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Related: About this forumW&M swears in first woman president in 325-year history
With her hand atop a Bible, Katherine A. Rowe was sworn in as the 28th president of the College of William and Mary during a ceremony led by Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday.
The Bible was a deliberate choice: known as the Thomson Bible, Rowe selected to borrow it from the special collections of the Swem Library.
It is an original published by Jane Aitken in 1808, the first woman in the United States to publish an English translation of the Bible, making it a fitting choice for the universitys first woman president in its 325-year history.
Our students will, and must, be the intellectual pioneers and moral anchors of our democracy, she said.
With a William and Mary education, our students become effective citizens, able to navigate a changing world with grace: to reflect deeply, to innovative nimbly, to build communities and to live lives of creativity and fulfillment.
More -> http://www.dailypress.com/news/education/dp-nws-william-mary-president-rowe-swearing-in-20180629-story.html#nt=oft12aH-1la1
The Bible was a deliberate choice: known as the Thomson Bible, Rowe selected to borrow it from the special collections of the Swem Library.
It is an original published by Jane Aitken in 1808, the first woman in the United States to publish an English translation of the Bible, making it a fitting choice for the universitys first woman president in its 325-year history.
Our students will, and must, be the intellectual pioneers and moral anchors of our democracy, she said.
With a William and Mary education, our students become effective citizens, able to navigate a changing world with grace: to reflect deeply, to innovative nimbly, to build communities and to live lives of creativity and fulfillment.
More -> http://www.dailypress.com/news/education/dp-nws-william-mary-president-rowe-swearing-in-20180629-story.html#nt=oft12aH-1la1
WTG W&M!
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W&M swears in first woman president in 325-year history (Original Post)
PunkinPi
Jul 2018
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Yonnie3
(17,376 posts)1. I have ties to W&M
My father worked and taught there more than 40 years. My mother and father met there. Both were graduates. My mother, an advocate for equality, would have been overjoyed at this appointment.
It took too long.
PunkinPi
(4,870 posts)2. That's cool about your parents. And for sure, long overdue. nt
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Yonnie3
(17,376 posts)4. Chemistry n/t
appalachiablue
(41,047 posts)5. Good for W & M !!
Duppers
(28,094 posts)6. Wonderful!
Hooray!! I saw that. Took W&M a little longer than some other schools like UVA but so glad they're now living up to that "M" in the school's name.
(An aside, omg, omg, just remembered your pm to me!! Weeks ago now. Dang me!)