The College of William & Mary

By Hope Yelich Join us for a book talk on Sunday, November 8, at 4:00, in the Read and Relax area (first floor) of Swem Library. Alan Kennedy-Shaffer, a recent graduate of the William & Mary Law School, will discuss his book, The Obama Revolution. Drawing on his experience as a regional field director f...

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Colonial Athletic Association released its Scholar-Athlete of the Year award winners, naming ODU senior tennis player, Aleksandr Seleznev (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic) as the male winner and JMU junior field hockey player, Kelsey Cutchins (Suffolk, Va.) as the fema...

By Hope Yelich “It is unique for an academic research library to have a large percentage of alumni donors,” said McCarthy. “Typically, in comparable library systems around the country, alumni support is less than 50 percent. We are pleased that William & Mary’s alumni recognize that a strong colle...

 VA Kovaleski, who majored in philosophy at William & Mary, began his career in journalism at the Miami News in the mid-1980s, after spending some time after College studying and traveling in Europe. He later reported for the New York Daily News and The ...

 VA by Staff | April 24, 2009 April is the month of milestones for Twitter and those who follow the social networking site. A week after actor Ashton Kutcher beat CNN in a battle to reach one million followers on Twitter, the William & Mary News broke new ...

 VA by Suzanne Seurattan | April 22, 2009 The William & Mary Police Department (WMPD) will be collecting food items April 28 and 29 for donation to the FISH food pantry in Williamsburg. Non-perishable food items will be collected at dozens of locations ...

 VA The William & Mary chapter's endeavors included, for example, voter registration and absentee ballot drives, clothing and food collections, outreach to a local high school, a Law Day for undergraduates, and educational panels and conferences. ...

NORFOLK, Va. -- The ODU Lady Monarchs (11-3, 5-1) cruised to a 14-7 victory over the Drexel Dragons (7-8, 0-6) today and clinched a spot in the 2009 CAA Tournament. ODU, currently tied for first atop the league standings with William & Mary and Delaware, will host a season finale crucial...

NORFOLK, Va. -- The Lady Monarchs (9-3, 3-1) will take on the 20th ranked Hofstra Pride (9-4, 3-1) in a crucial Colonial Athletic Association game Friday at 4:00 pm in a battle for first place. The teams are currently tied with Delaware and William & Mary for first place in the league with...

Norfolk, Va. - The pairings are set for the 2009 CAA Men's Tennis Championship, which will be held April 16-19 at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center on the campus of Old Dominion University. UNC Wilmington, VCU and William & Mary round out the top three seeds, while the host Monarchs ente...

 VA In 2002, Douglas was one of 11 professors from all colleges and universities in Virginia to receive the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia's highest honor for professors - its Outstanding Faculty Award. Douglas has received the Walter ...

AP RICHMOND, Va.: Pierre Curtis scored 19 points to lead James Madison in a 70-48 rout of William & Mary in the first round of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament Friday. James Madison (19-13) broke a string of five consecutive first-round ...

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NORFOLK, Va. -- Seniors Tiffany Green (Chesapeake, Va.), Jen Nuzzo (Newport News, Va.), and Jazzmin Walters (Norfolk, Va.) closed out their final game of the regular season and final regular season game at the Ted Constant Convocation Center on a high note with an 87-72 victory over William...

 TX In 1755, James Banks married Mary Cole in Craven County, and between 1757-1781, they had nine children: Jonathan, William, Mary, Hannah, Daniel, James D., Benjamin, Andrew and Albert. The first six kids were born in Craven County, and the rest in ...

 VA By MELINDA WALDROP | 247-4634 WILLIAMSBURG - Danny Sumner had started 21 of 22 games for William and Mary this season. But he began Wednesday night's game against UNC Wilmington on the bench. Once he got in the game, though, there was no stopping him. ...

This next stretch is the second time this season it has played three consecutive CAA games away from Williamsburg. Benny Moss said his team isn't talking about avoiding the cellar, but entering the second round of the CAA schedule, he did set a goal of ...

AP WILLIAMSBURG, Va.: Dante Curry scored 13 points to lead Georgia State to a 58-51 victory over William & Mary on Saturday. The Panthers (6-16, 3-8 Colonial Athletic Association) ended their three-game losing streak and extended William & Mary's ...

 VA By Nicole Paitsel "Scrubs" creator Bill Lawrence spoke at the College of William and Mary last night and told a crowd at his alma mater that the medical comedy series is ending after finishing its eighth season. Lawrence said he and lead actor Zach ...

 VA Who Bill Lawrence, The College of William and Mary graduate who created of the current hit comedy “Scrubs” and “Spin City” will give a talk, hold a Q&A session and host a screening of “Scrubs” clips. By Will Harris Although it isn’t Homecoming for the ...

Drexel tops William & Mary 62-49  - Dragons Down William & Mary for Fifth-Straight Win Drexel Dragons W&M falls to 1-7 in CAA play Virginia Gazette W&M Drops Road Affair at Drexel Tribe Athletics Tribe Athletics

Virginia's public colleges and universities are good. Some of them are very good. So good, in fact, that the likes of the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and the College of William & Mary attract students from around the nation and the world.

I upload concert videos to social media sites for two main reasons: (1) so that current members of the ensemble can enjoy archival copies of their performance and refer back to them for academic use or personal enjoyment, and (2) so that the community outside William & Mary can see a li...

 VA - Dec 12, 2008 by Staff | December 12, 2008 Williamsburg, VA — Thanks to an outpouring of generosity by faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of William & Mary, ...

By Tresolini(noreply@blogger.com) The NCAA election committed took a fifth CAA team, which makes sense considering the league's strength. But it took the wrong one -- 8-4 Maine over 7-4 W&M, which beat a 9-2 New Hampshire team that beat Maine and also lost an OT season-ending thriller to a Richmond team that also handled...

NORFOLK, Va. -- The No. 25/24 Old Dominion women's basketball team is looking to "PACK THE HOUSE" as they host #16/11 Virginia in the 2008-09 home opener at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. The game, which tips off at 7:00 p.m. Friday night, will be a rematch of the thrilling Second Round NCA...

 VA - Nov 11, 2008 By Kate Wiltrout It won't be up and running for another two months, but the College of William and Mary's law school used Veterans Day to announce the ... William & Mary Law School will open Veterans Benefits Clinic The Virginian-Pilot

Jake Phillips moved into third place on William & Mary's all-time touchdown passing list as the Tribe defeated Northeastern 38-17 on Saturday night. Phillips' 3-yard touchdown pass to Chase Hill with 2:51 left in the second quarter was the 55th of his career...

By Dan Slater 3 — Thomas Jefferson (College of William & Mary, then apprenticed as a lawyer) 11 — James Polk (University of North Carolina, then apprenticed as a lawyer) 38 — Gerald Ford (University of Michigan, Yale law) 42 — Bill Clinton (Georgetown University, Yale law)

RICHMOND, Va. -- Swimming and diving's Arni Mar Arnason (Msfellsbaer, Iceland) earned his second Colonial Athetic Association (CAA) Swimmer of the Week honor after helping the Monarchs last week to a pair of victories over Drexel (234-119) and William & Mary (204-149). Arnason, a m...

By Wayne Graham The Mason School of Business is an AACSB-accredited school of business. The school was named for William and Mary alumnus Raymond A. “Chip” Mason in November 2005. It will move into its new state-of-the-art building, Alan B. Miller Hall, in fall 2009. Miller Hall was named for William and Mary...

By Hope Yelich William and Mary graduate students Jordan Ecker and Kate Hill are contributing entries to the blog. Amy Schindler, the University Archivist, conceived of the blog and is responsible for its creation and upkeep. She would be happy to answer any questions about it. For more information, ple...

NORFOLK, Va. -- The Old Dominion field hockey team concluded the 2008 regular season capturing a 4-2 victory over William & Mary, giving head coach Beth Anders her 500th career win. Anders becomes the first Division I coach and second collegiate field hockey coach to reach the half-ce...

The nation's top law enforcement officer will be at the College of William & Mary Friday to discuss the FBI's post-911 focus. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller will speak about organizational changes at the agency that have shifted attention away from financ...

RICHMOND, Va. - Olympians Arni Mar Arnason (Msfellsbaer, Iceland) and Erla Dogg Haraldsdottir (Njardvik, Iceland) were named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Men's and Women's Swimmers of the Week respectively. Arnason won three events in the Monarch's win over William &...

By Tresolini(noreply@blogger.com) Coach K.C. Keeler used the word "dysfunctional" to describe the play of Delaware's offense in today's 27-3 loss to William & Mary at Delaware Stadium. It was the first time since 1990 the Hens didn't score a touchdown in a home game, and they managed just 145 total yards while punting 10 ti...

NEWARK -- The University of Delaware offense will try to find a solution to its problems again Saturday against William & Mary, a traditional offensive powerhouse that is playing some of its best defense in several years.

The Spiders traveled to Williamsburg, Va. this past weekend where they played in the second annual William & Mary Invitational. Senior Pamela Duran posted a 3-1 record in the Flight A draw and defeated #87 nationally ranked Ragini ...

I‘ve been a little more preoccupied than normal over the last week or so preparing for the next big step in the evolution of my small campus podcast, The William & Mary Powwow. I started the show about a year ago mainly to see if I was capable of producing it, and I’m happy to say that since th...

It’s been a busy week for me as I’ve made the transition back to campus to begin my fourth year here at the College of William & Mary.  As I’ve been tied up with purchasing overpriced textbooks, running from one end of campus to the other, and preparing an honors thesis in psychology, soci...

Coleman found himself using a tablet PC partly as a result of W&M’s Technology Integration Program (TIP).  As William & Mary News reports: Read the official releases on Professor Coleman and his award on William & Mary News and Campus Technology Magazine.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Old Dominion hung tough for the first 20 minutes, staying within one goal of the Tribe, but 20th ranked William & Mary started to pull away and showed why they will be the #1 seed and host of next weekend's CAA Tournament. The Lady Monarchs (4-9, 0-7) concluded the 2008...

Williamsburg, Va. — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has pulled out of a scheduled appearance at a youth football camp to be held at the College of William & Mary. Earlier this month, Vick canceled his own youth football camp, which was to be held June 30 at Christopher Newport U...

In Interscope v. Does 1-7, an ex parte proceeding in the Eastern District of Virginia, in Newport News, Virginia, in a 5-page decision by Judge Walter D. Kelley, Jr., the Court denied the RIAA's ex parte motion for an order granting discovery into the identities of students at the College of W...

Good point about iTunes U from Jim Groom as he criticizes the general impression being fostered that "'everyone' is doing it." He notes, "In Virginia it seems like UVa, William & Mary, VCU, Radford, Va Tech, and many more have jumped on the bus. Why are they doing it? It could be because th...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has pulled out of a scheduled appearance at a youth football camp to be held at the College of William & Mary. WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has pulled out of a scheduled appearance at...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged graduates at his alma mater Sunday to pursue a career of public service with the ideals of the settlers of nearby Jamestown 400 years ago. Gates, a 1965 graduate of the College of William & Mary, told more than 1,760 graduates tha...

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The director of the Albemarle-based Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression is glad the College of William and Mary found an apparent solution for its dilemma involving a cross at its Wren Chapel. Robert O'Neil (above) has noted the Williamsburg school is adopting...

TMZ reports that the Black Parade got a little browner and a little runnier recently, after My Chemical Romance and Muse contracted salmonella food poisoning at Glenn Gormley's Green Leaf Cafe (not sure Glenn's name is in the title of the restaurant, but that's how it's been reported, an...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Senior Joe McLister shot a 1-over-par 143 for two rounds to lead the University of Delaware to a fifth-place finish in a 21-team field at the William & Mary Invitational on Tuesday.

HARRISONBURG – For the James Madison baseball team, Sunday's rubber match against William & Mary was very simple: The Tribe scored runs early and the Dukes didn't. Pat Kantakevich held Madison hitless through three innings while the Tribe built a 7-0 lead, and that was enough as Will...