James Warren, S. Blount Mason, Jr., Professor of English at Washington and Lee University, has received both an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship and a Formby Library Research Fellowship for 2008-09.
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Elizabeth Evans "Betty" Munger, the manager of Washington and Lee University's bookstore from 1967 to 1983, died at Foxdale Village Retirement Community, State College, Pa., on March 26. She was 91.
Swimming wasn’t even his first choice in college sports, but Thursday, March 20, Alex Sweet, 22, and a senior at Washington and Lee University, won the NCAA Division III national swimming title for the 50-yard freestyle at Miami University, Ohio.
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) is holding its Region II 2008 spring conference at Washington and Lee University on March 28-29. Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! will give the keynote address on Saturday, March 29, at 3 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons.
Poet Becky Gould Gibson will read from her work, including her new book "Need-Fire," on Monday, March 31, at 4:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium in the Leyburn Library at Washington and Lee University. The reading is open to the public.
Washington and Lee University senior Mike Fahey of Marshfield, Mass., was named the John W. Elrod Unsung General of the Year at the sixth annual Celebrating Student Success Gala Awards Assembly held Wednesday night, March 19, in Lee Chapel.
Charles Fletcher Murray, known to all as "Murph" during his 32-year career as the University proctor at Washington and Lee University, died on March 16. He was 86.
"Kristin's Story: a story of acquaintance rape, depression and suicide" will be presented by Andrea Cooper, Kristin's mother, on Tuesday, March 25, at 7 p.m. in W&L's Stackhouse Theater in Elrod Commons.
Washington and Lee University's SAIL, the Student Association for International Learning, will present their 12th annual cultural showcase, Evening Abroad, on Thursday, March 20, from 8-10 p.m. in the Marketplace in Elrod Commons.
The fifth annual Reeves Center Lecture Series, titled "Silk Road to Clipper Ship," sponsored by Washington and Lee University's Reeves Center and Art department will present the third and final lecture on Monday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium, Leyburn Library. The series accompanies the current Watson Pavilion exhibit, Silk Road to Clipper Ship, a exhibition on loan from the University of Michigan Museum of Art.
W. Bradley Wendel, professor of law at Cornell University and former member of the faculty at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, will deliver the keynote speech at Washington and Lee University's Legal Ethics Institute on Friday, March 28, at 4:30 p.m. in Classroom A of Lewis Hall.
Washington and Lee University's 2008 Democratic Mock Convention won a Pollie Award from the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) for successful "student political fundraising - direct mail."
The Washington and Lee Repertory Dance Company will present "Resort," a work choreographed by guest artist Robin Harris and danced by Blaire Monroe ’08, Katherine Perry ’08, Alice Shih ’08, Emily Wallace ’09, Margaret Ward ’09 and A'rese Emokpae ’10, at the American College Dance Festival Association (ACDFA) conference competition on March 13-16, 2008 in Baltimore, Md.
The Virginia Association of Economists and the Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics at Washington and Lee University will host the sixth H. Parker Willis Lecture to be given by Frederic S. Mishkin, a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System, on Thursday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons.
Robert H. Grubbs, the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, will give a public lecture on Thursday, March 27, at 4 p.m. in room A214 in the Science Center at Washington and Lee University. The title of the talk will be "Where Fundamental Science Can Take You: Olefin Metathesis." There will be a reception starting at 3:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Science Center.
Washington and Lee University will host the Ninth National Symposium of Theater in Academe from March 13 to 15. It will be held in Northen Auditorium in W&L's Leyburn Library.
Thomas F. Pettigrew, Glynn Family Scholar at Washington and Lee University and research professor of social psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will give a lecture on Thursday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in the Elrod Commons Stackhouse Theater. The lecture is titled "Intergroup Contact: How to Facilitate Intergroup Harmony?"
Four years ago, in the middle of a hot presidential campaign, the CBS News program "60 Minutes Wednesday" aired an explosive segment involving President George Bush's National Guard service.
Brian Duffy, managing editor for NPR News, will be the keynote speaker for Washington and Lee University's 45th Institute of Ethics in Journalism on Friday, March 14, at 5 p.m. in Lee Chapel. He is responsible for directing the daily editorial process and overseeing all aspects of NPR's news coverage.
Jeanine Silveira Stewart, professor of psychology and former acting dean of the College at Washington and Lee University, has been appointed vice president for academic affairs at Hollins University, in Roanoke. She begins her new post on July 1.
"Still Flight," an exhibition of recent work by artist Christa Kreeger Bowden, assistant professor of art at Washington and Lee University, will be on view at Mary Baldwin College's Hunt Gallery from March 10 - 28, 2008. At W&L, Bowden coordinates the photography program, teaching both traditional and digital photography.