How William & Mary’s unlikely women’s NCAA Tournament bid started with one senior’s speech
“‘Is this who we are? Are we quitters? Are we just going to lay down and fold?’ [Senior guard Bella Nascimento ’25] started calling out herself and all of her teammates on the bus on the way back to William & Mary. I think that sparked the energy that we needed going into practice for the [CAA] tournament and once we won that first game, we did it together.” — Erin Dickerson Davis, head coach for W&M Women’s Basketball
— USA Today, March 20, 2025
William & Mary lands $100 million gift to expand marine sciences school
“There’s just such a high level [of interest] among young people in environmental issues across all disciplines, and this helps educate a whole new army of young people to go out and attack this very critical problem.” — Jane Batten HON ’17, L.H.D. ’19, speaking about her gift establishing the Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences
— The Washington Post, July 24, 2024
The New Ivies 2025: 20 Great Colleges Employers Love
For the second year, Forbes New Ivies has selected 10 outstanding public universities and 10 top private schools that are “attracting the best and the brightest, and graduating students that are outpacing most Ivy Leaguers in the eyes of employers.” The article describes William & Mary as “the most Ivy-like” of the 10 public schools listed and quotes college counselor and certified educational planner Chris Teare as saying the university is “a great option for more scholarly students who relish academic rigor.”
— Forbes, March 26, 2025
The New Rules Governing Student Conduct at Colleges Across the Country
“People are hungry for tools that can help us manage a really difficult time in our national history and on our campuses.” — Ginger Ambler ’88, Ph.D. ’06, P ’24, senior vice president for student affairs and public safety, commenting on William & Mary’s Better Arguments Project
— The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 16, 2024
Lost for centuries, Virginia school for enslaved children gets new life
“It’s this huge burden we feel like we’re carrying … because we feel a responsibility to find these kids.” — Tonia Cansler Merideth, oral historian with the William & Mary Bray School Lab and descendant of one of the Williamsburg Bray School students, discussing work by W&M and Colonial Williamsburg experts to uncover their stories. She emphasized that whatever the intentions of the school’s founders, Bray School children were learning to read and sharing that power.
— The Washington Post, Oct. 30, 2024