William & Mary Alumni Association

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South Hampton Roads - Speaker Luncheon: Founding of the US Navy... and RUM

DC Metro - Fairfax "Wrenaissance" Book Club

DC Metro - Volunteer at DC Central Kitchen - Sold Out

NYC - W&M Head Over Heels!

Chicago - Tribe vs. UIC Flames Men's Basketball Game

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.

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.

$1M scholarships gift to help active duty or veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces at the business school On Veterans Day, William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business is announcing a $1 million commitment from Dan Akerson P ’00 and his late wife Karin Akerson P ’00, to create a scholarship for students who are active duty or veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces enrolled in the business school.

The haunted history of Dillard Complex Three miles away from campus, the remnants of Dillard Complex lay empty, absent of new residents and in need of a landscaping job. What once resided within those walls? Most know the complex as home to Hughes Hall and Munford Hall, William & Mary dorms which housed students from 1965 to 2006. In the past, however, their halls were filled with the nurses and doctors of Eastern State Hospital, the first public mental hospital in the country.

Fall Tribe Book Roundup Celebrate National Book Month this October with a good read, especially those found in The Gale quarterly roundup of recently published titles by the William & Mary community.

Inspiring Storytelling: Scholarships Luncheon 2018 The theme of this year’s scholarships luncheon was past, present and future, with an emphasis on storytelling from several students and alumni whose lives have been transformed by the power of scholarships. So many in the crowd of more than 400 donors and scholarship students left the luncheon saying they felt inspired, hopeful and energized — wanting to hear more about how For the Bold’s top priority is impacting the trajectory of so many lives and the future of the university.

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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.