Wherever You Are

Earlier this year, William & Mary’s women’s basketball team made history when they reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time. Alumni, family, friends and staff traveled to Texas to cheer vociferously, while watch parties happened on campus and in multiple cities.

This outpouring of support was a quintessential display of what makes our community special: We show up for one another and we care deeply. At a time when the fast pace of life can make human connection difficult, we create opportunities for community — because we know that regardless of what life brings, a strong network of family and friends provides joy, fulfillment and security.

In this edition of my Alumni Focus, I wanted to highlight two ways the Alumni Association cares for you and serves each of its more than 116,000 members.

Working with our volunteers, we create meaningful opportunities for alumni and friends to connect, celebrate and strengthen the W&M community. In 2024, we helped host more than 100 regional events, including social gatherings, museum tours, service projects and more. We celebrated the winter holidays with 27 Yule Log ceremonies across the U.S. and abroad. Eight Welcome to the City Events helped our newest graduates find their local W&M community. In October, more than 4,000 people gathered for Homecoming & Reunion Weekend, and this year, we hosted our inaugural Mosaic Weekend in June and will offer Women’s Weekend in September. See a full calendar of events at magazine.wm.edu/alumni-calendar.

Collaborating with the Office of Career Development & Professional Engagement, the Alumni Association promotes the lifelong learning of our community. This February, we helped to support the annual Professional Development Week. If you missed it, see “Seven Strategies fo Success” for highlights and links to the videos. To keep the conversations going all year, W&M offers One Network, an online platform exclusively for our community to connect, find professional resources and support each other’s career journeys.

I love my job. At the Alumni Association, I get to help deepen W&M’s value of belonging every day. I hope you’ll take advantage of some of our offerings, wherever you are.