Editing College of William & Mary (section)

==Student life==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of February 2024
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web|title=College Scorecard: William & Mary|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?231624-William-Mary|publisher=[[United States Department of Education]]|access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|59|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|11|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|89|%|2||background:black}}
|}

The college enjoys a temperate climate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wm.edu/environment/Watershed/Weather/KeckWeather.htm |title=KeckWeather |publisher=Wm.edu |access-date=September 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623204523/http://www.wm.edu/environment/Watershed/Weather/KeckWeather.htm |archive-date=June 23, 2008}}</ref> In addition to the college's extensive student recreation facilities (which include a large gym, a rock-climbing wall, and many exercise rooms) and programs (facilitating involvement in outdoor recreation, as well as club and intramural sports),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://campusrec.wm.edu/|title=William & Mary Recreation|access-date=May 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511030907/https://campusrec.wm.edu/|archive-date=May 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>&nbsp;the largely wooded campus has its own lake and outdoor amphitheater. The [[Virginia Beach]] oceanfront is {{convert|60|mi|km}} away, and [[Washington, D.C.]] is a {{convert|150|mi|km|adj=on}} drive to the north. Also, the beaches of the [[Delmarva Peninsula]] are just a few hours away via the [[Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel]].

The college's Alma Mater Productions (AMP) hosts concerts, comedians, and speakers on campus and in the 8,600-person capacity [[Kaplan Arena]], as well as putting on many smaller activity-based events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://flathat.wm.edu/story.php?issue=2006-04-28&type=4&aid=1|title=''The Flat Hat''|work=Flat Hat News|access-date=November 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807113605/http://flathat.wm.edu/story.php?issue=2006-04-28&type=4&aid=1|archive-date=August 7, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Students produce [[List of publications at the College of William & Mary|several publications]] on campus, including the official student newspaper ''[[The Flat Hat]]'', arts and fashion magazine ''Rocket Magazine'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wmrocketmagazine.com/|title=''Rocket Magazine''|access-date=May 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511030907/https://wmrocketmagazine.com/|archive-date=May 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and the satirical newspaper ''The Botetourt Squat''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://botetourtsquat.weebly.com/|title=''The Botetourt Squat''|access-date=May 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511030900/https://botetourtsquat.weebly.com/|archive-date=May 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The school's television station, [[WMTV (College of William & Mary)|WMTV]], produces content in the categories of cuisine, comedy, travel, and sports. ''Everyday Gourmet'', the former flagship production of the station, was featured in ''[[USA Today]]'' in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Harpaz |first=Beth J. |title=Ramen noodles no more? College students go gourmet |series=Education |work=[[USA Today]] |date=July 24, 2009 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-07-24-college-food_N.htm |access-date=August 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830054722/http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-07-24-college-food_N.htm |archive-date=August 30, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[WCWM]], the college's student-run public radio station, transmits 24 hours a day on 90.9 FM locally and online <ref>{{cite web|url=https://tunein.com/radio/WCWM-909-s28109/|title=WCWM, 90.9 FM, Richmond, VA|access-date=May 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511031448/https://tunein.com/radio/WCWM-909-s28109/|archive-date=May 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and features student-curated and created content; they also put on an annual concert, WCWM Fest, featuring local and touring musicians.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wcwm.wm.edu|title=''WCWM 90.9 FM''|access-date=May 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511030912/https://wcwm.wm.edu/|archive-date=May 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

The college also hosts several prominent student-run culture- and identity-based organizations. These include the Black Student Organization, [[Saint Bede Catholic Church, Williamsburg#National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham|Catholic Campus Ministry]], Hillel (the college's official Jewish student group), Asian American Student Initiative, Latin American Student Union, Lambda Alliance and Rainbow Coalition, and the Middle Eastern Students Association, among many others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribelink.wm.edu/organizations?categories=8036|title=Organizations - TribeLink|access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref>

The college's International Relations Club (IRC) ranked eleventh of twenty-five participants in the 2020–2021 North American College Model U.N.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bestdelegate.com/2020-2021-north-american-college-model-u-n-final-rankings-world-division |title=2020-2021 North American College Model U.N. Final Rankings (World Division) |author=Zoey Fisher |date=May 26, 2021 |access-date=November 3, 2021 |publisher=Best Delegate}}</ref>

===Traditions===
[[File:Crim Dell 2.jpg|thumb|[[Crim Dell bridge]] in the wooded center of campus]]
William & Mary has several traditions, including the Yule Log Ceremony, at which the president dresses as [[Santa Claus]] and reads a rendition of "[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]", the Vice-President of Student Affairs reads "Twas the Night Before Finals", and [[The Gentlemen of the College]] sing the song "[[The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)|The Twelve Days of Christmas]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_59339.asp |title=Holiday Traditions Fill The Season In Williamsburg |work=Chattanoogan.com |access-date=September 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214114143/http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_59339.asp |archive-date=February 14, 2009 }}</ref> Christmas is a grand celebration at the college; decorated Christmas trees abound on campus. This popular tradition started when German immigrant [[Charles Minnigerode]], a humanities professor at the college in 1842 who taught Latin and Greek, brought one of the first Christmas trees to America. Entering into the social life of post-colonial Virginia, Minnigerode introduced the German custom of decorating an evergreen tree at Christmas at the home of law professor [[St. George Tucker]], thereby becoming another of many influences that prompted Americans to adopt the practice at about that time.<ref>[http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Minnigerode_Charles_1814-1894 Minnigerode, Charles (1814–1894)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801022323/http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Minnigerode_Charles_1814-1894 |date=August 1, 2016 }}. Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved on August 9, 2013.</ref>

Incoming first-year students participate in Opening Convocation, at which they pass through the entrance of the Wren Building and are officially welcomed as the newest members of the college. During orientation week, first-year students also have the opportunity to serenade the college president at his home with the [[Our Alma Mater|Alma Mater song]]. The Senior Walk is similar in that graduating seniors walk through the Wren Building during their "departure" from college. On the last day of classes, Seniors are invited to ring the bell in the cupola of the Wren Building.

W&M also takes pride in its connections to its colonial past during Charter Day festivities. Charter Day is technically February 8, based on the date (from the [[Julian Calendar]]) that the Reverend James Blair, first president of the college, received the charter from the Court of [[William III of England|William III]] and [[Mary II of England|Mary II]] at Kensington Palace in 1693. Past Charter Day speakers have included former US President [[John Tyler]], [[Henry Kissinger]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], and [[Robert Gates]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scrc-kb.libraries.wm.edu/charter-day-speakers |title=Charter Day Speakers |website=William & Mary Special Collections Research Center |date=January 20, 2015 |access-date=October 1, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001214944/https://scrc-kb.libraries.wm.edu/charter-day-speakers |archive-date=October 1, 2022 }}</ref>

Another underground tradition at W&M is known as the "Triathlon". As reported by ''[[The Flat Hat]]'', the tradition - normally performed before graduation - involves completing three activities:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The College's very own triathlon tradition {{!}} Flat Hat News|url=http://flathatnews.com/2008/08/22/colleges-very-own-triathlon-tradition/|last=Hat|first=The Flat|date=August 22, 2008 |language=en-US|access-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref> jumping the walls of the Governor's Palace in Colonial Williamsburg, streaking through the Sunken Garden, and finally swimming in the [[Crim Dell bridge|Crim Dell]]. The tradition has been referred to as an underground one and is not sanctioned by the college but is still widely practiced.<ref name=":0" />

===Student Assembly===
The Student Assembly is the student government organization serving undergraduates and graduates. It allocates a student organization budget and funds services, advocates for student rights, and is the formal student representation to the City of Williamsburg and William & Mary administration.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wm.edu/sites/studentassembly/about/index.php |title= About| access-date= July 7, 2023}}</ref> It consists of Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. The president and vice president are elected jointly by the student body to lead the Executive Branch, and each class elects one class president and four senators who serve in the Senate (the Legislative Branch). The five graduate schools appoint one to two senators. The Cabinet consists of 10 departments managed by secretaries and undersecretaries.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.wm.edu/sites/studentassembly/branches/index.php |title= Branches |access-date= July 7, 2023}}</ref>

===Honor system===
[[File:The Sunken Gardens (5170848264).jpg|thumb|The [[Sunken Garden (Virginia)|Sunken Garden]], a central element of the Old Campus]]
William & Mary's [[honor system]] was established by alumnus Thomas Jefferson in 1779 and is widely believed to be the nation's first.<ref>{{cite news |last=Olsen |first=Patricia R. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/education/edlife/notebook.html |title=And Out of the Corner of My Eye...<!-- ellipsis in the original --> |work=The New York Times |date=January 6, 2008 |access-date=September 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425022144/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/education/edlife/notebook.html |archive-date=April 25, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> During the orientation week, every entering student recites the Honor Pledge in the Great Hall of the [[Wren Building]] pledging:
{{blockquote|As a Member of the William & Mary community I pledge, on my Honor, not to lie, cheat, or steal in either my academic or personal life. I understand that such acts violate the Honor Code and undermine the community of trust of which we are all stewards.}}

The basis of W&M's Honor Pledge was written over 150 years ago by alum and law professor [[Henry St. George Tucker Sr.]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000398 |title=Tucker, Henry St. George, (1780–1848) |publisher=Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress |access-date=December 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716064559/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000398 |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> While teaching law at the [[University of Virginia]], Tucker proposed students attach a pledge to all exams confirming on their honor they did not receive any assistance.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Barefoot |first=Coy |title=The Evolution of Honor: Enduring Principle, Changing Times |journal=The University of Virginia Magazine |volume=97 |issue=1 |pages=22–27 |publisher=University of Virginia Alumni Assn. |location=Charlottesville, Virginia |date=Spring 2008 |url=http://www.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.3888025/ |access-date=March 4, 2008|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329101500/http://www.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.3888025/ |archive-date=March 29, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last= Smith | first= C. Alphonso | newspaper= [[Richmond Times Dispatch]] | title= 'I Certify On My Honor--' The Real Story of How the Famed 'Honor System' at University of Virginia Functions and What Matriculating Students Should Know About It | url= http://richmondthenandnow.com/Newspaper-Articles/Honor-System.html | date= November 29, 1936 | access-date= December 12, 2008 | url-status= usurped | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130725221314/http://richmondthenandnow.com/Newspaper-Articles/Honor-System.html | archive-date= July 25, 2013 }}</ref> Tucker's honor pledge was the early basis of the Honor System at the [[University of Virginia]].<ref name="bruce-resignation">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofunivers03brucuoft |last=Bruce |first=Philip Alexander |author-link=Philip Alexander Bruce |title=History of the University of Virginia: The Lengthened Shadow of One Man |volume=III |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofunivers03brucuoft/page/68 68]–69 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing|Macmillan]] |location=New York |year=1921 |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820034715/https://archive.org/details/historyofunivers03brucuoft |archive-date=August 20, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> At W&M, the Honor System stands as one of the college's most important traditions; it remains student-administered through the Honor Council with the advice of the faculty and administration of the college. The college's Honor System is codified such that students found guilty of cheating, stealing, or lying are subject to sanctions ranging from a verbal warning to expulsion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wm.edu/deanofstudents/judicial/Honor_System.php |title=Judicial Affairs {{pipe}} |publisher=Wm.edu |access-date=September 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609221216/http://www.wm.edu/deanofstudents/judicial/Honor_System.php |archive-date=June 9, 2008 }}</ref>

W&M considers the observance of public laws of equal importance to the observance of its particular regulations. William & Mary's Board of Visitors delegates authority for discipline to its president. The President oversees a hierarchy of disciplinary authorities to enforce local laws as it pertains to William & Mary's interest as well as its internal regulatory system.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wm.edu/offices/deanofstudents/services/studentconduct/studenthandbook/student_code_of_conduct/index.php |title=Student Code of Conduct |publisher=Wm.edu |access-date=April 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410074600/http://www.wm.edu/offices/deanofstudents/services/studentconduct/studenthandbook/student_code_of_conduct/index.php |archive-date=April 10, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Fraternities and sororities===
{{Main|College of William & Mary fraternity and sorority system}}
[[File:W&M Sorority Court in summer.jpg|thumb|Sorority Court on Old Campus]]
William & Mary has a long history of [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|fraternities and sororities]] dating back to 1750 and the founding of the [[Flat Hat Club|F.H.C. Society]], the first collegiate fraternity established in what now is the [[United States of America|United States]]. [[Phi Beta Kappa]], the first "Greek-letter" fraternity, was founded at the college in 1776.

Various Greek organizations play an important role in the college community and other social organizations, such as theatre and club sports groups. In total, about one-third of undergraduate students are active members of one or another of 16 national fraternities and 13 sororities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wm.edu/offices/greeks/who-we-are/chapters/index.php |title=Chapters |publisher=Wm.edu |date=February 4, 2013 |access-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216201644/http://www.wm.edu/offices/greeks/who-we-are/chapters/index.php |archive-date=December 16, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>  William & Mary is also home to several unusual fraternal or similar organizations, including the [[Nu Kappa Epsilon]] music sorority<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wm.edu/so/nukappaepsilon/aboutnke.html|title=What Exactly is Nu Kappa Epsilon?|access-date=February 12, 2008}}{{Dead link|date=September 2010 |bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and its male counterpart, [[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]]; the [[Alpha Phi Omega]] co-ed service fraternity; gender-inclusive [[Phi Sigma Pi]] and other honor fraternities.

=== Secret societies ===
{{Main|College of William & Mary secret societies}}
Several student secret societies exist at the college, including the [[Flat Hat Club]], [[Seven Society (College of William & Mary)|Seven Society]], [[The Thirteen Club|13 Club]], [[Bishop James Madison Society]], and [[Wren Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2008-04-08 |title=Peeking into closed societies |url=https://flathatnews.com/2008/04/08/peeking-closed-societies/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Flat Hat News |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Queens' Guard===
[[File:Western Union Building, College of William and Mary.jpg|thumb|The Western Union Building in Sorority Court, site of the college's Army ROTC offices]]
[[Queens' Guard Military Fraternity | The Queens' Guard]] was established on February 8, 1961, as a special unit of the [[Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps]] and was affiliated with the [[Pershing Rifles]]. The Guard was described by former President [[Davis Young Paschall]] as "a unit organized, outfitted with special uniforms, and trained in appropriate drills and ceremonies as will represent the College of William & Mary in Virginia on such occasions and in such events as may be approved by the President." The uniform of the Guard loosely resembles that of the [[Scots Guards]] of the United Kingdom. The [[baldric]] is a pleated Stuart tartan in honor of Queen Mary II and Queen Anne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wm.edu/so/queensguard/|title=The Queens' Guard Homepage and Pershing Rifles Co. W-4|publisher=College of William & Mary |access-date=February 13, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830000331/http://www.wm.edu/so/queensguard|archive-date=August 30, 2008}}</ref> Following a [[hazing]] citation in fall 2019 by the college's Community Values & Restorative Practices organization, the Queens' Guard was suspended until at least spring 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wm.edu/offices/deanofstudents/services/communityvalues/org_discipline/index.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512021001/https://www.wm.edu/offices/deanofstudents/services/communityvalues/org_discipline/index.php|archive-date=May 12, 2021|access-date=May 11, 2021|title=Student Organization Conduct History|publisher=College of William & Mary |location=Williamsburg, VA |author=Community Values & Restorative Practices}}</ref>

===Music===
[[File:Classof2010.jpg|thumb|[[William & Mary Pep Band]] members in 2009]]
William & Mary has eleven [[collegiate a cappella]] groups: The Christopher Wren Singers (1987, co-ed); [[The Gentlemen of the College]] (1990, all-male); The Stairwells (1990, all-male); Intonations (1990, all-female); Reveille (1992, all-female); The Accidentals (1992, all-female); DoubleTake (1993, co-ed); The Cleftomaniacs (1999, co-ed); Passing Notes (2002, all-female); The Tribetones (2015, all-female);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wm.edu/so/acappellacouncil/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805223614/http://www.wm.edu/so/acappellacouncil/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 5, 2012|title=W&M a cappella council homepage|access-date=November 26, 2014}}</ref> and the Crim Dell Criers (2019, co-ed).<ref>{{cite web |title=Life@W&M on Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B55aWQmJvko/ |publisher=[[College of William and Mary]] Official Instagram account |access-date=May 21, 2022 |date=December 10, 2019 |quote=Today is a very exciting day! Last spring, a friend and I decided to start a new acapella group. The Crim Dell Criers is a noncompetitive "informal" coed rockapella group. ... It took all fall but finally, as of November, we are an official club on campus!}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Crim Dell Criers |url=https://tribelink.wm.edu/organization/crimdellcriers |publisher=[[College of William and Mary]] |access-date=May 21, 2022}}</ref> [[Sinfonicron Light Opera Company]], founded in 1965, is William & Mary's student-run [[light opera]] company, producing musicals (traditionally those by Gilbert & Sullivan) in the early spring of each academic year.<ref>Cleverly, Casey (January 25, 2007). [http://www.dogstreetjournal.com/story/3566 "Sinfonicron Presents ''The Mikado''"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307082015/http://www.dogstreetjournal.com/story/3566 |date=March 7, 2014}}. ''[[The DoG Street Journal]]''</ref> Music societies at the college include local chapters of the music honor societies [[Delta Omicron]] (co-ed) and [[Phi Mu Alpha]] (all-male) as well as [[Nu Kappa Epsilon]] (all-female). Nu Kappa Epsilon, founded in 1994 at William & Mary, is "dedicated to promoting the growth and development of musical activities at the college as well as in the Williamsburg community".<ref>Thompson, Camille (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=DaqLdYMaeB0C&q=%22Nu+Kappa+Epsilon%22&pg=PA159 ''College of William and Mary''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528234109/https://books.google.com/books?id=DaqLdYMaeB0C&pg=PA159&q=%22Nu%20Kappa%20Epsilon%22 |date=May 28, 2016}}, p.159. College Prowler Inc. {{ISBN|1-59658-031-3}}</ref>

Large musical ensembles include a symphony orchestra, wind symphony, and four choral ensembles: The William & Mary Choir,<ref>{{Cite web |title=William & Mary - W&M Choir |url=https://www.wm.edu/as/music/ensembles/wm-choir.php |access-date=March 25, 2022 |website=William & Mary |language=en}}</ref> The Botetourt Chamber Singers,<ref>{{cite web |title=William & Mary - Botetourt Chamber Singers |url=https://www.wm.edu/as/music/ensembles/botetourt-chamber-singers.php |access-date=March 25, 2022 |website=William & Mary}}</ref> The Barksdale Treble Chorus (formerly the William & Mary Women's Chorus), and Ebony Expressions Gospel Choir. The Botetourt Chamber Singers (1974, co-ed) are the student [[chamber choir]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wm.edu/as/music/ensembles/botetourt-chamber-singers.php|title=Botetourt Chamber Singers|publisher=College of William & Mary |location=Williamsburg, VA|access-date=May 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202140257/https://www.wm.edu/as/music/ensembles/botetourt-chamber-singers.php|archive-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> There are several musical ensembles at the college, from Early Music Ensemble to Jazz.<ref>{{cite web|title=Classical & Jazz Ensembles|url=http://www.wm.edu/as/music/ensembles/classicalandjazz/index.php|website=College of William & Mary|access-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226052040/http://www.wm.edu/as/music/ensembles/classicalandjazz/index.php|archive-date=February 26, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to 1996 the college had a marching band, which has since changed into the [[William & Mary Pep Band]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The William & Mary Pep Band|url=http://web.wm.edu/so/pepband/|website=William & Mary Pep Band|access-date=February 26, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226054924/http://web.wm.edu/so/pepband/|archive-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref>

William & Mary's radio station, [[WCWM]], has been on the air since 1959.<ref>{{cite web|title=WCWM Fest|url=https://wcwm.wm.edu/index.php/fest/|website=WCWM Fest|access-date=March 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326051005/https://wcwm.wm.edu/index.php/fest/|archive-date=March 26, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>