The inauguration and celebration of W. Taylor Reveley IV, Longwood University’s 26th president, is set for Friday, Nov. 15. According to the official inauguration web page, the day will kick off with a continental breakfast for faculty and staff in Dorrill Dining Hall’s (D-Hall) Nance Room from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. The public installation ceremony will be on Lancaster Mall at 3:30 p.m., directly behind the president’s office building.
Following the ceremony, Reveley will accompany students to a special inauguration dinner in D-Hall. Faculty, staff, board members and other invited guests will have the option to attend a reception in Blackwell Hall as well.
Before beginning his work at the university on July 1, Reveley served as the managing director of University of Virginia’s Miller Center.
College and university presidency is not an unfamiliar feat for Reveley’s family. According to a Longwood University press release, his father is currently president of the College of William & Mary and his grandfather was president of local Hampden-Sydney College from 1963 to 1977.
Reveley also has familial ties to the university as his grandmother and other family members graduated from Longwood. His great-grandfather was a biology professor at the university as well.
Check The Rotunda in the coming weeks for updates on the inauguration ceremony and activities.
