WILLIAMSBURG, Va., April 30 -- William and Mary issued the following news release:

By the time Debi Jarvis came to William & Mary in 2012 as a part-time analyst in University Human Resources, she had already retired from another job she'd held for 30 years. She wasn't looking for a second act, but her dedication and experience quietly opened the door to an unexpected and fulfilling new chapter.

When a vacancy in UHR's top job occurred in June 2025, Jarvis was asked to take over as interim chief with just months to go before the rollout of Workday, a sweeping software platform that guides payroll, analytics, financial and workforce management across campus.

For the stewardship of that massive project and a litany of other meaningful contr...