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While the Class of 2025 may not be able to fully enjoy the architecture of the Sir Christopher Wren Building towards the...
05/07/2025

While the Class of 2025 may not be able to fully enjoy the architecture of the Sir Christopher Wren Building towards the end of their academic career, they will be the ones to kickstart a new project: constructing the building and the historic campus out of LEGO bricks.

The community-driven project will involve over 200,000 LEGO bricks, encompassing the Wren Building, the President’s House and the Brafferton Building. Funded by D. Bruce Christian ’73, the model will be around 8 ft sq. and be put up for public display in the Wren Building.

While the Class of 2025 may not be able to fully enjoy the architecture of the Sir Christopher Wren Building towards the end of their academic career, they will be the ones to kickstart a new project: constructing the building and the historic campus out of LEGO bricks. The community-driven project....

OPINION | GABRIEL: Micheal Gabriel ’28 shares why he loves the game of baseball and why you might too—if you just give i...
05/05/2025

OPINION | GABRIEL: Micheal Gabriel ’28 shares why he loves the game of baseball and why you might too—if you just give it a chance. America's pastime still has plenty of life left in it!

Baseball. It’s too long. It’s boring. How can you sit and watch that for three hours?   I get it. Baseball can be boring, but I don’t know what else to say — it’s my favorite sport.   When I was little, I played tee ball and then baseball in my local police precinct’s youth league. I...

Thursday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m., the Ebony Expressions Gospel Choir, the College of William and Mary’s first and only go...
05/04/2025

Thursday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m., the Ebony Expressions Gospel Choir, the College of William and Mary’s first and only gospel choir, celebrated its 50th anniversary. The Music Arts Center’s Concert Hall was filled with spirituality and community connection as the choir performed their “Gospel Explosion” show, consisting of worship songs, hymns, a praise dance, soloists and medleys.

Thursday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m., the Ebony Expressions Gospel Choir, the College of William and Mary’s first and only gospel choir, celebrated its 50th anniversary. The Music Arts Center’s Concert Hall was filled with spirituality and community connection as the choir performed their “Gospel E...

Since March 24, over 2,100 Division I men’s players have entered their names into the National Collegiate Athletic Assoc...
05/03/2025

Since March 24, over 2,100 Division I men’s players have entered their names into the National Collegiate Athletic Association transfer portal. Created in 2018, the portal streamlines the process of transferring between schools. It continues to g*in popularity in 2025: the average DI men’s program has suffered roughly 5.7 portal departures over the last month. How does this affect William and Mary?

An epidemic has spread across college basketball. Since March 24, over 2,100 Division I men’s players have entered their names into the National Collegiate Athletic Association transfer portal. Created in 2018, the portal streamlines the process of transferring between schools. It continues to g*i...

Seven years ago, Charles Grant ’25 was a 220-pound high school wrestler who had gone his entire life without setting foo...
05/02/2025

Seven years ago, Charles Grant ’25 was a 220-pound high school wrestler who had gone his entire life without setting foot on the gridiron. Friday night, he became the highest-drafted William and Mary football player since 2009.

Many of the players selected during last weekend’s National Football League Draft live in front of a camera and have been bombarded with media attention from the moment they first showed up to campus. Former Tribe offensive lineman Grant, who was chosen by the Las Vegas Raiders with the No. 99 pick, is still adapting to the spotlight, which he said began to shine when he attended the NFL Scouting Combine Feb. 24.

Seven years ago, Charles Grant ’25 was a 220-pound high school wrestler who had gone his entire life without setting foot on the gridiron. Friday night, he became the highest-drafted William and Mary football player since 2009. Many of the players selected during last weekend’s National Football...

Friday, April 25, the College of William and Mary’s board of visitors passed resolution HC-3 titled “Merit-based excelle...
05/01/2025

Friday, April 25, the College of William and Mary’s board of visitors passed resolution HC-3 titled “Merit-based excellence, student opportunity and freedom from discrimination.”

This resolution was introduced in response to increasing pressure from the federal and state governments to restrict universities’ diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Across the country, this pressure has already led some institutions, like the University of Virginia, to eliminate their DEI programs entirely.

Friday, April 25, the College of William and Mary’s board of visitors passed resolution HC-3 titled “Merit-based excellence, student opportunity and freedom from discrimination.”  This resolution was introduced in response to increasing pressure from the federal and state governments to restr...

Thursday, April 24, the College of William & Mary announced a $15 million gift from alumni Rob W. Estes ’74 and Jean Ber...
04/25/2025

Thursday, April 24, the College of William & Mary announced a $15 million gift from alumni Rob W. Estes ’74 and Jean Berger Estes ’75 and their family to establish the Estes Center for Excellence in Accounting at the Raymond A. Mason School of Business.

Thursday, April 24, the College of William & Mary announced a $15 million gift from alumni Rob W. Estes ’74 and Jean Berger Estes ’75 and their family to establish the Estes Center for Excellence in Accounting at the Raymond A. Mason School of Business. The gift, among the largest to the busines...

Monday, March 24, Gov. Glenn Youngkin D.P.S. ’22 signed the Hunger-Free Campus Act into law, allocating $500,000 to Virg...
04/17/2025

Monday, March 24, Gov. Glenn Youngkin D.P.S. ’22 signed the Hunger-Free Campus Act into law, allocating $500,000 to Virginia colleges and universities to combat food insecurity. The law establishes the Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program.

Both public and private institutions are now eligible to apply for grants through the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia that will support existing campus food pantries.

Monday, March 24, Gov. Glenn Youngkin D.P.S. ’22 signed the Hunger-Free Campus Act into law, allocating $500,000 to Virginia colleges and universities to combat food insecurity. The law establishes the Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program.  Both public and private institutions are now eli...

OPINION | JABER: This week, Eva Jaber '28 gives some advice on how to lock in and talks about the three best types of "m...
04/16/2025

OPINION | JABER: This week, Eva Jaber '28 gives some advice on how to lock in and talks about the three best types of "multitasking."

Eva Jaber ‘28 (she/her) is a prospective English or international relations major. She is a member of the Cleftomaniacs, an a ca****la group, an ESL tutor and hopes to encourage peace-minded advocacy on campus. Contact her at [email protected]. The views expressed in this article are the author’s ...

For Gary Curtin, creating art was a way to express his creativity and encourage others to do the same. The local William...
04/15/2025

For Gary Curtin, creating art was a way to express his creativity and encourage others to do the same. The local Williamsburg art vendor passed away this winter after over a decade selling his designs to the community.

For Gary Curtin, creating art was a way to express his creativity and encourage others to do the same. The local Williamsburg art vendor passed away this winter after over a decade selling his designs to the community. After moving to Williamsburg in 2006, Curtin began selling original prints, T-shi...

This past fall, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia approved a code switch for the economics program at t...
04/15/2025

This past fall, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia approved a code switch for the economics program at the College of William and Mary. This decision changes the economics degree from a social science to a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Classification of Instructional Program.

The new designation, already in effect, will not change the coursework or graduation requirements for an economics major. Instead, it will indicate a mathematical focus in the economics department, something not reflected previously in the general social science CIP code.

This past fall, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia approved a code switch for the economics program at the College of William and Mary. This decision changes the economics degree from a social science to a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Classification of Instruction...

College athletics is at one of the great inflection points in its long history, and the College of William and Mary is n...
04/13/2025

College athletics is at one of the great inflection points in its long history, and the College of William and Mary is not insulated from the tides of change. In the coming months and years, the university’s administration will be forced to make several momentous decisions that will shape the future of Tribe athletics.

College athletics is at one of the great inflection points in its long history, and the College of William and Mary is not insulated from the tides of change. In the coming months and years, the university’s administration will be forced to make several momentous decisions that will shape the futu...

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