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Davidson College professor receives National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship to translate works by Korean poet Kim Hyesoon. Read more.

Davidson College alumnus and filmmaker Jane M. Wagner delves into the world of online gaming in her documentary Break the Game. Learn more.

School psychologist Katherine Griffin-Erickson ’90 has seen her caseload spike in recent years, most notably since the COVID-19 pandemic. The Davidson College graduate works with elementary school students to manage stressors, including family strife, social media and pandemic learning losses.

Mezzo Soprano Briana Hunter ’08 has dazzled audiences at the world’s top venues, including the Metropolitan Opera House, Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center. As the nation celebrates Black History Month, Hunter, who starred in music and theater productions at Davidson College, has gratitude for those whose work and sacrifices opened doors to her.

Davidson College Theatre Professor Sharon Green captures the voices and experiences of teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic in her new play, “Teaching and Learning in Pandemic Times.”

For more than a decade, the Davidson Impact Fellows program has connected recent Davidson College graduates with organizations across the country that focus on education, healthcare and justice. The fellows build skills, learn from mentors and gain experiences that inform their lives and careers.

The Omicron Delta Kappa Society (ODK) awarded former Charlotte Mayor and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx ’93 with its highest individual award for leadership. Foxx, recently tapped to lead Harvard’s Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership, returned to Davidson College to accept the award. “Throughout his life, Secretary Foxx has leveraged his leadership roles to create opportunities for communities across the nation,” the award says. “He exemplifies the qualities of collaboration and service in his work.”

Three Davidson College students from the German Studies department reflect on a week of independent research in Berlin with their professor and thesis advisor. From plays to museums to food, learn more in this photo essay.

Davidson College alum Anthony Foxx named co-director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School. Learn more.

A Davidson College capstone project about North Carolina’s death row showed Tim Saintsing ’98 that low academic achievement often preceded a death sentence. That steered the course of his life in public education, leading him to co-found the country’s first boys only charter school in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant area, and now, as executive director of KIPP NC charter schools.

As assistant superintendent of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Timisha Barnes-Jones ’92 specializes in leadership development and school transformation. She reflects on how partisan differences and increased political polarization obstruct America's responsibility to provide a strong education for all children.

Consumer sentiment toward the economy might not seem to line up with economic realities, but Davidson College’s expert sources caution that there are some concrete reasons for the apparent mismatch. Here, they examine where we are now and what’s ahead.

Randolph Lewis ’91, his wife, Abigail Jennings, and two other families started their charter school in 2012 with 20 kindergarten and first graders in two rooms in a historic house. Today, Pioneer Springs Community School is a K-12 public nature-based charter school with nearly 600 students.

Explore Davidson College’s beautiful campus and ample student activities as captured through the perspective of Mikayla Bowens’s iPhone camera.

Brittany Murray’s life in public education started as a student, she’s now a public policy expert and the parent of four children in public school. Murry, the Malcolm O. Partin Assistant Professor of Educational Studies and Political Science at Davidson College, specializes in K-12 public education policy.

Adolescence can be a tough time, but it’s also a time of tremendous growth and change. Catherine Bagwell, the Virginia Lasater Irvin Professor of Psychology at Davidson College and an expert on adolescent social development, offers advice for parents and caregivers.

Jacquelline Nyakunu ’26 discusses her chemistry and biology research as part of RISE, an undergraduate research opportunity for Davidson College students. 

Itziri Gonzalez-Barcenas ’19 grew up as an undocumented immigrant and has worked toward finding humane solutions to help others. A former student leader at Davidson College, she has been named a Schwarzman Scholar and will spend a year in a fully funded master’s degree program in global affairs in Beijing, learning from some of the world’s top educators, economists, and political, diplomatic, and non-profit leaders. Learn more.

Mikayla Bowens ’27 had always been a good student, but as a West Charlotte High School freshman, found the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting her school experience and sense of well-being. She considered not attending a four-year college until she came across the DuBoisian World Scholars Society, led by a group of Davidson College students who inspired her to go to Davidson.

Five students from the western United States share what it was like to move to the east coast for college and offer advice for prospective students considering the decision to attend an east coast school like Davidson College.