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Reflecting Along the Journey

It all started with her smile. The rest is history. Such is the love story of two Davis & Elkins College alumni who experienced Cupid’s arrow just in time for Valentine’s Day. Kaylee Yergeau was among the first students I met upon my arrival at D&E in 2016 as...

Reflecting Along the Journey

The pine tree branches outside my window are heavy with falling snow, and the wind feels cold even from the warmth of the house. Writing this column a few days ahead of its distribution, the holiday break has provided both solace and perspective as we prepare for the...

Reflecting Along the Journey

As Davis & Elkins College’s fall semester winds down and Christmas nears, our campus feels more than ever like home. For many of our students, D&E is not simply where they study—it is where they live, grow, worship, celebrate, and find belonging. In countless...

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...

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...