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Reflecting Along the Journey

Davis & Elkins College is a private, liberal arts, church-affiliated, residential college. Each of these descriptors is of high importance to me. Of all these terms, it is liberal arts that garners the most reflection. Recently, I read a book that...

Reflecting Along the Journey

Davis & Elkins College brings together our individual journeys through life.  Personally, this 2019 graduate forever holds a special place in my heart.  Her childhood was traumatic, yet her courage, tenacity, and passion have resulted in an unfolding life of...

Reflecting Along the Journey

Four years ago, a head coaching candidate for our men’s basketball team sat across from me in my office.  He told me if given the position, he would build a winning program at Davis & Elkins College and do it with young men of character.  Coach Daniel Mondragon is...

Reflecting Along the Journey

“More than 50 years have passed, and I still miss those days on the 91 campus.”  These words from a Davis & Elkins College alumnus from the 1960’s serve as just one of myriad comments I heard this past week during our 2023 Snowbird Tour of Florida.  Our...

Reflecting Along the Journey

One’s attitude is like a lens through which we see the world.  Positive people see life through a lens of clear and even rose-colored glasses, while negative people peer through a dark and gloomy lens.  It is often the power of perspective, and we know one Davis &...

Reflecting Along the Journey

All associated with Davis & Elkins College know the names of Henry Gassaway Davis and Stephen Benton Elkins, both United States Senators and the founders of the Presbyterian College in Elkins.  However, according to Davis & Elkins College Diamond Jubilee...