Davis & Elkins College (D&E) is a private college in Elkins, West Virginia. History The school was founded in 1904 and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. It was named for Henry G. Davis and his son-in-law Stephen B. Elkins, who were both members of the United States Senate from West Virginia. The Senator, the college newspaper, was founded in December 1922. Athletics The school's athletic teams, known as the Senators, compete in NCAA Division II, primarily in the Mountain East Conference (MEC). The Senators had been members of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) from the league's founding in 1924 until its demise in 2013, after which the school joined the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC). In 2019, the Senators joined the MEC, thereby reuniting with most of their historic rivals. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, and indoor & outdoor track. All of these sports compete in the MEC except for lacrosse, which remains in the G-MAC because the MEC sponsors that sport only for women. Women's sports include triathlon, acrobatics & tumbling, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, indoor & outdoor track, and volleyball. Acrobatics & tumbling and triathlon, neither of which the MEC sponsors, compete as independents (without a conference affiliation). Enrollment The college enrolls 805 students, with a 12:1 student/faculty ratio. Campus buildings 1890–1924 Halliehurst Mansion Graceland Mansion The Icehouse Gatehouse 1925–1976 Liberal Arts Hall Charles E. Albert Hall Boiler House Theatre Memorial Gymnasium/Martin Field House (dedicated October 2010) Jennings Randolph Hall Benedum Hall Eshleman Science Center Walter S. Robbins and Elisabeth Shonk Robbins Memorial Chapel Hermanson Center Graceland Inn & Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality & Tourism Darby Hall Roxanna Booth Hall Gribble Hall Presidential Center International Hall/Moyer Hall (dedicated October 2010) 1992–Present Booth Library Charles B. Gates Jr. Memorial Tower Madden Student Center & William S. Robbins Centennial Tower The McDonnell Center for Health, Physical Education and Athletics Myles Center for the Arts (dedicated October 2012) Affiliated programs Augusta Heritage Center, at Davis & Elkins College, provides instruction and performances, folklife programs, and a home for significant collections of field recordings, oral histories, photographs, instruments, and Appalachian art. "We teach. We share. We celebrate the wonder and diversity of the heritage arts." Augusta Heritage Center is best known for intensive week-long workshops that attract several hundred participants annually. Thousands more attend its public