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Introducing Sabra Purtill, CD alumna

Like many former Cav Daily staffers, Sabra Purtill found a home in the Newcomb Hall offices in a way that impacts her career to this day. A 1984 graduate from the College, Purtill now works as the Senior Vice President of Investor Relations at the Hartford Financial Services Group. In this role, she is in […]

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Alumni Contributions

Women and the CD

It’s no secret that hundreds of women have shaped The Cavalier Daily throughout its 127-year history. It hasn’t always been smooth sailing. The University did not co-educate until 1970. And some male students were skeptical when the first women enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences (see below). Still, the CD quickly became a […]

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Alumni Contributions, Student Contributions

Introducing Mariel Messier, CD Senior Sports Editor

Third-year Mariel Messier brings her passion for sports directly into the offices of The Cavalier Daily, where she currently serves as Senior Sports Editor. Messier became involved with the paper during her second year, calling the pursuit “a no-brainer.” A sports fan who discovered her love of observing and speaking about sporting events in high […]

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Student Contributions

Welcome to our new CDAA Board Members!

In a conference call with the CDAA Board on February 25, 2017, five new members were unanimously voted onto the Board. Julia Horowitz, Dan Keyserling, John Lumpkin, Sabra Purtill and George Rodrigue will join, bringing the total Board number up to 20. Horowitz (Col. ’16; editor-in-chief), Keyserling (Col. ’08; executive editor), Lumpkin (Col. ’71) and […]

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Alumni Contributions, Congratulations

Introducing Dan Keyserling, CD alum

Dan Keyserling has traveled far from the basement of Newcomb Hall since graduating from the University in 2008. The newly elected member of the Cavalier Daily Alumni Association Board of Directors is now the head of communications and a senior advisor at Jigsaw, the big ideas incubator for Google parent company Alphabet. It’s a job […]

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Alumni Contributions