Editing College of William & Mary (section)

===21st century===
[[File:Heart Memorial to the Enslaved in daylight, 2022.jpg|thumb|[[Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved]], dedicated in 2022 to commemorate enslaved persons owned and used by the college<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Memorial|url=https://www.wm.edu/sites/enslavedmemorial/about/index.php|publisher=College of William & Mary|access-date=October 18, 2022}}</ref>]]
On July 25, 2012, [[Eastern Virginia Medical School]] (EVMS), in nearby [[Norfolk, Virginia]], made a joint announcement with William & Mary that the two schools were considering merging, with the prospect that EVMS would become the William & Mary School of Medicine.<ref>{{cite web |last=Whitson |first=Brian |title=W&M and EVMS to explore School of Medicine |url=http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2012/wm-and-evms-to-explore-school-of-medicine.php |publisher=The College of William & Mary |date=July 25, 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124730/http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2012/wm-and-evms-to-explore-school-of-medicine.php |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Reveley |first=Taylor |title=President's message on W&M and EVMS |url=http://www.wm.edu/news/announcements/archive/2012/presidents-message-on-wm-and-evms.php |url-status=live |publisher=The College of William & Mary |date=July 25, 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155626/http://www.wm.edu/news/announcements/archive/2012/presidents-message-on-wm-and-evms.php |archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> Any such merger would have to be confirmed by the two schools and then confirmed by the Virginia General Assembly and Governor. Both universities subsequently agreed upon a pilot relationship, supported by a $200,000 grant in the Virginia budget, to examine this possible union in reality.<ref>{{cite web |last=Whitson |first=Brian |title=W&M report recommends pilot partnership with EVMS |url=http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2013/wm-report-recommends-pilot-partnership-with-evms123.php |url-status=live |publisher=The College of William & Mary |date=January 16, 2013 |access-date=March 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110111/http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2013/wm-report-recommends-pilot-partnership-with-evms123.php |archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>