How do you distinguish between wanting to study something and wanting to do something? If you are passionate about an aspect of the human experience, should you spend your time understanding it or being directly engaged in it? Andrew Seligsohn grappled with those questions throughout his time at Williams and for… Continue reading »
Arriving on campus in the fall of 2004, Morgan Goodwin wasted little time making his presence felt. One night in November, as his entry prepared for Sunday Snacks, Goodwin and a friend met in the stairwell of Sage Hall. Goodwin glanced at his watch. “On the count of three, we… Continue reading »
Election day 2014 is a big day for Williams College. In Massachusetts, Martha Coakley ’75 is running for governor. In Virginia, a pair of Ephs are battling each other for a spot in the U.S. House of Representatives. And in San Francisco, 29-year-old Stevon Cook is making his first bid… Continue reading »
During his first summer after graduation, while canvassing door-to-door for President Obama’s campaign in Colorado, Dave Marsh ’12 encountered a man who demanded to know the purpose of his visit. When Marsh told him, the man promptly reached back and pulled out a large handgun, cocked it, and… Continue reading »
Aaron Jenkins is the program director of Operation Understanding DC (OUDC), a Washington D.C.-based youth leadership organization. Before working at OUDC, A.J. worked as a legislative aide on Capitol Hill. What is the mission of OUDC? Our mission is to build a group of community leaders, with the idea… Continue reading »
Bob O’Loughlin was formerly a research associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. In the fall of 2010, he began his first year of law school at the University of Michigan. This was your first job out of school. How did you come upon… Continue reading »
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