William & Mary Alumni Association

COVID-19 Update

While the situation around the COVID-19 outbreak is evolving every day, we are taking additional proactive measures that will protect our W&M community, on and off campus. The university has released policies to safeguard our students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends. These include canceling all university events through May 1, including Traditions Weekend. Some may be rescheduled or conducted virtually. We will keep you updated of any changes.

We are enormously grateful to those in our community who are giving during a time of so much uncertainty. To facilitate this wonderful desire to provide assistance, we have gathered a list of funds that can be put to immediate use for emergency needs. These funds include:

HEART (Health, Emergencies, And Resources for the Tribe) Fund (4681) provides financial assistance to meet unexpected needs of W&M students for a wide range of emergency situations.

Studio for Teaching & Learning Innovation (4774) provides support for our faculty's most immediate needs as they work to re-tool their teaching and enhance learning initiatives and innovations in an online environment.

International Student Scholarship Fund (3568) supports the W&M international student community through direct student financial assistance for many uses including emergency grants.

In difficult periods like these, we are reminded of the resilience, strength and compassion of our W&M community. With your help, we can be sure to meet the most pressing needs of our students, faculty, staff and alumni.

You can find updates, additional information and FAQs about the university's response to COVID-19 at https://www.wm.edu/coronavirus.

Please stay well and stay in touch as we navigate this new territory.

Upcoming Events

In this challenging time, it is more important than ever that we stay connected as a W&M community and look out for each other. Though we are not able to gather in person, we recognize how powerful it can be for us to come together virtually to support and learn from each other.

The William & Mary Alumni Association offers many ways to stay involved virtually, and a full list is available on our Virtual Engagement Opportunities webpage.

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Mar 18

Maria Donoghue Velleca selected as William & Mary dean of Arts & Sciences Maria Donoghue Velleca, an accomplished scholar and award-winning educator who served as senior associate dean for faculty affairs and strategic planning at Georgetown University’s College of Arts & Sciences, has been selected as William & Mary’s dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences.

Feb 13

The Beautiful Ones: Dan Piepenbring ’08 on his Time with Prince When Prince died in 2016, many thought that was the last we would hear from this talented performer. However, at the time of his death, Prince was working with Dan Piepenbring ’08 on a book about his life.

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Feb 11

Forrest Gander ’78, Pulitzer Prize Winner Since his time as an undergraduate at William & Mary, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in geology and started to become more serious about his interest in poetry, Forrest Gander ’78 has had an illustrious career.

Jan 30

Film “Solo Orange” faces anxiety and depression head on With the William & Mary talent behind “Solo Orange,” it’s no wonder that the short film is dominating the contest circuit.

Jan 24

Enjoy a blizzard of William & Mary alumni and faculty books Grab a cup of your favorite hot beverage, prop up your feet and get lost in the warmth of a good book by W&M alumni and faculty, the latest collection profiled here in the W&M Alumni Association Magazine's quarterly book roundup.

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.