What do your professors do outside of the classroom? On Sept. 12, former Visiting Professor of Political Science Beth Wellman won $1 million on the season finale of Fox’s game show Beat Shazam.
This past Saturday, the College’s Free Store officially opened for business. The student-run store will provide clothing, school supplies, and household items free of charge to those who visit the cozy Wightman Room on the second floor of Goodrich Hall during the coffee bar’s open hours.
Catherine Debenham gives a first-person account of her experience at Special Collections' Transcribe-a-Thon event, where she reproduced letters from a president of the College written in the 1830s.
Every month, 60 to 90 students sign up in groups on a first-come, first-served basis to take their professors “out to dinner” or, at least, to a three-course meal at the Faculty House. September marked the revival of the beloved program, which is organized by the Office of Campus Life and Dining Services, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
An unsatisfactory orientation experience as a first-year student that led Laschever to imagine a different start for first-years at the College. In his senior year, he helped establish Williams Outdoor Orientation For Living as First-years (WOOLF), which is now a four-day wilderness adventure orientation program, alongside a group of students two years below him.
The Record spoke to three students who have had off-campus jobs at Spring Street businesses as they discussed their observations on Town-Gown relations.
The Record spoke to four students who transferred last year about their experiences before Williams, their transitions to life at the College, and how they’ve found community despite their nontraditional college paths.
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