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Forward December 2024
On the Cover: Davis & Elkins College Glory Residence Hall. Celebrating community, legacy, and a vision for the future at Davis & Elkins College. To read this issue, click here or on the cover image. Forward is the magazine of Davis & Elkins College Editor: Stacy Kopp Writers: Emma Engle, Willow Ferguson, Scott Goddard, Elizabeth King, Stacy Kopp, Wendy Morgan, Cathy Nosel, Maureen Pasley, Cody Schauman, Linda Skidmore, and Tina Vial. Photographers: Ed Collier, Stacy Kopp, Wendy Morgan, Maureen Pasley, Sam Santilli, and Cody Schauman. Forward magazine is published annually by the Office of Communications & Marketing. To subscribe or to submit your news, please send an email to kopps@dewv.edu or write to Stacy Kopp, 100 Campus Drive, Elkins, WV 26241. All previous issues of Forward Magazine can be viewed from here.
Forward Fall/Winter 2023
On the Cover: Davis & Elkins College President Chris A. Wood, Graduates Anna Ruf and Hussain Hamide. Both are recipients of the 2023 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards. They come from different parts of the world, two vastly dissimilar cultures, and polar opposite paths to D&E. Yet, on our campus where personal growth is cultivated and positive individual characteristics are brought to light, these two award recipients could not be more alike. To read this issue, click here or on the cover image.
Forward is the magazine of Davis & Elkins College
Editor: Stacy Schulman-Kopp
Writers: Stacy Schulman-Kopp, Ryann Moore, Wendy Morgan, Cathy Nosel, Patrick Snivley and Rosemary Thomas
Photographers: Lonnie Martin, Ryann Moore, Wendy Morgan, Maureen Pasley, Hannah Phillips, Hope Rogers, Stacy Schulman-Kopp, Sam Santilli and Steve Santilli
Forward magazine is published twice a year by the Office of Communications & Marketing. To subscribe or to submit your news, please send an email to kopps@dewv.edu or write to Stacy Schulman-Kopp, 100 Campus Drive, Elkins, WV 26241.
All previous issues of Forward Magazine can be viewed from here.
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Reflecting Along the Journey
“Learning in life never stops, even though the student grows older. And if so, the older I become, the younger I am.” These words of wisdom are penned by Dr. David Morrison, a Davis & Elkins College student from 1975-1979, a trustee from 2015-2024, and a Visiting...
Davis & Elkins College and Vandalia Health Davis Health System stablish Mark Doak Award
Davis & Elkins College has partnered with Vandalia Health Davis Medical Center to provide a scholarship for current employees and families to attend D&E. The Mark Doak Award, named in honor of the former CEO for Davis Health System in...
Davis & Elkins College Presents Second Annual Night to Shine Event
Davis & Elkins College proudly hosts the second annual Night to Shine Event on March 15 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Myles Center for the Arts. This event, open to the greater Elkins community and surrounding areas, aims to provide an elegant experience on...
Reflecting Along the Journey
Some call him “Mr. Senator.” Sam Rolle, a fifth-year senior from Riviera Beach, Florida, has made his mark on the basketball court as well as within the Davis & Elkins community. He embodies the four pillars that are the foundation of our “Senator Nation”...
Rustic Mechanicals Bring 2025 Vaulting Ambition Tour to Davis & Elkins College
Davis & Elkins College welcomes the Rustic Mechanicals back to campus for their 2025 Vaulting Ambition Tour, showcasing Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, Macbeth. This performance will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 14th in Joni & Buck Smith...
Reflecting Along the Journey
Senator Stephen B. Elkins, namesake for the town of Elkins and Davis & Elkins College, lived the American dream and an amazing life. As last week’s column described, he left his boyhood home in Missouri to join the Union Army. He eventually journeyed westward on...
