell a more inclusive story of the university’s past while celebrating the path forward.
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Service & Community

Democracy and the media: Presidential conversation

What role does the media play in democracy in the U.S. and around the globe? What is the greatest threat to democracy today? Those were just two of the questions explored during this presidential conversation,…
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W&M Life

Can you feel it? W&M Homecoming & Reunion Weekend 2022

William & Mary celebrated Homecoming & Reunion Weekend Oct. 6-9 with a variety of events that were designed for alumni and the W&M community to celebrate the many ways they make the university their own.
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Sadler Center & Campus Living Center dedication ceremony

The William & Mary community gathered Sept. 23 to officially open the newly expanded Sadler Center and the newly established Campus Living Center, completing a vision conceived decades ago as a centerpiece of activity in…
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Light up the night: Convocation 2022

Following tradition, the W&M community welcomed the university’s newest students to campus and kicked off the 2022-2023 academic year with the Opening Convocation ceremony in the Wren Yard.
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Welcome home! Highlights from move-in weekend

Members of the W&M community greet the university's newest students as they move into their residence hall prior to the start of the fall 2022 semester.
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Research & Scholarship

W&M law experts discuss Roe v. Wade

Constitutional law experts Allison Orr Larsen '99 and Neal Devins from the William & Mary Law School discuss the June 24, 2022, Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.
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