Tag: Williams College
Nearly 16 Percent of All Students Accepted for Admission at Williams College Are Black
Of the 1,157 students accepted for admission at highly rated Williams College in Massachusetts, 183 are African Americans. Therefore, African Americans make up 15.8 percent of all accepted students.
Two Black Scholars Promoted and Granted Tenure at Williams College
James Manigault-Bryant was named an associate professor of Africana studies and Ngonidzashe Munemo was promoted to associate professor of political science.
Black Students Fare Well in Williams College’s Early Decision Admissions
African Americans make up 11.3 percent of all students accepted under Williams' early decision plan.
Williams College Receives Rare Collection of African-American Writings
The collection includes poetry, plays, prose, anthologies, recordings, and personal correspondence from scholars such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Gwendoyln Brooks, Countee Cullen, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, and Sterling Brown.
Leading Liberal Arts Colleges Form New Partnership to Increase Faculty Diversity
The Creating Connections Consortium is a partnership between 26 leading liberal arts colleges and the University of California at Berkeley and Columbia University.
Williams College Honors Two Black Alumni
The Multicultural Center at Williams College in Massachusetts has been renamed to honor Allison Davis and his brother John A. Davis.
In Memoriam: Ernest D. Brown Jr. (1947-2012)
The longtime Williams College professor founded the college's Kusika African Dance and Drumming Ensemble and the Zambezi Marimba Band.
Large Numbers of Black Applicants Accepted at Top-Rated Schools
More than 10 percent of accepted students at Harvard University and nearly 14 percent at Williams College, are African Americans.
Nineteen African Americans Admitted Early to Williams College
They make up 8 percent of all students accepted under the college's early decision plan.
Williams College Cancels a Day of Classes After Racial Incident on Campus
More than a thousand students attended an outdoor rally that addressed this serious incident.
