William & Mary Host Ceremony to Commemorate Construction of Memorial to the Enslaved wydaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wydaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hearth: Faculty, staff, students and community members attended the ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on the memorial. Titled “Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved,” the brick structure will resemble a fireplace and will feature the names of people who are known to have been enslaved by the university. Photo by Stephn Salpukas
Hearth: Faculty, staff and alumni push down the top of a brick wall that stands where the memorial will be constructed. Photo by Stephen Salpukas
Hearth: President Emeritus Taylor Reveley LL.D. ’18, W&M President Katherine A. Rowe and Jody Allen Ph.D. ’07 push down a large panel of the wall in the location where the memorial will be constructed.
He taught me what it meant to be Pamunkey : Tribal elder, community activist honored for lifetime of advocating for Virginia Indian communities dailypress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailypress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Innovative leaders in diversity and arts to receive honorary degrees at the university’s 2021 virtual ceremony
Four community builders two longtime professors who made significant strides for diversity and equity at William & Mary and beyond, along with an award-winning chef and entrepreneur and a Virginia Indian tribal leader and artist will be honored by the university during its 2021 Charter Day ceremony.
The event, held annually to mark the day on which the university was founded by British royal charter in 1693, will be presented virtually in accordance with health and safety precautions around the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be streamed on the university’s Charter Day website at 7 p.m. on Feb. 11.