FROM THE DIRECTOR

At William & Mary, we cultivate creative thinkers, principled leaders, and compassionate global citizens equipped for lives of meaning and distinction. The Summer 2025 edition of World Minded brings to life the stories of William & Mary people who are at once creative, principled, compassionate and distinctive. They are also globally minded.

In this edition you will find an interview that features Adriano Marinazzo, Designer in Residence at William & Mary. Marinazzo says that by coming to William & Mary from his home in Brindisi Italy, he found something he had long been pursuing as a researcher: the intersection of art and science. It is an intersection that we value every day at William & Mary, a marker of our identity. Marinazzo not only curated the Michelangelo exhibit at the Muscarelle, he also teaches applied science.

William & Mary's Muscarelle Museum figures among the Reves Center's trusted collaborators on campus. Our connection isn't new. In the spring of 2020 Arts & Science faculty planned to host the renowned Guatemalan photographer, Daniel Hernández- Salazar. Although the visit was canceled as result of the Covid19 pandemic, the museum purchased four of the photographer's most celebrated pieces. In 2025 Hernández-Salazar accepted a new invitation, this time from the Reves Center for International Studies. He spent a week with our students making art at the Reves Center and the Muscarelle Museum, where his work is on display.

Throughout the previous thirty-three World Minded publications stories of distinguished leaders in our community have surfaced often. This edition is just a bit different, a bit weightier. In the pages that follow, you will meet the recipient of the prestigious Hixon scholarship; young alumni who are already distinguished public servants; a Fulbright recipient posted in South Korea; the U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu; the Reves and Drapers' Faculty Fellows working with students in Hong Kong, Naxos, Taiwan and London; the 2025 recipients of the international student achievement awards; and many more with tight connections to the Reves Center.

As you read, I hope you also notice the coupling of distinction with meaning. Ambassador Marie Damour '87 says that the joy of her job rests in learning something new every day, learning for example how different all the countries of the Pacific Islands are from each other. Andrew Martin, Assistant Director at the Cohen Career Center, says public service means working for the greater good and making a positive impact on the people he serves. On the path to a life of distinction "first abroad" student from St Andrews finds meaning—and also peace—in William & Mary's Sunken Garden.

Please read on. Please stay in touch.

Teresa Longo, Associate Provost for International Affairs, Senior International Officer and Executive Director, Reves Center for International Studies