Serve

Alumni, families, and friends lead lives of leadership and service, tirelessly serving the college and their own communities in countless ways.

Please enjoy these stories that highlight extraordinary volunteers making a difference for Davidson and in their communities.

August 21, 2013 About

Student Volunteers Contribute Tech Savvy Effort to Eliminate the Local Digital Divide

A seventh grade girl's recognition that some students in her school suffered educational inequality for lack of a computer in their homes has become a small town success story in elimination of its "Digital Divide." Young Franny Millen's dream of providing…

June 4, 2014 Anthropology

Four Alumni Receive 2014-15 Fulbright Awards

Four Davidson alumni – Ashley Finger '14, John Hengen '14, Minh Nguyen '08 and Trenita Brookshire Childers '05-have been selected as 2014-2015 Fulbright Award recipients. Created by Congress in 1946, the Fulbright program provides grants for students to…

May 27, 2016 Alumni and Family Engagement

Alumnus Earns Medal of Honor, Serves Peacefully at Home

Founded in 1868 as an annual occasion to recall those killed in the Civil War, Memorial Day has come to be observed over the years as a day to honor all those who have served in America's armed forces. Last year, gifts from Davidson alumni funded expansion…

June 5, 2015 Art

A Collection of Collections: Alumni Art Collectors Lend Works for Exhibition

There are two things you might not know about Davidson College. One: the college possesses a collection of more than 3,100 works of art by artists such as Jim Dine, Rembrandt, Delacroix, Kiki Smith and Bruegel. Two: many Davidson alumni and families…

DavidsonServes Award — George Shaw '68 won the alumni award during Davidson's Celebration of Service. Several members of the DavidsonServes for Life Steering Committee helped to honor him.