Greetings from the President’s Office, and happy new year! I wanted to let you know, as I finish my first week in my new role as interim president, how much I’m looking forward to working with you all. Adam Falk set Williams on a strong path back into fiscal health;… Continue reading »
To the entire Williams community, A presidency can pass in the blink of an eye. It was the fall of 2010, but it seems just yesterday that I stood in Chapin Hall at Convocation to deliver my inaugural address. I’d already been on the job for almost half a year,… Continue reading »
To the Williams community, I write in my role as chair of the college’s Presidential Search Committee, to provide you with an update on the ongoing search process. Many of you responded to the committee’s invitation to provide input on the search. Almost 1,700 members of our… Continue reading »
To the Williams community, I write to share the sad news that Thomas McGill, Hales Professor Emeritus of Psychology, passed away on November 26 after a brief illness. Tom was born in Sharpesville, Pennsylvania, in 1930. As a young man he followed family traditions by attending Sharpesville High School and… Continue reading »
Representative Neal-November 2017-Federal Tax Code Letter… Continue reading »
To the Williams community, It is with deep sadness that I write to inform you that Mary Kate Shea ’81, our college bursar, passed away unexpectedly overnight. Mary Kate was deeply beloved by the innumerable students and families she helped over her five years in that role. She took special… Continue reading »
Williams faculty and staff, I write with sad news about the passing of Marianne (Huttle) Kenney, who retired in 1989 from her position as premedical secretary in the chemistry department. Marianne died on Tuesday at the Soldier’s Home in Holyoke, Mass., at the age of 94. Born in North Adams… Continue reading »
To the Williams Community, I write to follow up on my letter in early September regarding the search for Williams’ 18th President. The Presidential Search Committee has begun its work, with the assistance of a senior team from Spencer Stuart, a national executive search firm with expertise in higher education… Continue reading »
To the Williams Community, I hope you are all enjoying the last days of summer, and looking forward, as I am, to the new academic year. As you know, President Adam Falk recently announced that he will leave Williams at the end of December to become president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. In… Continue reading »
To the Williams community, Welcome back! As you heard over the summer, this term will be my last at Williams, before I move to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in late December. I’ll miss a lot about this place, but what I think I’ll miss the most is our sense… Continue reading »