President’s Office

Reflecting Along the Journey
It is not often you find yourself standing alone in a 16,000-square-foot home, but recently I had that experience. There was a deafening silence that made the elegance of my surroundings all the […]

Reflecting Along the Journey
Dear Campus Community, ���In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, in the bleak midwinter, […]

Reflecting Along the Journey
Dear Campus Community, Lacking a crystal ball to know the future, important decisions at a college are ideally based on all knowable facts, sound reasoning, and laser focus on what is best for […]

Reflecting Along the Journey
Dear Campus Community, Davis & Elkins College is a private, residential, faith-based, liberal arts institution. Central to our mission for the past 116 years has been a commitment to the liberal arts, meaning […]

Reflecting Along the Journey
Dear Campus Community, ���What���s in a name?��� asked William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet.��Last week we honored a faculty and a staff member with two very special awards. Dr. Katherine Osborne, Associate Professor […]

Reflecting Along the Journey
Dear Campus Community, ���This is not your father���s Oldsmobile.��� Those my age or older will recognize and understand this phrase, even though its meaning is likely lost on most of today���s students. Nonetheless, […]

Reflecting Along the Journey
Dear College Community, As a cacophony is a discordant mixture of sounds, the year 2020 has been the equivalent for our life experiences.��Coronavirus, elections, and economic worries among others have added to the […]

Reflecting Along the Journey
Dear Campus Community, “A life of service is a life well and greatly lived.” — Omoakhuana Anthonia An era came to an end last Saturday at Davis & Elkins College. Dr. Gloria M. […]

Dr. Gloria Payne 1921-2020
Dear Campus Community: It is with a heavy heart that I share that Dr. Gloria Payne, Professor Emeritus of Davis & Elkins College, passed away Saturday evening. Dr. Payne died peacefully at her […]

Dear College Community – September 2020
Webster defines “transform” as to change in composition, appearance, character or condition. Frequently I have used the term transformative to describe the educational experience of our students at Davis & Elkins College. I […]