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Ready, Set, This Week in Davidson: Dec. 2 – 8
NEWS Friday – December 2 Christmas in Davidson Continues An annual tradition since 1988, Christmas in Davidson kicks off the holiday season offering the young and young-at-heart three magical nights of holiday family fun! Spin with Us – Hearts on Fiber...
Early Twentieth Century Davidson Medical Doctors
NEWS Davidson’s tradition of fine doctors continued into the twentieth century. One of the early new arrivals was Zoro Knox Justice, who was born in Henderson County on February 22, 1872. He was a man of many interests, and was a dentist, a medical doctor, a lawyer,...
Men’s Basketball Falls to Charlotte in OT Buzzer-Beater
NEWS DAVIDSON — Jackson Threadgill's buzzer-beater capped a Charlotte comeback and delivered a 68-66 overtime 49er victory in Tuesday night's Battle for the Hornets' Nest Trophy rivalry game in Belk Arena. With the loss, Davidson falls to 6-2 overall, while...
Women’s Basketball Falls at Wofford Wednesday
NEWS SPARTANBURG, S.C. – A seven-point second quarter stunted Davidson's offense on Wednesday morning, as the Wildcats fell 72-51 to the Wofford Terriers in non-conference play.Suzi-Rose Deegan flirted with a double-double, as the senior scored 19 points...
Six Wildcats Earn All-Academic PFL Honors
NEWS ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Six Davidson Wildcats, including three First-Team selections, have been named to the Academic All-Pioneer Football League teams, which were announced Wednesday afternoon. Slot Bradyn Oakley, linebacker Jack Wiese and punter Alexander...
Rotary Club’s Giving Tree Village is Back – Voting Open Now
NEWS Giving Tree Village is a premier event sponsored by the Rotary Club of Davidson in support of all non-profits across the local community during the Christmas in Davidson celebration the first weekend in December. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the...
Town of Davidson EV Chargers Now Operational
NEWS The Town of Davidson is happy to announce that two new electric vehicle (EV) chargers are now fully operational. Last fall, Davidson was awarded participation in the Duke Energy Park & Plug Pilot Program. Installation of two new public Level 2 EV...
Announcing the 2022 Avinger Impact Fund Winners
NEWS Supporting the Hurt Hub helps our students, like Psychology major Heidi Meyer, take what they've learned in the classroom and put it into action. Heidi is a recipient of an Avinger Impact Fund grant and the Founder & CEO of Careers Explained, a weekly...
The Owner of Sadler Square Looking for New Tenant
NEWS In an interview with Audy R. Dover, he discussed his ownership of Sadler Square, his vision for the future of the center, and his goal of placing a retail business in the available space there, vacated by Earth Fare. “My hope is to make the center something...
Postseason Bound! Volleyball to Compete in NIVC
NEWS FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Davidson College volleyball program is set to compete in the postseason for the third time in program history after earning a bid to the Women's National Volleyball Invitational Championship for the first time ever.The...
Six ‘Cats Named to PFL’s Second-Team; Nine Others Honorable Mention
NEWS DAVIDSON, N.C. – In addition to placing six on the 2022 All-Pioneer Football League Second Team, Davidson had nine scholar-athletes selected honorable mention as announced by the conference Tuesday afternoon. "I am excited for our players that were...
Bailey Grabs First A-10 Men’s Basketball Rookie of the Week Honor
NEWS NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Reed Bailey of the Davidson men's basketball team has been selected Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week for games played Nov. 21-27, as announced by the league office Monday afternoon. Bailey, a freshman from Harvard, Mass., scored a...
Women’s Basketball Travels to Wofford on Wednesday
NEWS DAVIDSON, N.C. -- The Davidson women's basketball team's nine-game road trip continues on Wednesday, Nov. 30 with an 11 a.m. match up against the Wofford Terriers. Wednesday's tip off inside Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium will be Wofford's Education...
The Spokes Group – A 2022 Holiday Update
NEWS Davidson “Santa” Gives Needy Kids the Wheels to Roll: There’s a new Santa in Town! Second Generation of The Spokes Group Steps Up In December 2017, Bill Giduz wrote a story about The Spokes Group, a local non-profit founded by Davidson resident Andy Beard,...
DavidsonLearns Winter/Spring Registration 2023
NEWS Heads up, veteran and new learners! Registration for the DavidsonLearns Winter/Spring term begins at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 5. What’s it all about? Just about everything. History, literature, creativity, music, politics, astronomy, science. It’s...
The Actual End of the Wildcats’ Football Season
NEWS Saturday, I got up a little bit early and made a trip to Richmond, Virginia. My “day trip” to the University of Richmond was with the sole purpose of watching the Davidson Wildcats in their third straight FCS playoff appearance. As you may have read in...
Football Falls to Richmond in Opening Round of FCS Playoffs
NEWS RICHMOND, Va. – Making their third straight NCAA FCS Playoff appearance, the Davidson football team had their season come to an end Saturday afternoon with a 41-0 setback at No. 14 Richmond inside Robins Stadium. The Wildcats conclude the year 8-4...
Philip Gerard: Great Teacher of Great Writers
NEWS When Philip Gerard died November 7 in Wilmington, North Carolina lost one of its most productive and multitalented writers. His students and colleagues in the creative writing department at UNC-Wilmington would remind us of his great talent as a teacher and...
The G. Jackson Burney Awards Ceremony
NEWS The unofficial kickoff of the holiday season took place Wednesday. A standing room only crowd was on hand for the G. Jackson Burney Community Service Awards Ceremony. The previously annual event hadn’t taken place since 2019, falling victim to...
Giving Tuesday – Please Consider News of Davidson
NEWS If you are reading this after Tuesday, Nov. 29 - then you know "Giving Tuesday" has passed. However, we appreciate your donations to News of Davidson on each and every day. Thank you! Giving Tuesday offers an annual reminder of the importance of...