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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 […]

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 […]

Reflecting Along the Journey

Members of the Davis & Elkins College community are familiar with the historic campus mansions of Graceland and Halliehurst. But did you know there’s a third historic home on campus? In 1936, construction […]

Reflecting Along the Journey

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 […]

Davis & Elkins College Proudly Welcomes Freshmen Residents to Glory Residence Hall

Davis & Elkins College opened the doors of its state-of-the-art residence hall to students of the Class of 2028 on Saturday morning. The building features one hundred beds for residents, as well as […]

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“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 […]

Reflecting Along the Journey

Dr. Franklin Tanner Capps is the new Benfield-Vick Chaplain at Davis & Elkins College. His appointment marks a unique collaboration between the College and Davis Medical Center, where he will also serve as […]

Reflecting Along the Journey

“Home” is a powerful concept. Except for “love,” it may be the abstract desire we most long for within our lives. For all of us fortunate enough to grow up in a loving […]