Vol. 81Fall 2015No. 1

For The Win
Feature
Jill Ellis '88 and U.S. World Cup champions inspire another generation.
2015 Alumni Fellowship Award Recipients
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Meet this year's recipients.
Profiles By Kelley Freund and Ben Kennedy '05
A Place to Call Home
Feature
NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan '83 searches the galaxy for life
The New Syllabus
Feature
Ted Dintersmith '74 reimagines education
Stewards of Know-How
By & Large
For undergraduates in Lisa Landino's lab, chemistry is just the beginning
Drawn Together
By & Large
An alumni couple creates unique characters for children's books
Competitive Excellence
By & Large
Tribe Athletics looks to the future
A Walk Through History
By & Large
William & Mary has launched a new campus walking tour that allows guests to explore the people, places and events in the university’s history.
Accumulating Accolades
By & Large
William & Mary is included in the Princeton Review’s annual guide to the nation’s best colleges, and it also landed on two of the book’s top-20 rankings.
News Briefs
By & Large
Brief stories from Fall 2015 Edition
2015 Coach of the Year
By & Large
Matt Crispino '02
Blended History
By & Large
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s ENLIGHT online learning initiative and the William & Mary School of Education collaborated this past summer to offer the blended course “Teaching with Exhibits in the History/Social Studies Classroom.”
Highliner
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Ida Hall '72 fishes Virginia
Brewed in Beijing
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Alex Acker '00 and Jing-A Brewing ride the Chinese craft beer wave
All That Jazz
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UVJQ has been profiled on NPR, been played extensively on worldwide radio, and has played at landmark jazz festivals across the country.
Bark Upon the Gale
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Alumni Stay Connected from Coast to Coast
Board Notes and Board Votes
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Board Notes and Votes for new Alumni Association members as well as Alumni Service Awards and Honorary Alumni