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What makes a successful sports program? The goal in any athletic contest is to win, and Williams’ record in winning is well-known. But the purpose of an athletic program is to help educate students. It’s possible to pick the most valuable players, but it’s impossible to measure who’s learned the most from their athletic education
The South in Black and White
Professors Leslie Brown and Charles Dew ’58 weave history and memory to help students understand how lives lived on opposite sides of the color line come together in one place. Portraits by Mark McCarty Interview by Peter Murphy “The history of the American South is a racial one, where blacks and whites lived their lives
Typology of a Library
“Libraries can’t stand still, and now is a wonderful moment to reflect on how we got here and where we’re going.” — Michael Lewis In this adaptation of his architecture lecture “Chalices of Words and Light,” Micheal Lewis, the Faison-Pierson-Stoddard Professor of Art History, takes us on a visual tour of the four freestanding libraries
Ideas That Matter
One hundred members of the campus and local communities gathered at the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance on Jan. 25 for TEDxWilliamsCollege. The first event of its kind to be held at the college, the half-day program featured six faculty members and two students who each spoke about topics inspired by ideas explored in
