Dear faculty, staff and students, The Williams Board of Trustees held their Fall 2021 meeting virtually last Friday, October 8. Following is a summary of topics and votes. This roundup and summaries from past meetings are always available via the archive on the… Continue reading »
Williams faculty, staff and students, As I mentioned in my Start of Semester email, Dean of the College Marlene Sandstrom and Provost Dukes Love will step down from their administrative roles next June after six years of service. They will rejoin the faculty as Hales Professor… Continue reading »
Williams faculty and staff, As promised, I write to share some remembrances of Brown Professor of History, Emeritus, and former Interim President and Dean of the Faculty Bill Wagner, who passed away yesterday. One of the most telling things I can say about Bill is that he was well-known, admired… Continue reading »
Williams faculty, students and staff, Welcome back. Those words have rarely carried as much meaning for me as they do this fall. Today is the start of Williams’ first fully in-person semester since Fall 2019. Two years ago, “in-person semester” seemed like a redundancy. Continue reading »
Williams faculty, staff and students, As you know, the Covid outlook is continually shifting, and Berkshire County is currently in the midst of a relative surge. Our campus masking and vaccination mandates were designed to reduce the chance of transmission and severe symptoms. And I am… Continue reading »
Williams students, faculty and staff, As I explained in my message last week, I have been closely watching the Covid numbers in our state and region. Soon after I sent that email the CDC moved Berkshire County into their “Substantial Risk” and then most recently “High… Continue reading »
Williams faculty, staff and students, Some of you have understandably started to inquire about plans for the fall term. People are wondering whether the college will make changes in response to the rise of the Delta variant, emerging data on breakthrough infections or the CDC’s newly-revised… Continue reading »
To the Williams community Williams has repeatedly voiced our support for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) and its participants. Today I write to reaffirm that support in the wake of a new, although hopefully temporary setback to the program. Since 2012, DACA… Continue reading »
Williams faculty, staff and students, After a competitive national search, I am pleased to announce that Michael Wagner, currently Chief Financial Officer at Dartmouth College, will join Williams as our next Vice President for Finance and Operations and College Treasurer, starting August 30, 2021. He will… Continue reading »
Dear faculty, staff and students, While campus shifts into summer mode, I’m writing to share a summary of the June 2021 Board of Trustees meeting—the last for this academic year. The meeting was held virtually last Friday, June 4. It was likely the last of our… Continue reading »
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