2 hrs ago | Penn State
Dennis Shea named associate dean in College of Health and Human Development
"Dennis brings considerable administrative experience to his new role," said Ann C. Crouter, Raymond E. and Erin Stuart Schultz Dean of the College of Health and Human Development.
6 hrs ago | The record Online
Competition for the valedictorian and salutatorian honors was extremely close with the number two student changing at the last minute when the Chesapeake Bay Governor's School grades were reported, according to NHS counseling office administrative assistant Holly Swann.
10 hrs ago | Newswise
Emmett Duffy Named Director of Smithsonian's Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network
Emmett Duffy, currently the Gluckman Professor of Marine Science at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, has been appointed director of the Smithsonian's Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, effective Sept.
14 hrs ago | Hampton Roads Daily Press
Nature events Saturday, June 22: Native plant walk, osprey watching...
Join Helen Hamilton on a plant walk at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 22, to see aquatic wildflowers and grasses.
$1 million gift to add market building to Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg plans to reconstruct a market house on its grounds with the help of a $1 million gift from one of the owners of McLean-based Mars Inc. The market house is the third major historic reconstruction funded by Forrest Mars Jr. of Big Horn, Wyo., since 2007 with gift funds totaling $11 million.
Va. site of Pocahontas rescue will be preserved
John Smith from death. That's a fanciful footnote for many Virginia Indians, historians and archaeologists, who say the real story is that this land was the center of a complex, sprawling empire ruled by Powhatan long before the first permanent English settlement in American was founded in 1607.
W. M. Jordan proposes $250 million project for Newport News with research component.
W. M. Jordan Co. in Newport News has proposed a $250 million mixed-use project for its hometown that would bring a new research center to a prime piece of land adjacent to the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
Millburn Township resident commissioned as Army second lieutenant
Township resident Paul Charles "PJ" Judge graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in history from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg Va.
Singer, musician nurtures Appalachian tradition
Appalachian ballads passed down from generations of Scots-Irish and British settlers is a tradition that could easily die out.
Richard Bland and Southside Regional Medical Center Partner for...
The stated purpose of the agreement is to continue to develop and expand a framework of cooperation between SRMC and RBC to mutually benefit both organizations and the communities they serve.
St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church welcomes new pastor
St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church recently announced that it has a new pastor: Father Douglas K. Clark.
KU's Phi Beta Kappa chapter inducts 91 new members
Robert Rowland, president of KU's Phi Beta Kappa chapter and professor of communications, presided at the May 19 ceremony.
The Common Data Set Part 2: An amazing college search tool
Connecting with the Common Data Set for a particular college or university will provide you with a wealth of information to kick start your college search.
W&M executive M.B.A. students headed to China
Starting in the fall, incoming students in the College of William and Mary's executive M.B.A. program will spend a week in China.
523 colleges compete for recycling honors
The results are official! The 2013 college recycling champs have been announced by RecycleMania , and the University of Missouri-Kansas City was crowned national Grand Champion by finding ways to recycle 86.02 percent of overall waste during three weeks of competition.
William and Mary graduate to be named head of FBI
In this photo, College of William and Mary graduate James Comey speaks at the school's 2009 Opening Convocation ceremony.
Pulaski native awarded Teacher of the Year
Henrico County Public Schools have awarded this year's Teacher of the Year to Pulaski native Taylor Snow.
Dustin Allison was riding in an armored vehicle at the head of a convoy in Iraq one morning in 2007 when an improvised explosive device went off, killing the driver and leaving Allison badly wounded.
Vets Disability Benefits: Law Schools Curb Backlog
Legal clinics run by law schools are being touted as a possible way to help reduce the significant backlog of veterans' disability benefits claims in the country.