Category: Faculty & Staff Blogs
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A Turn About The Garden
Today, I took a turn about the Sunken Garden, the large beautiful lawn in the middle of William & Mary’s old campus. It’s a habit I developed for when the rhythm of my day seems to be precariously tilting toward overwhelm. In those moments, I pull myself away from the inbox and take a lap.…
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What’s to Come in the Spring Timey Wimey
My freshman RA explained to us that Fall Semester winds down while Spring Semester winds up, with time seeming to speed up the closer to Graduation we are. Moving at regular speed, I’ve had the time to think about some of the things I am excited for this semester. MLK Social Justice and Service Program…
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Editing My Leadership
The last assignment we gave to our Women in Leadership course was to write a leadership manifesto which expressed students’ commitments to themselves and others. While being a co-instructor of the course meant the assignment wasn’t for me, I drafted my own as well. I wrote those 100 or so words, and then, because I…
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Words from an Active Citizen
From these experiences with Branch Out I learned that service is a continuous process rather than a single act, one that must be approached with care and intention.
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Because We Care
On Friday, February 7th, 2014, William & Mary celebrated Charter Day, including honoring Laura Godwin ’14 with the James Monroe Prize in Civic Leadership. Laura serves on the executive board of Project Phoenix and is a fixture in the Office of Community Engagement, bringing her joy and commitment to our office and the tutor/mentor program.…
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Giving Of One’s Hands and Heart
My last post was from a speech I gave about service, but this time I’m doing one better. Below Emma Merrill ’13 speaks to the audience at Celebration of Service on the need to give one’s hands and heart to service. Emma’s commitment to social justice, active citizenship and community is an inspiration to many…
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A Kind of Dangerous Unselfishness
Yours will be the story of dangerous unselfishness unleashed
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The Hunger Challenge
November 12th through the 16th, The Office of Community Engagement staff as well as students and faculty at W&M participated in the Hunger Challenge. Based on Food Research Action Center’s SNAP Challenge, participants were given a meal budget of $4.31 per day, equivalent to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, the new version of Food…
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Building & Serving Community with 7 Generations
Want to pet a pony? Meet with K9 Officers? Spend your morning at the Humane Society and an evening with therapy dogs? That’s what I’m going to be doing August 6th-11th on my 7 Generations Pre-Orientation Trip.
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I Will Get Things Done
Learning to meet the demands of William and Mary, however, is what prepared me for the demands of being an Americorps member.
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What Will You Stand Up For?
With Day for Admitted Students coming up this weekend and graduation in about a month, I’ve definitely been thinking a lot about William and Mary’s powerful ability to shape all who come here. Four years from now admitted students who will this weekend be introduced to the Tribe culture, meeting so many amazing individuals and…
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My Own Little Soap Box
I recognize that these listservs have become my own personal soapbox to share information, provide a different perspective, and encourage others to engage.
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We Miss …
To the current William & Mary undergrads and the Class of 2016 that recently gained its first members I say: get to work collecting as many memories as you can. I promise you will cherish them.
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Yet Another Reason I love W&M
“Here you learn as much from students as you do from professors”
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What Do You Mean Our Outfits Aren’t Coordinated?
Both of us stuck to our commitment this morning, but we clearly took different approaches to our non-coordination.