One recent alum and one student at the College filed complaints to the Department of Education alleging that College administrators violated the Clery Act after the complainants were victims of sexual assault or stalking on campus.
The share of Black students increased from 6.8 percent to 7.3 percent, while that of Hispanic students rose from 14.8 percent to 15.5 percent. The proportion of white students decreased from 45.3 percent to 42.7 percent, and the proportion of Asian students fell from 12.6 percent to 11.5 percent.
The College has formed the First-Year Housing Working Group, chaired by Senior Associate Dean of Campus Life Doug Schiazza, to evaluate changes to the College’s first-year housing system for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Staffing shortages at the Office of Campus Life (OCL), spurred by the departure of five staff members in the last year, have caused delays in the registration process for Registered Student Organizations (RSOs), though other impacts on students have been minimal.
The College updated its policies on posting and protest to reflect conclusions outlined in the final report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Posting and Protest Policies, President Maud S. Mandel announced in an all-campus email on Sept. 9.
This decision follows an announcement in April that the College was considering closing the program at the end of June 2025 due to decades of low enrollment numbers and high expenses, prompting fervent outcry from the program’s faculty, students, and alums.
The Board of Trustees followed the ACSR’s recommendations against divesting from weapons manufacturers and adopting exclusionary environmental, social, and governance standards for investments.
The ACSR offered responses to requests by J4J and Professor of Philosophy Steven Gerrard and issued a final recommendation to the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees.
At tonight’s Town Meeting, to be held at Mount Greylock Regional School at 7 p.m., Williamstown voters will decide on 42 warrant articles, including a provision to allow the construction of cottage court developments that could densify the Town’s housing stock, changes to tax law aimed at lowering the tax burden for low-income residents and seniors, and the first major proposed amendments to the Town Charter since its adoption in 1956.
On Monday afternoon, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jews for Justice (J4J) closed their encampment on Sawyer Quad after President of the College Maud S. Mandel and leaders of the Board of Trustees agreed to a meeting between members of SJP and J4J and at least 19 members of the Board of Trustees.
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jews for Justice (J4J) have continued their encampment on Sawyer Quad into its second week. The encampment, which began at 4 a.m. last Wednesday, joined a wave of campus protests across the nation in which students have set up encampments.
Toby Woods ’27 died on Feb. 21 at the age of 18. He is remembered by those who knew him as a kind friend, a dedicated musician, and an impressive intellectual who cared deeply about his passions and relationships. Fourteen of his family members, friends, and instructors shared memories of Woods with the Record.
