Series: Window on Williams
Lectures and special events from the Williams College campus in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Window on Williams – 2018 Commencement – Speaker Bob Schieffer
Award winning broadcast journalist, "Face the Nation" moderator for 25 years, named "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, Bob Schieffer speaks to the Williams College class of 2018.
Window on Williams – 2018 Commencement – Valedictorian Anna L. DeLoi
Window on Williams – 2018 Commencement – Welcome from Interim President Protik Majumder
Scientists, Poets, Writers, Sociologists, Thespians, Art Historians-- Interim President Tiku Majumder honors several of the 13 retiring faculty, including geologist David Dethier at the 229th Williams College Commencement.
Window on Williams – Sankofa 2018 – Kofa High!
The foundations of contemporary stepping emerged in the United States during the 1900s as an aspect of performed self and group affirmation for African-American Greek letter sororities and fraternities. At Williams, this history began in 1996 when five students introduced the tradition to friends. As a result, interest in the power of bodies moving in unison to create sound and motion grew. They named themselves Sankofa, a word and concept from the Akan people of Ghana that can be translated as “reach back and get it.” Sankofa acknowledges its roots and uses Hip-Hop, spoken word and media to keep stepping contemporary.
