The College of William &Mary in Virginia,is a public research university in Williamsburg,Virginia. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II,it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and the ninth-oldest in the English-speaking world. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High Research Activity". In his 1985 book Public Ivies:A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities,Richard Moll included William &Mary as one of the original eight "Public Ivies". The university is also one of the original nine colonial colleges.
The University of West Georgia is a public university in Carrollton,Georgia. The university offers a satellite campus in Newnan,Georgia,select classes at its Douglasville Center,and off-campus Museum Studies classes at the Atlanta History Center in Atlanta,Georgia. A total of 12,769 students,including 8,454 undergraduate and 4,315 graduate,were enrolled as of Fall 2023. The university is also one of four comprehensive universities in the University System of Georgia.
Clark Atlanta University is a private,Methodist,historically black research university in Atlanta,Georgia. Clark Atlanta is the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the Southern United States. Founded on September 19,1865 as Atlanta University,it consolidated with Clark College to form Clark Atlanta University in 1988. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity".
William Wyatt Bibb was a United States Senator from Georgia,the first governor of the Alabama Territory,and the first Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama. Bibb was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party and served as governor of Alabama until his death on July 10,1820,from a horse riding accident. He is the first of only three people in U.S. history to be elected a U.S. Senator from one state and the governor of another. Bibb County,Alabama,and Bibb County,Georgia,are named for him.
Christopher Newport University (CNU) is a public university in Newport News,Virginia. It was founded in 1960 as Christopher Newport College,an extension school of the College of William and Mary for mid-career working professionals,members of the military,and non-traditional students in and around the Newport News area of the Hampton Roads region. The university has since expanded into a residential college for traditional students.
The Seven Society is the most secretive of the University of Virginia's secret societies. Members are only revealed after their death,when a wreath of black magnolias in the shape of a "7" is placed at the gravesite,the bell tower of the University Chapel chimes at seven-second intervals on the seventh dissonant chord when it is seven past the hour,and a notice is published in the university's Alumni News,and often in the Cavalier Daily. The most visible tradition of the society is the painting of the logo of the society,the number 7 surrounded by the signs for alpha (A),omega (Ω),and infinity (∞),and sometimes several stars,upon many buildings around the grounds of the university.
Dumas Malone was an American historian,minister,and biographer. A professor by occupation,Malone spent the majority of his career teaching at the University of Virginia (UVA),where he served as the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History.
Leila Alice Denmark was an American pediatrician in Atlanta,Georgia. She was the world's oldest practicing pediatrician until her retirement in May 2001 at the age of 103,after 73 years. She was a supercentenarian,living to the age of 114 years,60 days.
Timothy B. Tyson is an American writer and historian who specializes in the issues of culture,religion,and race associated with the Civil Rights Movement. He is a senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and an adjunct professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina.
William Heard Kilpatrick was an American pedagogue and a pupil,a colleague and a successor of John Dewey. Kilpatrick was a major figure in the progressive education movement of the early 20th century.
David L. Holmes was an American church historian. He was Walter G. Mason Professor of Religious Studies at the College of William and Mary. He was married to Carolyn Coggin Holmes,executive director of James Monroe's Highland from 1975 to 2012. They had two daughters.
Darlington School is a private,coeducational,college-preparatory day and boarding school in Rome,Georgia founded in 1905. It serves students from pre-kindergarten to grade 12,and is divided into a Pre-K to 8 division and an Upper School division. The student body represents more than 20 countries each year. The Head of School is Brent Bell,the Upper School Director is Chad Woods,and the Pre-K to 8 Director is Hope Jones.
The history of the College of William &Mary can be traced back to a 1693 royal charter establishing "a perpetual College of Divinity,Philosophy,Languages,and the good arts and sciences" in the British Colony of Virginia. It fulfilled an early colonial vision dating back to 1618 to construct a university level program modeled after Cambridge and Oxford at Henricus. A plaque on the Wren Building,the college's first structure,ascribes the institution's origin to "the college proposed at Henrico." It was named for the reigning joint monarchs of Great Britain,King William III and Queen Mary II. The selection of the new college's location on high ground at the center ridge of the Virginia Peninsula at the tiny community of Middle Plantation is credited to its first President,Reverend Dr. James Blair,who was also the Commissary of the Bishop of London in Virginia. A few years later,the favorable location and resources of the new school helped Dr. Blair and a committee of 5 students influence the House of Burgesses and Governor Francis Nicholson to move the capital there from Jamestown. The following year,1699,the town was renamed Williamsburg.
Education in Virginia addresses the needs of students from pre-kindergarten through adult education. Virginia's educational system consistently ranks in the top ten states on the U.S. Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress,with Virginia students outperforming the average in almost all subject areas and grade levels tested. The 2010 Quality Counts report ranked Virginia's K–12 education fourth best in the country. All school divisions must adhere to educational standards set forth by the Virginia Department of Education,which maintains an assessment and accreditation regime known as the Standards of Learning to ensure accountability. In 2008,81% of high school students graduated on-time after four years. The 1984 Virginia Assembly stated that,"Education is the cornerstone upon which Virginia's future rests."
William B. Crawley,Jr. is a Distinguished Professor of History and a historian at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg,Virginia. He is the director of the Great Lives program and teaches the course Great Lives:Biographical Approaches to History and Culture. His primary teaching fields are recent American history and history of the American South.
James Emory Boyd was an American physicist,mathematician,and academic administrator. He was director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute from 1957 to 1961,president of West Georgia College from 1961 to 1971,and acting president of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1971 to 1972.
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda was named Poet Laureate of Virginia by the Governor,Tim Kaine,on June 26,2006. She succeeded Rita Dove and served in this position from June 2006 –July 2008. While serving as Poet Laureate,Carolyn started the "Poetry Book Giveaway Project" and added the "Poets Spotlight" to her webpage highlighting one poet from the Commonwealth each month,in addition to traveling widely to promote poetry in every corner of Virginia.
Celestia Susannah Parrish was an American educator.
Wilbert James "Bill" McKeachie was an American psychologist. He served as president of the American Psychological Association,the American Psychological Foundation and the American Association of Higher Education. He was a longtime faculty member at the University of Michigan and the initial author of McKeachie's Teaching Tips:Strategies,Research,and Theory for College and University Teachers,a widely read book on college teaching that was first published in 1951 and more recently in its 14th edition in 2013.
Beulah Russell,christened Beatrice Beulah Russell and also known as Bulah Russell,was an American mathematician.
Whittenburg teaching a class at a Civil War battlefield
Whittenburg teaching a class at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond,Virginia
Whittenburg,Chairman of the Lyon G. Tyler Department of History at the College of William &Mary
