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Davidson College Launches Free Program to Help Families Navigate College Search, Application Process
When the pandemic canceled Davidson College’s July Experience this summer, the Office of Admission and Financial Aid turned the loss into an opportunity to help prospective students.

Storytime on Main St.: Independent Bookstore Offers Comfort in Great Reads, Songs and Favorite Faces
It’s story time at Main Street Books, and the book lovers jump, clap and even dance.

Davidson Scholar-Athletes Leading Efforts to Fight Social Injustice
As the nation grapples with the issues of race and equality, a number of Davidson Wildcats have been in the news for their leadership.

Argument of a Lifetime: Tom Mew '94 Represented Wrongly Fired Worker in Historic U.S. Supreme Court Case
This past Monday morning, Tom Mew '94 sat in front of his laptop at his home, waiting for his law firm’s weekly Zoom meeting.
As he kept an eye on the teleconference, he also watched a second laptop that showed just one thing: The website of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Life Aquatic: Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Inspire NOAA Hollings Scholar Virginia Gilliland ’22
Virginia Gilliland has spent the past few months feeling like a fish out of the ocean. That’s how life seems when you swam nearly every day since childhood, and a pandemic shuts down pools.

Makayla Binter '20 Turns Art Into Action
Makayla Binter '20 wants to make a difference in the world, and often that means channeling her feelings into art and her art into action. The painting is called “8 minutes and 46 seconds,” the amount of time George Floyd endured an officer's knee on his throat while face down and handcuffed on a Minneapolis street.