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About College of William and Mary

The College of William and Mary, also known as The College, William & Mary, or W&M, is a public research university located in Williamsburg, which is an independent city in located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, in the US state of Virginia, with a population estimated at a number of more than 12 000 inhabitants, during the 2008 census. Williamsburg is known for Colonial Williamsburg, the restored Historic Area of the city, and for the fact that it is home of the College of William & Mary.

W&M was founded in 1693, by a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, and it is the 2nd oldest institution of higher education in USA, after Harvard. The college currently offers its students master's, doctoral and professional degrees, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, in various fields of study, the college having a strong undergraduate arts & sciences focus, offering a select number of graduate programs in fields such as colonial American history and marine science.

Athletics

William&Mary's athletic teams are known as the William & Mary Tribe, who compete in NCAA Division I, in various sports, for both men and women, including in basketball, gymnastics, soccer, tennis, cross country, and swimming and diving. The men's basketball team is one of the 5 original Division I schools that has never been to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. In the 2004-05 season, the teams have garnered 5 Colonial Athletic Association titles, leading the conference with over 80 titles, in the same year, several teams competing in the NCAA Championships, the football team appearing in the Division I-AA national semifinals.

Notable Alumni

Among the most resonant names, on the list of notable alumni, there are: Thomas Dawson - President of the College of William & Mary (1755–60), Dennis Frank Thompson - Professor at Harvard University, Scott Glenn - actor, played in films such as Hunt for Red October and The Silence of the Lambs, Glenn Close - actress, played in Dangerous Liaisons and Fatal Attraction and the stage production of Sunset Boulevard, 5 times Oscar nominee, winner of three Tonys, an Obie, four Emmys, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and William P. Winfree - experimental physicist who is known for his contributions to the field of nondestructive evaluation, among many others.