President’s Office

“Joy to the world, the Lord is Come!” The melodic sounds of the season echoed through Harper-McNeeley Auditorium on Sunday evening as The Davis & Elkins College Concert Choir led a gathering of […]

As these words are penned, I find myself in a reflective mood. The warm glow still lingering from our national holiday of thanks, we now enter the liturgical season of Advent to prepare […]

The jingle from the old Heinz ketchup commercial is playing over and over in my head: “Anticipation…is making it wait.”  Since the onset of the pandemic, I have been waiting for our beloved Graceland […]

When Elkins and Randolph County are healthy and strong, it is good for Davis & Elkins College.  Likewise, D&E being robust and vital is good for Elkins and Randolph County.  The community and […]

Like Teyve in Fiddler on the Roof, I am a respecter of tradition.  In addition to Randolph County residents, students and alumni of Davis & Elkins College experience the annual fall tradition on […]

Confession is good for the soul, so I am coming clean.  Theologians deem pride a sin.  As a college freshman, I sinned.  As an introvert who could have cocooned in my childhood home […]

Situated on a Davis & Elkins College hillside overlooking the Myles Plaza and Lake Tolstead stands a construction site that symbolizes hope for a bright future.  While other higher education institutions struggle for […]

We cried, laughed, reminisced, and gave thanks for a life lived with purpose, insight, wonder, and love.  His life was celebrated on August 6th as former and current students, faculty, staff, fellow writers, neighbors, friends, […]

A cherished memory of my late father was the frequent letters he would write to me.  At the conclusion of each, he would write the phrase, “The journey continues.”  Having adopted that as the theme […]

Elkins, WV – Davis and Elkins College is excited to release the President’s and Dean’s Academic Lists for Spring 2023. The president’s list includes all full-time students who earned a 4.0 grade point […]

It’s a wrap! No, I have not just returned from a Hollywood movie set. Rather, the 2022-23 academic year at Davis & Elkins College ended this past weekend in grand style. On Friday […]

Spring has arrived, albeit in stops and starts, even in Elkins! After the cold and snow of winter in the West Virginia mountains, God’s gift of new life is re-emerging all around us. […]