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WEBCollege to continue Williams-Mystic Program after considering its closure. Haley Zimmerman • August 31, 2024. This decision follows an announcement in April that the College was considering closing the program at the end of June 2025 due to decades of low enrollment numbers and high expenses, prompting fervent outcry from the program’s ...
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WEBMaya Prakash and Hugh Kane • May 1, 2024. Last Thursday, the third and final installment of the on-campus speaker roundtable “The War in Gaza and the International Context” was interrupted by student protestors affiliated with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), some of whom may face disciplinary action from the College. August 31, 2024.
College to reevaluate first-year housing designations amid …
WEB1 day ago · Theo Duarte-Baird/The Williams Record. The College has formed the First-Year Housing Working Group, chaired by Senior Associate Dean of Campus Life Doug Schiazza, to evaluate changes to the College’s first-year housing system for the 2025-2026 academic year, President of the College Maud S. Mandel announced in …
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WEBHugh Kane • May 8, 2024. Tonio Palmer, former director of entrepreneurship at the ’68 Center for Career Exploration, died on April 28, President of the College Maud S. Mandel announced in a statement. He was 65 years old and battled with a rare cancer, ocular melanoma. Palmer worked at the College from 2017 until his retirement earlier this ...
First-year demographics shift slightly following affirmative action …
WEB1 day ago · The Class of 2028 — the first to enroll at the College after the Supreme Court struck down race-based affirmative action — saw marginal changes in its demographic composition from recent years, according to data that Dean of Admission and Student Financial Services Liz Creighton ’01 provided to the Record.. The share of Black students increased from 6.8 percent to 7.3 percent, while that ...
Students allege Clery Act violations, other errors by College’s Title ...
WEB1 day ago · One recent alum and one student at the College filed complaints to the Department of Education on July 25 and Sept. 17 alleging that College administrators violated the Clery Act after the complainants were …
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WEBMay 1, 2024 · We didn’t leave, we were pushed out: Reflections from JAs serving the Class of 2027. Estefany Lopez-Velazquez, Kyungmin Yook, and Pat Klugman • May 8, 2024. In an op-ed, former and formerly prospective JAs offer their perspective on issues surrounding the JA system and argue for more support from the administration.
One in Two Thousand: Vanya Funez ’26 – The Williams Record
WEB1 day ago · September 18, 2024. Photo courtesy of Vanya Funez. Each week, the Record (using a script in R) randomly selects a student at the College for our One in Two Thousand feature, excluding current Record board members. This week, Vanya Funez ’26 discussed her time at Williams-Mystic, blacksmithing, and healthy sleeping habits.
College admits 7.5 percent of record-high 15,411 applicants to …
WEBMar 31, 2024 · Combined with its early decision cycle, the College received 15,411 applicants for the Class of 2028. The Record calculated the total acceptance rate for the 2023-2024 admission cycle as 7.5 percent — down 2.3 percentage points since last year — marking the lowest rate on record. The acceptance rate for …
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WEBMay 8, 2024 · Megan Lin • April 24, 2024. Each week, the Record (using a script in R) randomly selects a student at the College for our One in Two Thousand feature, excluding current Record board members. This week, Aidan Slovinski ’26 discussed the contemporary art market in Japan, inflation, “WUF time,” and study spots.
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