William & Mary Alumni Association

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Thinking Forward: A Conversation About the Future of Knowledge, Work and Service

Washington DC Alumni Panel & Reception: Connect the Dots, Relationship Based Networking

W&M Denver Breakfast & Business Cards

W&M Chicago Breakfast & Business Cards

Law Online Networking Hour

Alumni Magazine - Current Issue

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Pocket Full of Sunshine Pocket Sun '13 is changing venture capital. And she's only 27. One Hundred Years In February 1918, the Virginia General Assembly authorized William & Mary to admit women students for the fall semester. When women came to the university, Mary didn’t just join William, she saved William. The Wikiman Steven Pruitt ’06 has more than 2.5 million Wikipedia edits as of July 2 — the most of any Wikipedia editor.

Year in Review: A bold impact in 2018 Year in Review: A look back at the stories we covered in 2018.

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Pilot, Incubate, Partner, Impact: Helping W&M take global problem solving to scale William and Mary’s Global Research Institute (formerly known as the Institute for the Theory & Practice of International Relations) is celebrating 10 years of empowering teams of students and faculty to make a difference in the world.

Giving back on Giving Tuesday Now that Thanksgiving is over and you can look beyond leftovers, travel plans and doorbuster sales, remember to keep William & Mary in mind on Giving Tuesday.

The tale of two pennies So you arrive at law school and discover another student with nearly the exact same name. That’s what happened when Jim Penny J.D.’83 and Jim Penney J.D. ’83 became 1Ls in August 1980. The confusion — and a great, lifelong friendship — began almost immediately.

Forty years ago, W&M women made waves In October 1775, the Continental Congress voted to arm two vessels with crew and weapons for the purpose of intercepting British transports heading to North America — so was born the U.S. Navy. It was not until 203 years later, in July 1978, that Judge John Sirica, still infamous from his pivotal role in the Watergate case, ruled that it was unconstitutional for Congress to bar women from serving on U.S. Navy ships. That November, a handful of women made history when they became the first female crew members of a non-hospital naval vessel.

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BANK OF AMERICA® CASH REWARDS

Earn cash back on your purchases and show your support for the William & Mary Alumni Association with the Bank of America® Cash Rewards credit card for the William & Mary Alumni Association.

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W&M ALUMNI BRICK

Your days at William & Mary made a lasting impression on your life. Now it's time to make a lasting impression on your alma mater by placing a personalized brick in the Elizabeth J. and Thomas C. Clarke ’22 Plaza of the Alumni House.

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W&M ALUMNI HOUSE

The William & Mary Alumni House expansion and renovation project will make the Alumni House — which sits along Richmond Road next to Zable Stadium — one of the largest social gathering spaces on campus and in Williamsburg, at nearly 55,000 square feet. Construction began in spring 2018 and is expected to end in spring 2020.

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GIVING BACK & PAYING IT FORWARD

The William & Mary Alumni Association has a goal of creating a world-class alumni engagement program. Alumni engagement is about keeping William & Mary people connected — with each other and the university. A world-class university deserves and needs a world-class alumni engagement program.

Help us do more than we have ever done.