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President Chris A. Wood Signs Five-Year Contract Extension

Elkins, W. Va. – The Davis & Elkins College Board of Trustees, following a unanimous vote, has announced a five-year contract extension for President Chris A. Wood, securing his continued leadership through the 2031 academic year. This marks Wood’s fourth contract...

Davis & Elkins College Named a 2025-2026 College of Distinction

In a higher education landscape often dominated by rankings and test scores, Davis & Elkins College has been recognized for what truly matters: a transformative undergraduate experience. For the 2025-2026 academic year, Davis & Elkins College has been named a...

Feels Like Home

You might think, given her last name, that Chloe Travelstead would have come a long way to attend Davis & Elkins. Yet, it is just 74 miles from D&E to her hometown of Fairmont, West Virginia. Part of the reason for that is that both places give her a strong...

Rereading Nature

          Henry David Thoreau famously said that he “went to the woods” because he “wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if [he] could not learn what it had to teach.” Willow Ferguson has a similar goal, though her approach...