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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...

Reflecting Along the Journey

Thousands of lifelong friendships have been born on the campus of Davis & Elkins College. At a holiday dinner for international students this past December, Lisa and I met two first-year students whose bond immediately captured our hearts and curiosity. Despite...

A Change in Direction

“Come play for me.” Hearing those words, Isabella (Bella) Martinelli changed directions. She had been prepared to start school at a small college in Wisconsin, ready to play lacrosse and major in Nursing; but, when David Pomeroy said he had the opportunity to coach at...