On Friday, July 19, 2019, Bilal Ansari, Assistant Vice President for Campus Engagement and Acting Director of the Davis Center, served as a guest educator at Jerusalem Peacebuilders’ Leadership Institute. Bilal provided youth with three workshops exploring topics of restorative justice, peacebuilding, intercultural communication, ethics, religious pluralism, and… Continue reading »
The Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity is pleased to announce the following Towards Greater Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (TIDE) grant awards. We were thrilled to receive a large number of proposals, an indication of the broad commitment to building and sustaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community. Continue reading »
The Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion sponsors a funding opportunity for members of the college community: the Towards Inclusion, Diversity, & Equity (TIDE) grant program. This program is designed to infuse inclusion, diversity, and equity into all aspects of our campus community. By supporting the community… Continue reading »
On Friday, July 13, 2018, Bilal Ansari, Assistant Director of the Davis Center, served as a guest educator at Jerusalem Peacebuilders’ Leadership Institute. Bilal provided youth with the opportunity to strengthen their personal and professional development and potential for success later in life through exploring topics of identity, intercultural… Continue reading »
Following a competitive application process, four Williams juniors were accepted into the Creating Connections Consortium (C3) Undergraduate Fellowship Program. Cecilia Pou Jove and Toni Wilson will be attending the University of Chicago’s Summer Research Training Program, and MarChé Daughtry and Raquel Douglas will attend Columbia University’s Summer Research Program. Continue reading »
On Tuesday, March 21, 2018, Bilal Ansari, Assistant Director of the Davis Center, participated on a panel titled, Including the Nonreligious in the Interfaith Conversation. Other panelists included Father Carl Chudy, a Catholic priest of The Xaverian Missionaries USA, Tom Krattenmaker, contributing columnist to USA Today and author of Confessions… Continue reading »
On March 3, 2018, four Williams students who are Mellon Mays Undergraduate and Allison Davis Research fellows – MarChe Daughtry, Naomi Francis, Daniel Maes, and Carlos Malache Silva – participated in the 2018 Yale Writing & Research Symposium held at the Center for Teaching in Learning at Yale University. The… Continue reading »
On Friday, November 3, Bilal Ansari, Assistant Director of The Davis Center, gave a keynote address at the Student of Color Leadership Conference organized by the Greater Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) at Allegheny College. The theme of the conference was “Going Back to Our Roots.” His talk focused on… Continue reading »
In early October, Annie Valk, Associate Director of Public Humanities, is presented at the annual conference of the Oral History Association. At the gathering, held in Minneapolis, Valk spoke as part of a roundtable Organizing with Oral History in the Trump Era. With support from the Dean of Faculty and Office… Continue reading »
On Thursday, May 25, Anne Valk, Associate Director of Public Humanities, spoke at the Oral History Symposium organized by the Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center at Berkshire Community College. Her talk focused on elements of planning an oral history project. Valk frequently guides students on oral history projects and recently… Continue reading »