community & Joy and rest IN THE BICENTENNIALEach month of the Society of Alumni bicentennial year focuses on a core theme. June has been all about community, as we welcomed the Class of 2021 to our alumni family, hosted an open-to-all virtual reunion, and continue to reinforce through events and stories that Williams is so much more than a campus. For the rest of the summer, we'll honor the values of joy and rest, taking a pause to focus on self-care and self-reflection, before coming together to celebrate the Society's birthday in September —DREAM about traveling again after this Williams@Work webinar with industry experts Jennifer Washburne ’86, Jeninne Lee-St. John ’98, and Mark Rothman ’05, June 23 at 12 p.m. ET.
And, in case you missed it:
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An Epic Reunion Story Leigh Winter Martin '99 shares a tale in which, thanks to a rip in the space-time continuum, the classes of centuries past have all descended upon Williamstown for an epic reunion weekend. It promises to be one for the ages —or at least one from the archives.
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You can make a difference todayThe Alumni Fund closes June 30. Join thousands of fellow alumni, families, and friends with a gift in support of what matters most to you. Give online or learn more.
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your input is needed for campus plan! What is a campus plan? The purpose of the plan is to establish a long-term vision that ensures that each move Williams makes contributes to a holistic future vision for the campus. The plan should wrap up in Fall 2022.
Keep an eye out in EphNotes for more ways to get involved with the campus plan!
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News from the college
Celebrating the Senior Class
A New Issue of Williams MagazineThe spring 2021 issue of Williams Magazine landed in mailboxes and online last week. A continuation of the CASE Circle of Excellence Award-winning fall 2020 issue that asked the question, “How did we get here?” this issue asks, “Where are we now?” Read about the female codebreakers of World War II, a Claiming Williams conversation, the path to a historic election in Georgia and more. Faculty and Staff in the NewsStudent Achievements
Jonathan Deng ’21 received The Class of 1945 Florence Chandler Memorial Fellowship. With the $30,000 grant, the economics and math major will travel to Hong Kong, India, and Thailand to explore the intersections of queer diasporic Asian performance and socioeconomic policy—with plans to perform within the communities.
Art and MusicThe New York Times calls “Close to You,” curated by Nolan Jimbo MA ’21 for MASS MoCA, “a balm after a year in which so many had to learn how to maintain connections with loved ones in new, unfamiliar ways.”
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