Williams College
Motto:	E liberalitate E. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Williams, armigeri ("Through the Generosity of E. Williams, Esquire (or Soldier)")
Established:	1793
Type:	Private
Endowment:	~$1. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested 9 Billion
President:	Morton Owen Schapiro
Faculty:	315
Undergraduates:	1,997
Postgraduates:	49
Location:	Williamstown, MA, USA
Campus:	Rural
Athletics:	Ephs
Mascot:	Purple cow
Website:	www.williams.edu

Williams College is a highly selective ^[1] private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Williamstown is a town in Berkshire County, in the northwest corner of Massachusetts. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rural areas can be large and isolated (also referred to as "the country" and/or "the countryside over the course of time The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Liberal arts colleges in the United States are institutions of Higher education in the United States. Williamstown is a town in Berkshire County, in the northwest corner of Massachusetts. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. According to current U.S. News and World Report rankings, Williams is the #1 liberal arts college in the United States. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D ^[2] As of 2008, the school has an enrollment of 1,997 undergraduate students and 49 graduate students. ^[3]

Williams was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams as a men's college, located in the Berkshires in northwestern Massachusetts, at the foot of Mount Greylock. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ephraim Williams Jr ( March 7, 1715 &ndash September 8, 1755) was the benefactor of Williams College, located in northwestern Men's colleges in Higher education are Undergraduate, Bachelor's degree -granting institutions whose students are exclusively men Please note that this article on the Berkshires is about a geologic and cultural region in the United States for other uses see Berkshire (disambiguation Mount Greylock 3491 feet (1064 m is the highest point in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is located in the northwest corner of the state In 1834, the first non-secret fraternity in the United States, Delta Upsilon, was founded on its campus. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Delta Upsilon ( ΔY) is the 6th oldest international all-male college Greek-letter social fraternity and is the first non-secret fraternity ever Fraternities were phased out beginning in 1962. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ^[4] The college became coeducational in 1970. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Williams forms part of the historic Little Three colleges, along with Wesleyan University and Amherst College. The "Little Three" is an unofficial athletic conference of three elite Liberal arts colleges in New England. This article concerns Wesleyan Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.

There are three academic curricular divisions (humanities, sciences, and social sciences), 24 departments, 33 majors, and two small master's degree programs in art history and development economics. The humanities are academic disciplines which study the Human condition, using methods that are primarily Analytic, Critical, or Speculative In Science, the term natural science refers to a naturalistic approach to the study of the Universe, which is understood as obeying rules or law of The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including Anthropology, Communication studies Art history is the Academic study of objects of Art in their Historical development and stylistic contexts i Development economics is a branch of Economics which deals with economic aspects of the development process in low-income countries. There are 315 voting faculty members, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 7:1. The college also sponsors the Williams-Mystic program at Mystic Seaport; the Williams-Exeter Programme at Exeter College of Oxford University; and Williams in New York (also known as WINY or Williams@NY). Williams-Mystic is the name most commonly used for the Maritime Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea is a Living history Maritime museum situated along the banks of the Mystic River in Mystic Connecticut Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the 4th oldest college of the University The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the

The academic year follows a 4-1-4 schedule of two four-course semesters plus a one-course "winter study" term in January. An academic term is a division of an academic year the time during which a School, College or University holds classes An academic term is a division of an academic year the time during which a School, College or University holds classes An intensive summer research schedule involves about 200 students on campus doing projects with professors.

Contents 1 History 2 Academics 2.1 Reputation 2.2 Admissions 2.3 Oxford-style tutorials 2.4 Faculty 3 Distinguishing features 3.1 School colors and mascot 3.2 Alma mater 4 Campus landmarks 4.1 The Old Hopkins Observatory 4.2 Chapin Library 4.3 Williams College Museum of Art 4.4 Hopkins Gate 5 Student activities 5.1 Student Government 5.1.1 College Council 5.2 Student media 5.2.1 Williams Record 5.2.2 The Gulielmensian 5.2.3 91.9 WCFM 5.2.4 Williams Students Online 5.2.5 Other publications 5.3 Williams Trivia Contest 5.4 Athletics 5.4.1 Club sports 5.5 Student music 6 Recent events 6.1 The Williams House System 6.2 Capital campaign 6.3 No-loan financial-aid policy 7 Sustainability 8 Alumni society 9 See also 10 External links 11 References

History

Colonel Ephraim Williams was an officer in the Massachusetts militia and a member of a prominent landowning family. Ephraim Williams Jr ( March 7, 1715 &ndash September 8, 1755) was the benefactor of Williams College, located in northwestern His will included a bequest to support and maintain a free school to be established in the town of West Hoosac, Massachusetts, provided that the town change its name to Williamstown. In Common law, a will or testament is a document by which a person (the Testator) regulates the rights of others over his or her Property Williams was killed at the Battle of Lake George on September 8, 1755. The Battle of Lake George was fought on September 8 1755, in the north of the Province of New York. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 1755 ( MDCCLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or ^[5]

After Shays' Rebellion, the Williamstown Free School opened with 15 students on October 26, 1791. Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Central and Western Massachusetts from 1786 to 1787 Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Not long afterward, the trustees of the school petitioned the Massachusetts legislature to convert the free school to a tuition-based college. The legislature agreed and on June 22, 1793, Williams College was chartered. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

In 1806, a student prayer meeting gave rise to the American Foreign Mission Movement. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In August of that year, five students met in the maple grove of Sloan's Meadow to pray. A thunderstorm drove them to the shelter of a haystack, and the fervor of the ensuing meeting inspired them to take the Gospel abroad. This article is about the canonical books of the New Testament The students went on to build the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the first American organization to send missionaries overseas. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM was the first American Christian foreign mission agency A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. The Haystack Monument near Mission Park on the Williams Campus commemorates the historic "Haystack Prayer Meeting. "

By 1815, Williams had only two buildings and 58 students, and was in serious financial trouble. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year In 1821, the president of the college, Zephaniah Swift Moore, who had accepted his position believing that the college would move east, abandoned Williams. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Zephaniah Swift Moore (1770-1823 was a US Congregational clergyman and educator He took 15 students with him, and became the first president of Amherst College. Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. According to legend, Moore also took portions of the Williams College library. Though plausible, the transfer of books is unsubstantiated. Moore died just two years later after founding Amherst, and was succeeded by Heman Humphrey, a trustee of Williams College. ^[6]

Williams was the first American college or university to feature caps and gowns at commencement ceremonies, in order to eliminate the differences in apparel between rich and poor students. Academic dress or academical dress is traditional Clothing for academic settings primarily tertiary and sometimes secondary Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an Academic degree or the associated ceremony ^[7]

Academics

Reputation

Williams has produced the most Rhodes Scholars of any liberal arts college in the country, with 37. Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholar redirects here Rhodes Scholar redirects here Rhodes scholars

Williams has tied for first among liberal arts colleges in the "academic reputation" category each year that U. S. News & World Report has produced a survey, sharing that honor with rival Amherst College.

Williams is ranked #1 overall according to the fifth annual report by the National Collegiate Scouting Association which ranks colleges based on student-athlete graduation rates, academic strength, and athletic prowess. Rounding out the top five are Amherst College, Duke University, the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Notre Dame. Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. Duke University is a private Research University located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. The University of California San Diego (popularly known as UC San Diego or UCSD) is a public Research university in San Diego, California The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in ^[8]

Williams currently holds first place in U. S. News and World Report's most recent ranking of the top liberal arts colleges in America,^[9] maintaining a streak of five consecutive years in the top spot. Williams has been first seven times since 1989, and has been first nine times since US News started the rankings. Williams is ranked # 8 in the most recent Washington Monthly rankings^[10], which focus on key academic outputs such as research, scientific grants won in the natural and social sciences and the number of B. The Washington Monthly is a monthly Magazine of United States Politics and Government that is based in Washington D A. graduates earning PhDs. The survey also measures public service contributions. Williams ranked fifth, after Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Stanford, in a 2004 Wall Street Journal survey of the "feeder schools" to the top fifteen business, law, and medical schools in the country. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in ^[11]

Admissions

For the Class of 2012, Williams College received 7,538 applications and admitted 1,229, an acceptance rate of 16 percent. ^[12] For the Class of 2011, the middle 50 percent of admitted students received 670–760 on the SAT Critical Reading section, 670–760 on the SAT Math section, and 29–33 (composite) on the ACT. The SAT Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test) is a standardized test for College admissions in the The ACT is a standardized achievement Examination for college admissions in the United States produced by ACT Inc ^[13] As of 2008, the school has an enrollment of 1,997 undergraduate students and 49 graduate students. ^[14]

Oxford-style tutorials

One of the distinctive features of a Williams education is modeled after Oxford's tutorial system, which is rare in American higher education. Although tutorials at Williams were originally aimed at sophomores, the faculty voted in 2001 to expand the signature tutorial program, ^[15] and now there is a diverse offering of tutorials, ranging from freshmen-level to upperclassmen tutorials, and spanning many disciplines, including math and the sciences.

Enrollment for tutorials is capped at 10 students, who are then divided into five pairs that meet separately with the professor once a week. Each week, one of the students writes and presents a 5-7 page paper while the other student critiques it. The same pair reverses roles for the next week. The professor takes a more limited role than in a traditional lecture class, and usually allows students to steer and guide the direction of the conversation.

Student course evaluations for tutorials are typically very high. In a survey of alumni who had taken tutorials, more than 80% found their tutorials to be "the most valuable of my courses" at Williams. ^[16]

Faculty

Williams has 315 voting faculty, 96% of whom possess a doctorate or the terminal degree in their field. ^[17] Students fill out course surveys at the end of each semester, which play a large role in determining faculty tenure decisions. Recently, there has been controversy over popular teachers being denied tenure based on other factors, including publication rates. ^[18] Williams offers Olmsted awards to four secondary teachers nominated by the graduating class.

Notable former and present faculty include:

• Gene H. Bell-Villada, fiction writer, critic of Latin American literature, and historian of aesthetics
• Raymond Chang, who has written high school and college textbooks in chemistry. Gene H Bell-Villada is an American literary critic novelist translator and memoirist with strong interests in Latin American Writing Modernism, and Magic Realism Raymond Chang is an Emeritus professor at Williams College in the Department of Chemistry. Chemistry (from Egyptian kēme (chem meaning "earth") is the Science concerned with the composition structure and properties ^[19]
• Joan Edwards of the biology department, who has a Guinness World Record for discovering the fastest blooming plant, the bunchberry. Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U ^[20]
• Kermit Gordon of the economics department, who became Director of the United States Bureau of the Budget (now the Office of Management and Budget) during the administrations of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Kermit Gordon (1916-1976 was Director of the United States Bureau of the Budget (now the Office of Management and Budget) (December 28 1962 - June 1 1965 during the administration Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB is a Cabinet -level office and is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of ^[21]
• Jay Pasachoff in the astrophysics department. Jay Myron Pasachoff (born 1943) is an American Astronomer. Pasachoff is Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams College and the Astrophysics is the branch of Astronomy that deals with the Physics of the Universe, including the physical properties ( Luminosity, ^[22]
• Mark Taylor, who has studied with Jacques Derrida and teaches religion classes. Mark C Taylor (born 13 December 1945) is a philosopher of religion and cultural critic who has published more than twenty books on theology philosophy art and architecture ^[23]

Distinguishing features

School colors and mascot

Williams's school colors are purple and gold, with purple as the primary school color. ^[24] A story explaining the origin of purple as a school color says that at the Williams-Harvard baseball game in 1869, spectators watching from carriages had trouble telling the teams apart because there were no uniforms. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year One of the onlookers bought ribbons from a nearby millinery store to pin on Williams' players, and the only color available was purple. The buyer was Jennie Jerome (later Winston Churchill's mother) whose family summered in Williamstown. Lady Randolph Churchill CI DStJ ( Jeanette "Jennie" Jerome) ( January 9, 1854 – June 9, 1921) Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 ^[25]

The Williams college mascot is a purple cow. ^[25] The mascot's name, Ephelia, was submitted in a radio contest in October 1952 by Theodore W. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Friend, a senior at Williams. ^[26] The origins of the cow mascot are unknown, but one possibility is that it was inspired by the Purple Cow humor magazine, a student publication begun in 1907, which used the college color along with a cow. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year ^[26] The title of the humor magazine was in reference to Gelett Burgess's nonsense poem:

I never saw a purple cow
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one!

Alma mater

Williams claims the first alma mater song written by an undergraduate, "The Mountains," was written by Washington Gladden of the class of 1859. Frank Gelett Burgess ( January 30, 1866 &ndash September 18, 1951) was an Artist, Art critic, Poet, Author Washington Gladden ( February 11, 1836 - July 2, 1918) was a leading American Congregational church Pastor and ^[27]

Campus landmarks

The Old Hopkins Observatory

Williams College is the site of the Hopkins Observatory, the oldest extant astronomical observatory in the United States. Hopkins Observatory is an astronomical Observatory owned and operated by Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts (USA ^[28] Erected in 1836–1838, it now contains the Mehlin Museum of Astronomy, including Alvan Clark's first telescope (from 1852),^[28] as well as the Milham Planetarium, which uses a Zeiss Skymaster ZKP3/B optomechanical projector and an Ansible digital projector, both installed in 2005. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Alvan Clark ( March 8, 1804 &ndash August 19, 1887) born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, the descendant of a Cape Cod whaling Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Hopkins Observatory's 0. 6-m DFM reflecting telescope (1991) is installed elsewhere on the campus. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. ^[29] Williams joins with Wellesley, Wesleyan, Middlebury, Colgate, Vassar, Swarthmore, and Haverford/Bryn Mawr to form the Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium, sponsored for over a decade by the Keck Foundation and now with its student research programs sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Wellesley College is a women's liberal arts college, in Wellesley Massachusetts, that opened in 1875 founded by Henry Fowle Durant Wesleyan College is a private liberal arts women's college located in Macon Georgia. Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Colgate University is a private liberal arts college located in the Village of Hamilton in Madison County New York, USA Vassar College is a private Coeducational, liberal arts college situated in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1500 students Haverford College is a highly selective private, Coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb Bryn Mawr College ( brin-mar is a highly selective women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower Merion The National Science Foundation (NSF is a United States Government agency that supports fundamental Research and Education in all the non-medical ^[30]

Chapin Library

The Chapin Library is a collection that supports the liberal arts curriculum of the college by allowing students close access to a number of rare books and documents of interest. The library opened on June 18, 1923, with an initial collection of 9,000 volumes contributed by alumnus Alfred Clark Chapin, Class of 1869. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Over the years, Chapin Library has grown to include over 50,000 volumes (including 3,000 more given by Chapin) as well as 100,000 other artifacts such as prints, photographs, maps, and bookplates. ^[31]

The most famous items in the library's collection include first printings of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, United States Constitution, and Bill of Rights, as well as George Washington's personal copy of the Federalist Papers. The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4 1776 announcing that the thirteen American colonies then The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, also the Articles of Confederation was the governing Constitution of the alliance of thirteen independent and The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States. In the United States the Bill of Rights is the name by which the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Other notable objects include a range of books, letters, and miscellaneous items relating to Theodore Roosevelt, who was a friend and, at one point, colleague of Chapin in the New York State Assembly. The New York State Assembly is the Lower house of the New York Legislature, the state legislature of the U ^[32]

The Chapin Library's science collection includes a first edition of Nicolaus Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, as well as first editions of books by Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo, Isaac Newton, and other major figures. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ( On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) first printed in 1543 in Nuremberg, is the seminal work on Tycho Brahe, born Tyge Ottesen Brahe ( December 14 1546 &ndash October 24 1601) was a Danish nobleman Johannes Kepler (ˈkɛplɚ ( December 27 1571 &ndash November 15 1630) was a German Mathematician, Astronomer Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 &ndash 8 January 1642 was a Tuscan ( Italian) Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer, and Philosopher Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (ˈnjuːtən 4 January 1643 31 March 1727) Biography Early years See also Isaac Newton's early life and achievements ^[32]

Williams College Museum of Art

The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), with over 12,000 works (only a fraction of which are displayed at any one time) in its permanent collection, serves as an educational resource for both undergraduates and students in the graduate art history program. The Williams College Museum of Art (known as "WCMA" is an art museum located in Williamstown Massachusetts. ^[33]

Notable works include Morning in a City by Edward Hopper,^[34] a commissioned wall painting by Sol LeWitt,^[35] and a commissioned outdoor sculpture and landscape work by Louise Bourgeois entitled Eyes. Edward Hopper ( July 22, 1882 &ndash May 15, 1967) was an American painter and Printmaker. Sol LeWitt ( September 9, 1928 - April 8, 2007) was Louise Bourgeois ( born in Paris, December 25, 1911) is an Artist and Sculptor. ^[36]

Though often overshadowed by the neighboring and much larger Clark Art Institute and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, WCMA remains one of the premier attractions of the Berkshires. The Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, usually referred to simply as "The Clark" is an art museum with a large and varied collection located in Williamstown The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, commonly referred to as MASS MoCA, is a Museum located in North Adams, Massachusetts, Because the museum is intended primarily for educational purposes, admission is free for all. ^[33]

Hopkins Gate

Located in front of the West College dormitory, the Hopkins gate serves as a memorial to brothers, Mark and Albert Hopkins. Both have made lasting contributions to the Williams College community. Mark was appointed as president of the college in 1836 ^[37] , while Albert was elected a professor in 1829. ^[38] The Hopkins gate is inscribed with an inspirational motto that is familiar to all in the Williams College community.

Climb High, Climb Far
Your Goal the Sky, Your Aim the Star.

Student activities

Student Government

College Council

College Council (CC) is the student government of Williams College. Its members are elected to represent each neighborhood, each class, the first-year dorms, and the student body at large. CC allocates funds from the Student Activities Fee, appoints students to the faculty-student committees that oversee most aspects of college life, and debates issues of concern to the entire campus community. College Council is the forum through which students address concerns and make changes around campus. CC is led by two co-Presidents.

Student media

Williams Record

The longest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed in Williamstown, in addition to more than 600 subscribers across the country. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A Newspaper 's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day

The newspaper does not receive financial support from the college or from the student government, allowing it considerable leeway in criticizing both on its editorial pages. To maintain its independent status, the Record relies on revenue generated by local and national ad sales, subscriptions, and voluntary contributions for use of its website.

Both Sawyer Library and the College Archives maintain more than a century's worth of publicly accessible, bound volumes of the Record. The newspaper provides access free of charge to a searchable database of articles stretching back to 1998 on its website. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)

The Gulielmensian

The student yearbook is called The Gulielmensian, which supposedly means "Williams Thing" in Greek. The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c ^[39] It was published irregularly in the 1990s, but has been annual for the past several years and dates back to the mid-19th century. ^[39]

91. 9 WCFM

WCFM is a college-owned, student-run, non-commercial radio station broadcasting from the basement of Prospect House at 91. 9 MHz. ^[40] Featuring 85 hours per week of original programming, the station features a wide variety of musical genres, in addition to sports and talk radio. ^[41] The station is also available to listen through the Internet via Shoutcast.com. Members of the surrounding communities above the age of 18 are allowed to DJ on the station, which, as part of its mission, seeks to serve the surrounding community with news and announcements of public interest. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience ^[42] The board of the radio station holds a concert every semester. ^[43]

Williams Students Online

Williams Students Online provides internet publishing and communications tools to the rest of the college community. It includes a page entitled Willipedia which uses the Wikipedia format and focuses on student groups, buildings, people, and events that relate to the college. ***************************************************************************************** * * Originally founded in 1994, it is one of the oldest college or university student-run online services. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

Other publications

Numerous smaller campus publications are also produced each year, including The Mad Cow, a humor magazine, and the Literary Review, a literary magazine.

Williams Trivia Contest

At the end of every semester but one since 1966, WCFM has hosted an all-night, eight-hour trivia contest. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Trivia (singular trivium) are unimportant (or "trivial" items especially of information Teams of students, alumni, professors, friends, and others compete to answer questions on a variety of subjects, while simultaneously identifying songs and performing designated tasks. The winning team's only prize is the obligation to create and host the following semester's contest. ^[44]

The precise date of the debut contest is uncertain. Most spring contests occur in early May, but during its first decade, Williams Trivia was sometimes held in March or February. Assuming a May date, Lawrence University's 50-hour-long Great Midwest Trivia Contest, first held on April 29, 1966, would be the oldest continuous competition of its sort in the United States, but if the first Williams contest was held earlier, it would be the oldest. Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college located in Appleton, Wisconsin. The Great Midwest Trivia Contest, or Midwest Trivia Contest is held each year in Appleton Wisconsin, broadcast over Lawrence University Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The distinction is appropriately trivial. ^[45]

While other college-based trivia contests in the United States emphasize marathon endurance and revel in the obscurity of their arcana, the aim of the Williams contest is to cram as much evocative and entertaining material into as concentrated a space as possible. Lasting just eight hours, a typical Williams Trivia contest will demand between 900 and 1,200 separate "bits" of trivial information^[44], delivering twice as much content as its "competitors" in a fraction of the time. No discernible rivalry exists between any of the various contests. The contest has occasionally received outside media coverage, including in the Sunday New York Times. Further history and details are available at an archival website.

Athletics

The school's athletic teams are called the Ephmen, or the Ephs, a shortening of the first name of founder Ephraim Williams. They participate in the NCAA's Division III and the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. Members The league currently has 11 full members Conference championships The NESCAC holds conference championships in Fall season Men and Williams also has two Division I sports, skiing and squash. Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States

According to data published by the United States Department of Education,^[46] Williams (as of 2004–2005) spends more money on its athletic programs than any other Division III school, with the exception of Christopher Newport University, which spends 2% more. The United States Department of Education (also referred to as ED, for Education Department is a Cabinet -level department of the United States Christopher Newport University, or CNU, is a liberal arts university located in Newport News Virginia. Williams is ranked first among Division III schools for athletic spending per student.

Williams has a traditional rivalry with Amherst College and Wesleyan University. The "Little Three," a subset of NESCAC, comprises the three schools. The "Little Three" is an unofficial athletic conference of three elite Liberal arts colleges in New England. Members The league currently has 11 full members Conference championships The NESCAC holds conference championships in Fall season Men and Williams and Amherst participate in notably intense competition, dating back more than a century. ^[47]

Until 1994, Williams was not permitted, by NESCAC rules, to compete in team NCAA competition. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) By virtue of strong individual competitors, the Williams women's swimming and diving team won the school's first national title in 1981, and claimed the title in 1982 as well. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Williams played in the 2003 and 2004 men's basketball Division III national championship games, winning the title in March 2003. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Men's basketball also played in the 1997 and 1998 Final Fours. Williams was the first New England basketball team to have won a Division III championship.

Williams teams to win national titles since Williams began participating in NCAA tournaments in 1994 include men's tennis (three titles), women's crew (four), women's tennis (two), men's cross country (two), women's cross country (two), men's basketball, women's indoor track and field, and men's soccer. Other perennial contenders in NCAA tournaments include women's lacrosse, women's volleyball, women's soccer, women's field hockey, men's golf, men's and women's swimming and diving and men's track and field.

Williams also has had success winning the NACDA Director's Cup, presented to the institution within each NCAA division that has the greatest overall success in NCAA sanctioned-championships. The NACDA Directors' Cup is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most Williams has won the NACDA Director's Cup 11 of the 12 years since its inception. The NACDA Directors' Cup is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most

In 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, the college achieved #1 rankings in both academics and athletics within its peer groups (liberal arts colleges as ranked by U.S. News and World Report and NCAA Division III institutions as ranked by the Director's Cup calculations, respectively). USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D Dual #1 rankings in any single year was an unprecedented achievement among the 1,053 NCAA member institutions. ^[48]

Club sports

Williams has an active club and intramural sports program, offering 13 club sports including ultimate, rugby, horseback riding, cycling, fencing, volleyball, gymnastics, and water polo. Ultimate (often called Ultimate Frisbee in reference to the trademarked brand name) is a non-contact Team sport played with a 175 gram Flying The Williams Rugby Football Club (WRFC and the Williams Women's Rugby Football Club (WWRFC are intercollegeiate club sports teams at Williams College in Williamstown Approximately 50% of Williams' students compete on at least one varsity, junior varsity, or formal club team.

Student music

Music ensembles at Williams include Berkshire Symphony, Symphonic Winds, Student Symphony, Brass Ensemble, Clarinet Choir, Concert and Chamber Choirs, Handbell Choir, Jazz Ensemble, Kusika and the Zambezi Marimba Band, Percussion Ensemble, and Marching Band. The Zambezi (also spelled Zambesi) is the fourth-longest River in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa In some parts of Africa the term "marimba" refers to the Kalimba. Both music majors and non-majors are welcome to participate in all groups.

The Berkshire Symphony is conducted by Ronald Feldman, a former Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist. Half of the orchestra consists of students, while the principal players and many section players are area professionals.

Williams Symphonic Winds, led by Steven Dennis Bodner, is a leading proponent of new music on campus. In recent years, the group has evolved to include strings and premieres and performs works by prominent contemporary composers, including members of the faculty.

Student Symphony is an entirely student-run, student-conducted group. Student Symphony rehearses weekly and performs several times per year.

Under the direction of Bradley Wells, the Concert and Chamber Choirs perform a wide range of repertoire at a variety of concerts. A choral highlight is always the Festival of Lessons and Carols held just prior to the holidays in the Thompson Memorial Chapel.

The Williams Jazz program includes academic courses, ensembles (both traditional big band, by audition, and several small ensembles), and applied lessons on primary jazz instruments.

In the Shona language of Zimbabwe, Kusika means "to create. See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election " Founded in 1989 at Williams College, Kusika performs traditional African music, dance, and storytelling from Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Senegal. The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast to the west Burkina Faso to the north Togo to the See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election Senegal (le Sénégal officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. The Zambezi marimba band, founded in 1992, plays marimba music from Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa.

The Williams Percussion Ensemble, led by Matthew Gold, explores the masterworks of twentieth century percussion music, experimental music, music of many of the world's traditions, and the most up-to-date works by contemporary composers for percussion instruments.

The Marching Band, named "The Moocho Macho Moocow Military Marching Band", serves as a cheering section at the football games, as well as an entertainment show for halftime.

Williams also hosts seven student-organized a cappella singing groups. There are two all-female groups, the Accidentals and Ephoria. The two all-male groups are Octet and the Springstreeters, and the two co-ed pop groups are Ephlats and Good Question. The seventh group, the Elizabethans, are a mixed-voice Renaissance ensemble.

Recent events

In 2003, Williams began the first of three massive construction projects. The $60 million '62 Center for Theatre and Dance was the first project to be successfully completed in the spring of 2005. The $44 million student center, called Paresky Center, opened in February of 2007. The Paresky Center is the student center at Williams College.

Construction has already begun on the third project, called the Stetson-Sawyer project, with completion scheduled somewhere by the end of the decade. The entire project calls for two new academic buildings, the removal of the Sawyer Library from its current location, and the construction of a new library at the rear of a renovated Stetson Hall. College trustees initially balked at the cost of the Stetson-Sawyer project and asked to revisit the idea of renovating Sawyer in its current location, an idea which proved not to be cost-effective. ^[49]

A recent addition to the campus set the tone for style and comprehensiveness for renovations and significant additions to campus buildings in the 21st century. The $38 million Unified Science Center was erected in 2001. This building unifies the formerly separate lab spaces of the physics, chemistry, and biology departments. In addition, it houses Schow Science Library, notable for its unified science materials holdings and architecture. It features vaulted ceilings and an atrium with windows into laboratories on the second through fourth floors of the science center.

The Williams House System

After several years of planning, the college decided to group undergraduates starting with the Class of 2010 into four geographically coherent clusters, or "Neighborhoods". ^[50] Since the fall of 2006, first-years have been housed in Sage Hall, Williams Hall and Mission Park, while upperclassmen inhabit former first-year dormitories East College, Lehman Hall, Fayerweather, and Morgan, as well as the current upperclass dormitories to form the four houses. A student vote on the names of the four "neighborhoods" selected "Currier", "Wood", "Spencer" and "Dodd" by a simple majority. These were the temporary working names assigned prior to voting. Incoming freshmen are randomly assigned to clusters as an entry (a group of freshmen who live together with a male and female junior advisor). Rising sophomores have the option to be randomly assigned to a different neighborhood from the rest of their entry in groups of six or fewer. This new system is an attempt to integrate all undergraduates more successfully than was previously possible, mixing students representing a variety of interests and ethnicities, and supporting each House with its own dining and recreational facilities.

Capital campaign

Williams is currently engaged in one of the largest capital campaigns ever undertaken by a liberal arts college, with a goal of raising $400 million by September 2008. The college reached $400 million at the end of June 2007, a year and a half ahead of schedule. As of June 2007, Williams endowments were valued at approximately $1. 9 billion. ^[51]

No-loan financial-aid policy

On November 1, 2007, Williams College President Morton Owen Shapiro announced that the College will eliminate student loans from all financial aid packages and replace them with grants starting with the 2008-09 school year. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The College is the fourth institution in the United States to do so, following Princeton University, Amherst College, and Davidson College. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. Davidson College is a private liberal arts college for 1700 students in Davidson, North Carolina, in the United States. ^[52]

Sustainability

In January 2007 the board voted unanimously to reduce college CO2 emissions 10% below 1990 levels by 2020, or roughly 50% below 2006 levels. ^[53] To meet those goals, the college has set up the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives and undertaken an energy audit and efficiency timeline. The Sustainable Endowments Institute gave Williams an 'A-' and then a 'B+' on its 2007 and 2008 report cards. ^[54]

Alumni society

The Society of Alumni of Williams College is the oldest existing alumni society of any academic institution in the United States. ^[55] The Society of Alumni was founded during the "Amherst crisis" in 1821, when Williams College President Zephaniah Swift Moore left Williams. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Zephaniah Swift Moore (1770-1823 was a US Congregational clergyman and educator Graduates of Williams formed the Society to ensure that Williams would not have to close, and raised enough money to ensure the future survival of the school.

Not affiliated with the Society of Alumni, but also serving the college's alumni is the Williams Club in New York City. Williams Club is a Club for alumni of Williams College. The Williams Club was founded in 1913 by Williams alumni in New York City as a place to socialise The City of New York Located at 24 East 39th Street in Manhattan, the club is open to the paying public as a hotel and restaurant, and operates as a meeting space for Williams alumni living in and visiting the city. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York ^[55] It is also the headquarters for the Williams@NY program, accommodating Williams college students and the director of the program.

See also

• Elimination of Fraternities at Williams College
• List of Williams College people
• List of Williams College Presidents
• List of Williams College Commencement Speakers
• List of Williams College Bicentennial Medal Winners
• Williams-Mystic
• Board of Trustees of Williams College

External links

• The Williams College website
• Williams College Student Wiki
• Williams College Archives and Special Collections website
• The Williams Record (college newspaper)
• WCFM Williamstown 91.9 (college radio station)
• WCFM Williamstown Concerts (college radio concert page)
• Williams Students Online (student-run web services)
• Williams College Museum of Art
• The Accidentals
• Octet
• The Springstreeters
• Ephlats
• Good Question
• The Elizabethans

References

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