Fall 2026 Issue

A Celebratory Start to the Year

October 19, 2026
By W&M Alumni Magazine

Photo By Katie Warner

First-year and transfer students are greeted with applause, cheers and posters with welcoming messages during Opening Convocation as they pass through the Wren Building on their way to the Sunken Garden

First-year and transfer students are greeted with applause, cheers and posters with welcoming messages during Opening Convocation as they pass through the Wren Building on their way to the Sunken Garden. Leading the way are Student Assembly President Nico Giro-Martin ’27 (right) who carries the College Mace, alongside Graduate Council representative David Davenport (left), a doctoral student in the School of Education, who holds the Marischal Mace.