Follow-up to the last post: Col. Larry Wilkerson, W&M professor and chief of staff to Colin Powell during the Bush administration, making his default facial expression on the front page of MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” website.
Intermission: Harking
My favorite thing to do on Tumblr is still periodically searching for the “William and Mary” tag - as a way to connect with alumni, current students who I haven’t met yet, and friends I didn’t know were on Tumblr, and to welcome, reassure, or offer guidance to incoming freshmen and transfer students.
I love my school. Hark upon the gale.
The discovery of this Georgia O’Keeffe painting hanging unprotected on William and Mary’s campus is what sparked the idea of a campus art museum. Check out our official website to learn more about the founding of the Muscarelle!
The Muscarelle Museum of Art is on Tumblr. WHY DIDN’T ANYONE TELL ME?!?
The College is not a Wren Building or a Sunken Garden or a Crim Dell or a Yule Log or even a touching Candlelight Celebration—it is, instead, an unvanquished movement of the spirit, an unyielding habit of the heart. A belief, proclaimed self-evident, in the dignity and worth of each of us. In a fraternal good more potent and uplifting than selfish and contending screed. In the power of discovery and the potential of imagination in the mind made free. In a search for value and character that inevitably unfolds as a love of truth. In knowledge employed to promote the happiness and welfare of all rather than the narrowed interest of those whom fortune and circumstance have imbued with temporary ascendancy. In a sense of blessing and obligation—bound by neither time nor place—but dwelling at the core—traveling with us to unknown and unknowable shores. A tug essential to remember and that, remembered, brings us home.
Congratulations and Godspeed. Go Tribe. And hark upon the gale.
The conclusion of the then-President of the College of William & Mary Gene Nichol’s 2006 commencement remarks. Read or listen to the entire speech here.
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is Starbucks’ newest barista!
We jest. Today, Starbucks announced that Gates joined the company’s board, and will serve on its nominating and corporate governance committee. Gates was appointed Secretary of Defense by George W. Bush in 2006, and retired in 2011 after just under three years with the Obama Administration. Prior to joining the Starbucks board, Gates was acting as chancellor for the College of William & Mary, his alma mater. (SFB illustration) source
Bob Gates: national security, William & Mary, and coffee. You are my hero.
![“Fun on the last days of classes can occur in ways that respect other people and yourself. There are plenty of them.”
- College of William & Mary President W. Taylor Reveley, III
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“Fun on the last days of classes can occur in ways that respect other people and yourself. There are plenty of them.”
- College of William & Mary President W. Taylor Reveley, III
[Photo completely unrelated]
I MUST SHARE THIS WITH THE WORLD.
Ten years after The Mountain Goat’s “Tallahassee,” Zach Baron returned to Florida with singer-songwriter John Darnielle to search for remnants of the album’s mythic inspiration. What he found is a lesson on people who make things, people who enjoy them, and the space between the two.
Breaking: John Darnielle—who moonlights as a reproductive rights activist—is still awesome.
Very lucky to have just had William & Mary host John Darnielle and The Walkmen this past weekend as part of WCWM Fest. “Still awesome” is right.
