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An estimated 800 students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members gathered for the dedication of Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved, which honors the people whom the university enslaved over the course of 172 years.

Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved cost $2 million to build.

Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved cost $2 million to build.

Very little is known about some 180 enslaved persons who were owned, hired or associated with the College of William & Mary during its first 172 years. One of them was named Winkfield.

“Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved," located at the entrance of the university’s Historic Campus near Jamestown Road, commemorates those who were enslaved by William & Mary, bringing their stories and role in the school’s history to the forefront.

Faculty will receive $10,000 for each of two years to support undergraduate research programs. The majority of the money will go to student stipends. Read synopses of the 11 inaugural Incubator programs.

William & Mary’s second annual Undergraduate Research Month will start April 1 – and this time it will be primarily on campus and in person.

The lives of Black men will be the focus of William & Mary Lemon Project’s 12th annual spring symposium, scheduled for March 25-26 at the W&M School of Education

The Lemon Scholarship will provide need-based scholarship support for students who are descendants of enslaved persons in the U.S., or who have a demonstrated historic connection to slavery.

Launched in 2019, the IGNITE program aims to introduce William & Mary to a more diverse pool of faculty prospects while providing them with information, tools and a network with which to start their academic careers.