STORIES FROM DAVIDSON COLLEGE
Ready, Set, This Week in Davidson: April 19 – 25
NEWS Friday – April 19 Rethinking the Cinematic Extra: The Crowd in Gandhi and RRR April 19 @ 4:30 p.m. Chambers – Hance Auditorium Drawing on materialist media theory, critical production studies, archival research, and close comparative textual analysis,...
$25 Million Gift Names The George Lawrence Abernethy Library, Transforms Learning at Davidson College
NEWS Changes in learning necessitate changes in academic spaces and access to learning resources. Longtime Davidson College friend, business leader and community advocate Bob Abernethy has made an extraordinary investment in the learning and lives of generations...
Transformative $60 Million Gift, the Largest in Davidson College History, Supports Academic Hub of Campus
NEWS For 100 years, The Duke Endowment has made extraordinary contributions totaling $4.5 billion to charitable organizations in higher education, healthcare, child and family well-being, and rural churches in communities across North Carolina and South Carolina....
Theatre Throughline: Performer and Playwright Amelia Lumpkin ’13 Cultivates Connection On Stage
NEWS Author: Caroline Roy '20 Amelia Lumpkin ’13 can’t imagine a life without theatre. Growing up in Raleigh, she attended magnet schools with well-funded theatre programs that immersed her in everything from acting to playwriting to tech. Although she initially...
Tackling Food Insecurity on Alternative Break to Sapelo Island, GA
NEWS Davidson students reflect on their alternative spring break trip to Sapelo Island, Georgia. They worked with a Black feminist collective nonprofit led by Davidson alums to address food insecurity in the South through sustainable agriculture. Our trip to Sapelo...