STORIES FROM DAVIDSON COLLEGE
Testing Coeducation: Five Women Who ‘Tried It Out’
NEWS Author: Danielle Strickland In November, Davidson celebrated 50+ Years of Coeducation. Many women paved the way for this milestone in the college’s history, including the exchange students who gave it a try in advance. A cohort of women stepped foot on...
Enchanting Education on the Emerald Isle: Pilot Program Kicks Off
NEWS Author: Sydney Schertz '24 Picture this: A Davidson College professor, students and a stuffed toy cat perched on a stack of hexagonal rocks overlooking the Irish Sea. To understand how we ended up here, let’s rewind to the morning of May 25, in the Dublin...
Basketball, Rock Bands & World Travel: Bertis Downs ’78 Supports Life-Changing Study Abroad Opportunities for Today’s Wildcats
NEWS Author: Caroline Roy '20 Bertis Downs’ career took off in a Georgia record store, where he met R.E.M. co-founder Peter Buck. But his interest in the music business began at Davidson College. Downs ’78 grew up hearing about Davidson from his father,...
Davidson Forum: Fall 2023 Newsletter
NEWS This is the inaugural edition of the Davidson Forum newsletter.
Color Outside the Lines: Stephen Salyer ’72 Shares Life Lessons
NEWS Author: Jay Pfeifer When Stephen Salyer ’72 graduated from Davidson College, he carried with him the advice C. Shaw Smith ’39 gave him: “Color outside the lines.” Since then, Salyer has made his mark in a career that spanned disciplines, taking him from...