Category: Convocation

  • Skills of Freedom

    Skills of Freedom

    A year ago, I gave this assignment to students in my community engagement course: Select and practice one skill that you believe will support your own growth and freedom and/or your work for the freedom of others. Over the course of the semester, you will make a plan for practicing the skills, seek feedback from…

  • Finding the Meaning of Life

    Finding the Meaning of Life

    I asked Sonia Kinkhabwala ’21, recipient of the President’s Award for Community Service and member of the Aim 4 civic leadership program, to share her reflections on this moment in her William & Mary story. “We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another.” – Thomas Merton…