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Reconnect with classmates and friends from W&M. Reach out to members throughout the U.S. and in over 50 countries. Get or give career advice. How will you harness the power of connection?  \nThis platform is free and part of W&M’s commitment to being  \nyour career partner for life.  \n[Join today at onenetwork.wm.edu](Join today at onenetwork.wm.edu)  \nYour university art museum is open again, three times larger than before, with an exciting slate of exhibitions and events to engage both campus and community!  \nExplore the art on view, take a docentled tour, sign up for a workshop, attend a lecture, shop in the Museum Store, enjoy lunch in the café—there are endless ways to engage with the visual arts at the expanded Muscarelle Museum of Art in the new Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts.  \nVISIT  \nGeneral admission to the Muscarelle is always free.  \nHOURS  \nTuesday – Saturday 10 AM – 5 PM Sunday 12 – 5 PM  \nDINE & SHOP  \nThe Muscarelle Café and Museum Store are open during all regular museum hours.  \nFACULTY SHOW  \n16  \nEXPANDED HORIZONS  \nNative American Creativity at the Intersection of Culture and Art  \nTHROUGH OCT 13  \nVITAL  \nOur Irreplaceable Earth  \nTHROUGH NOV 2  \nFACULTY SHOW 16  \nShowcasing W&M Faculty  \nOCT 17 – JAN 11  \nLIQUID COMMONWEALTH  \nThe Art and Life of Water in Virginia  \nNOV 14 – FEB 15  \nMUSCARELLE. 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