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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
Thomas Merton wrote, “To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything.” The older I become, the wiser these words seem. Now in the tenth year of my presidency at Davis & Elkins College, I ask your indulgence for a personal reflection in this edition...
D&E Makes History with Launch of First Graduate Program – Master’s in Sport Management Coming Fall 2026
Elkins, W.Va. – Davis & Elkins College will mark a new milestone in fall 2026 with the launch of its first graduate program, a Master of Science in Sport Management, designed for students who want to move quickly into leadership roles in athletics, coaching and...
Reflecting Along the Journey
Davis & Elkins College alumni are coming home. “Home” is magnetic. It tugs at our hearts like a favorite melody, drawing us back again as surely as a moth to a flame. Childhood homes leave their mark, but so do the other “homes” we are blessed to discover once we...
D&E Welcomes New Faculty to Campus
Elkins, W.Va. – Davis & Elkins College has welcomed five new faculty to campus for the upcoming academic year. New additions include Colten Biro, Ph.D.; Rachelle Hill, M.S.N.; Amy Wallingford, D.N.P.; Jenny Pippin, M.A.; and Kelsey Young, Ph.D. Biro, serving in...
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 Students Recognized for High Academic Honors for Spring 2025
Davis & Elkins College has released the president’s and dean’s list for the Spring 2025 semester. The president’s list includes all full-time students who earned a 4.0 grade point average for the semester, while those named to the dean’s list include all...
