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Carol Quillen and Davidson are featured in a recent Politico story that makes the case that liberal arts colleges are showing how higher ed can move forward through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Just sit down and start telling your story.

Mary Laura Philpott ’96 draws on that phrase when writer’s block lurks. She adopted it while trying to start her senior thesis, a study of Sylvia Plath’s poetry.

Davidson College Political Science Professor Susan Roberts was already in for a busy fall. Her phone has long been one of the first to ring when reporters are looking to understand North Carolina politics.

The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, just weeks before the 2020 election, has introduced a new dimension to an already-contentious campaign season.

Many things are different this year, but one thing remains the same: Davidson’s newest students enrich the campus community with their many talents and unique attributes.

As a law school intern, Will Hummel worked to enforce immigration laws.

He researched, studied legal precedent and even argued cases for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division. He often felt sympathy for people fighting deportation and wished the laws offered more flexibility—and humanity.

Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, a cautious college is welcoming new and returning students with a message that caring for each other has never been more important.

Davidson College issued a public apology today for its support of slavery during the college’s first 30 years and its embrace of the racist laws and policies that followed.

When a flu pandemic swept the world, most schools and churches in North Carolina closed. In response to the sudden shift in the rhythms of daily life, Robert E. Denny sent a letter to his scouts that drew inspiration from the Boy Scouts of America slogan, “Do a good turn daily.” At that time, Denny, a 1909 Davidson graduate, led the Greensboro Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) as the organization’s first scout executive.

Davidson College will welcome one of America’s foremost historians and leading antiracist voices, Ibram X. Kendi, as the annual Reynolds Lecturer on Tuesday, Sept. 22.