EVMS to consider becoming part of William and Mary

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The College of William and Mary and Eastern Virginia Medical School said Wednesday they have agreed to explore the feasibility of having EVMS become the William and Mary School of Medicine.

The public schools announced the beginning of the exploration process in a joint statement. The College of William and Mary is the nation’s second oldest college and is located in Williamsburg. EVMS was founded in 1973 and is located in Norfolk, about an hour’s drive southeast of Williamsburg. It has no correlating undergraduate institution while William and Mary already has graduate programs in business and law, among others.