College of William and Mary News

Richard Bland, the Commonwealth's premiere residential two-year College located in Petersburg, has received 1050 applications as of April 10, while the same time a year ago they had just over 500.

The Upper School Chorus, Show Choir and Orchestra at Ranney School, under the direction of instructors Tess Nielsen, Dorothy Sobieski and John Doyle, traveled to Williamsburg, Virginia April 11-13 for the Heritage Music Festival.

The 2002 federal legislation commonly referred to as No Child Left Behind defines gifted students as: "Students, children, or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services and activities not ordinarily provided ... (more)

Over the past year, the College of William and Mary and the surrounding Williamsburg area have not been without drug-related controversies.

According to Swem officials, the library's 32 group study rooms were booked a total of 21,274 times last year.

Your College of William and Mary memories are very different from those of the person sitting next to you.

If there is one thing this school has abundantly, it's passionate people. The enthusiasm that pulsates throughout the College of William and Mary community amazes me and was one of the principle reasons I applied here in the first place.

Symbols of cancer survival and purple ribbons wrapped around the trees welcomed participants to the annual Relay for Life at the College of William and Mary.

When the University's Board of Regents convene for their monthly meeting Thursday, they will vote on an agenda filled largely with personnel items, including the appointments a new LSA dean ; the vice provost for inclusion, equity and academic affairs and the chancellor of the University of Michigan-Flint.

Gene Nichol, a UNC-Chapel Hill law professor, wrote a column last month in which he urged an end to the "unforgivable war on poor people" in North Carolina.

"You never see the face, which is good. If I saw the face I think I'd have a heart attack."

Education Graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1999 with a bachelor of arts; degrees in English and elementary education.

Of the 14,500 applications for the Class of 2018, the College of William and Mary offered admission to 4,700 students.

Colin Danly '15 and Kendall Lorenzen '15 were sworn in to their positions as SA president and vice president April 9. COLLEEN TRUSKEY / THE FLAT HAT Friends, family, students and administrators gathered in the Sir Christopher Wren Chapel Wednesday evening for the swearing-in of the new members of the Student Assembly.

Ballet and Bhangra may seem to have little in common, but the two dance styles may soon be united through the creation of a dance council at the College of William and Mary.

The extension comes just as high school seniors are receiving their admission decisions, giving them an additional option for their college future.

Maya Angelou 's appearance at the College of William and Mary , originally set for April 15, has been canceled due to illness, the college announced Thursday.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., April 8 -- The College of William and Mary issued the following news story: H. Wade Minter, the chief technology officer at a company that provides web and mobile services to five million users, stood in Swem Library, looked out upon the frantic final minutes of William & Mary's first 24-hour hackathon and talked about the ... (more)

This January , the ten-year-old son of biology department chair Lizabeth Allison taught two sections of introductory biology.

When you think of dancing, the image that probably comes to mind is the last overheated, crowded dance party your friends dragged you to.