College hosts International
Mercury Expo APRIL 2010 :: In April, the College hosted “Mercury: A Hazard without Borders,” an international expo that showcased the cut- ting-edge research done for the past three years by the related Global Inquiry Group (GIG) associated with William & Mary’s Reves Center for International Studies. The exhibit expanded the discussion of
mercury poisoning and culminated from three years of interdisciplinary, collaborative and international research at the College. As the co-director of the mercury-focused GIG, which sponsored the expo, Dan Cristol — a biology professor at the College—said the uniqueness of the expo stemmed from its interdisciplinary character,as opposed to being strictly scientific in focus. GIGs launched at the Reves Center in
2006 for the purpose of providing means for scholarly investigation that transcends disci- plinary, departmental and school lines.
Students, with guidance from Professor Elizabeth Mead (third from left), created mercury-inspired art projects, on display during the international expo.
Program with St Andrews to offer
joint degree MAY 2010 :: The second-oldest institutionofhigher educationin theUnited States and the oldest university in Scotland joined forces in 2010 to offer an undergraduate joint-degree program. The partnership between William & Mary and the Univer-
sity of St Andrews is one of the few of its kind in the world. Students will be able to enroll in the program starting in the fall of 2011, according to a resolution approved by the College’s Board of Visitors. Students will complete two years of study at each institution and earn a single diploma — for a Bachelor of Arts, International Honours — with the insignias of both institutions. The St Andrews William & Mary Joint Degree Programme
(SAWM) will offer joint degrees in four fields: economics, English,history and international relations. The curriculum is designed to combine the breadth of a William & Mary liberal arts education with the specialization offered by St Andrews. SWAM will initially enroll 20 students at each institution
for the fall 2011 semester, with an anticipated five students enrolled in each area of study. The students will spend their first year at their home school and the second year studying abroad at the host institution. The final two years of their studies will be split between the two institutions, though the students will work with their advisers to determine how to implement the split between the home and host institutions. Ultimately, the universities will have 80 students on each campus pursuing joint degrees at any given time.
University of St Andrews, Scotland THE YEAR IN REVIEW / President’s Report 2010 / The College of William & Mary 19
BLAIR ROSS ’12
SHARON ZUBER
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