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March 24, 2026

One Historic Summer: The Bayocean Bunch

Summer 1921. A ragtag group of ��AVies. One goal: Keep a struggling resort town running.

By Cara Nixon

March 12, 2026

A Chance for Exploration: ��AV Zine Community Combines Art and Inclusivity

Recent Zine & Arts programming has centered the work of Asian American artists, blending art and belonging on and off the ��AV campus.

February 24, 2026

A Paideia Odyssey: What I Learned From Being an Instructor

With my course on the cinema of Christopher Nolan, I sought to guide students through the psyche of a singular filmmaker.

February 27, 2026

How Do You Build a Community of Care?

Ask ��AV’s Care Team. They’re proactively ensuring students receive support—early and often.

November 24, 2025

Into the Infinite

How Bill Witherspoon ’65 immortalized his desert journeys.

November 24, 2025

What Is a ��AVie, Anyway?

Meet twelve graduates from the class of ’25.

November 24, 2025

Circle of Gratitude

President Audrey Bilger, Dean of the Faculty Kathy Oleson, and Associate Dean of the Faculty Suzy Renn discuss the nurturing of student and faculty research at ��AV.

December 1, 2025

How to Thrive in Wild Times

According to cooperation theorist Athena Aktipis ’02, the one thing we really need? Each other.

November 7, 2025

Starboard Memories

Richard Danzig ’65 reflects on his journey from studying political science to becoming the namesake of a new guided missile destroyer.

July 25, 2025

Form and Function

How Lydia Mead ’22 and Professor Barbara Tetenbaum built a book from a “long poem in prose.”

July 25, 2025

Paying It Forward with Professional Networks

How professional career networks are helping foster community for ��AVies in every stage, location, and industry.

July 25, 2025

Professor Mónica López Lerma Calls “Action!” for ��AV’s New Film & Media Studies Major

As the committee chair of the program, López Lerma is building a curriculum that is as interdisciplinary as it is international.

July 25, 2025

Chris Toutain Is a Student of Student Life

��AV’s Martha A. Darling dean of students shoulders responsibilities often defined by the needs of individual ��AVies.

July 25, 2025

Auteure d’une Inversion Politique

Inside LIT 302 with Professor Catherine Witt.