Letters from the President

John Derbyshire’s Scheduled Appearance at Williams

Today I am taking the extraordinary step of canceling a speech by John Derbyshire, who was to have presented his views here on Monday night. The college didn’t invite Derbyshire, but I have made it clear to the students who did that the college will not provide a platform for him. Continue reading »

Dean of the College Appointment

I’m delighted to report that, after consultation with the Faculty Steering Committee, I have asked Marlene Sandstrom, Hales Professor of Psychology and last year’s director of the Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford (WEPO), to serve as dean of the college, and she has accepted. Continue reading »

Caring for Community

The solidarity our students and other community members showed yesterday for their peers on other campuses was an inspiring demonstration of support. It was also an important reminder of all the work still to be done—here and everywhere—to create a society that’s free of discrimination, in which all members are valued and have equal opportunities to thrive. Continue reading »

Value Proposition

To the Williams Community, Williams—the very idea of it, as well as this beautiful campus—has endured for more than 200 years. And for all of those years since our founding, each time we’ve welcomed a new group of first-year students and started the semester with great excitement and anticipation, the… Continue reading »

Williams-Exeter Programme Appointment

To the Williams Community, I am delighted to announce that Professor Gretchen Long has accepted our invitation to become director of the Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford University (WEPO). Her term of service will be two years, starting July 1, 2016. Gretchen has been a member of the History… Continue reading »

Openings

It’s about taking every available opportunity to deepen our understanding of others in our community, rather than insisting on conformity to familiar ways of being that make us comfortable. Continue reading »