Higher Education

Davis & Elkins College has released the president’s and dean’s list for the Fall 2024 semester.  The president’s list includes all full-time students who earned a 4.0 grade point average for the semester, […]

Davis & Elkins College Class of 2025 member, Hannah Phillips, has received the Outstanding Future Educator Award on behalf of the West Virginia Reading Association (WVRA).  This is the inaugural year for the […]

Davis & Elkins College celebrates the addition of its new Biotechnology Education Lab in the Eshleman Science Center, thanks to the generosity and vision of donor Joyce Allen.  The gift provides a modern […]

Davis & Elkins College proudly announces a renewed academic partnership with the Randolph County Board of Education.  This agreement offers the opportunity for Randolph County high school students to participate in in-person classes […]

On a recent flight I had a talkative seatmate. When she discovered I was a private college president, she brought up a subject I frequently hear. It was the same subject I discussed […]

During the 2022 commencement season, our baccalaureate speaker offered a humorous observation congratulating the student-athletes of Davis & Elkins College as the only Senators getting anything done. While I will steer clear of […]

An endowed academic chair is a faculty position that is permanently funded by an endowed gift.  Davis & Elkins College proudly recognizes seven distinguished members of the College as recipients of honorary endowed […]

“Blessing” is a powerful word and a life-altering concept. In our increasingly divided and sometimes toxic society, blessings, both experienced and shared, are a salve on the wounds and pain we experience in […]

Henry P. Porter, Jr., PhD, has declared his intent to fully fund the Henry P. Porter, Sr. and Mary Gravatt Porter Memorial Scholarship during his lifetime. The scholarship is presented in tandem with […]

Davis & Elkins College has once again outpaced its previous performance in U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, moving up to third in overall rankings in the state of West Virginia […]

Sydney Tammarine joins the Davis & Elkins College faculty as Assistant Professor of English, Creative Writing. She brings along nearly a decade of teaching experience and writing consultancy. Tammarine earned her Bachelor of […]

Davis & Elkins College recognized the graduating Class’s Valedictorian and Salutatorian on Saturday, May 11, during Commencement Weekend. Valedictorian, Enrique José García García, and Salutatorian, Kyia Ruth McGill, addressed the Class of 2024 […]