Max Adler is on a road trip. He's playing 60 golf courses in 60 days and writing about his travels for Golf Digest. And — they're paying him. This isn't the first time that Max, a 2004 graduate and former member of the Generals' varsity golf team, has combined his writing and playing skills to […]
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Beverly Lorig, director of career services at Washington and Lee, offered sage (and timely) advice for parents of students graduating this month. In a column that she wrote for the Wall Street Journal's blog, “Hire Education,” she addressed comments directly to parents, telling them not to believe that, come commencement, their son or daughter will […]
It's that Pomp and Circumstance time of year, and several Washington and Lee connections are cropping up in commencement exercises here and there. • W&L alumnus Tom Wolfe, of the Class of 1951, was the principal speaker at the University of Alabama-Huntsville last Friday. He told the graduates that America is "in astonishingly good shape." […]
For the seventh year in a row, Washington and Lee's varsity sports teams have captured the Dan Woolridge Cup as the overall sports champion in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. W&L has won the cup 14 times in its 16-year history. Sponsored by Farm Bureau Insurance, the cup goes to the ODAC member institution with […]
A new interactive map is tracking the plans of the Class of 2010, as its members prepare to receive their degrees next Thursday and scatter to begin their post-W&L lives: class of 2010: post-graduation plans. Constructed by Eric Owsley and Jessica Carter of the University's Web team, the map allows members of the class to […]
Washington and Lee alumnus Bob Doll of the Class of 1974 had always been a fan of crossword puzzles. About five years ago he decided to try his hand at constructing the crossword puzzles that he's always enjoyed solving. And he's been more than a little successful at it. If you're a New York Times […]
When the Washington and Lee faculty was reimagining the University’s Spring Term, one of the planning principles was to think big. And James Mahon, associate professor of philosophy and head of the department, took that admonition to heart. The course that Mahon has been teaching, Philosophy 370, is titled “Roe v. Wade and the Abortion […]
On the final day of his four-day visit to the United States last week, Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited Fort Campbell, Ky., where one of the people he met was Col. Arthur Kandarian, a 1986 Washington and Lee graduate who commands the U.S. Army brigade that will lead the coming U.S.-led offensive in Kandahar. Art […]
This morning's Roanoke Times has a major feature piece about Washington and Lee alumnus Courtney Penn of the Class of 1992. Courtney is a special assistant to the president at Roanoke College, but today's feature is all about Courtney's six years of service on the Roanoke School Board. As the story notes right up front, […]
Four Washington and Lee undergraduates have spent 12 days in Yellowstone National Park this month, but they are not your run-of-the-mill tourists. The four, along with W&L biology professor Bill Hamilton, are conducting some serious scientific research as part of their spring term course, which has the rather unromantic title "Plant Functional Ecology." This is […]
John R. Broadway Jr., a 1974 graduate of the Washington and Lee School of Law, is returning to government service in the administration of Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. John had been named to a four-year term as head of the Virginia Employment Commission. As the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported, John "takes over the agency at a […]
Where were you at exactly 11 a.m. (EST), or 15:00 (UTC), on Sunday, May 2? Janet Ikeda, associate dean of the College at Washington and Lee, was at the University's Japanese Tearoom at that moment. She had a camera, and the photograph she took became part of the New York Times' Moment in Time project. […]
W. Ansel Sanders, a member of Washington and Lee's Class of 2004, is embarking on another fascinating chapter in his work as a young leader in public education. Ansel is program director for the A. J. Whittenberg Elementary School in Engineering, which will open this coming fall in Greenville, S.C. After graduating from W&L, Ansel […]
The Office of Communications and Public Affairs (C&PA), which brings you this website, the alumni magazines, programs for Alumni Weekend and other pieces you have seen and used, is going to brag about itself and its colleagues a bit. If you attended Parents Weekend last fall, you had a useful booklet in your packet. The […]
Members of the campus community may have noticed that some of their male colleagues, student, staff and faculty alike, are sporting a new crop of facial hair. That’s unusual for this warm time of year—it can get hot underneath all that fuzz—but it’s a tradition, and it’s for a good cause: The annual fund-raiser for […]
If you haven't noticed it already, please take a look at the newly created Alumni "dashboard" on the wlu.edu website. Click here to go to the page, which combines information tailored to individual alumni under the Colonnade Connections heading on the right site. Alumni with login information will be able to search the directory, submit […]
Christopher Rucker, a 2009 Washington and Lee graduate who is an admissions counselor at W&L, describes himself this way: "I'm Button-Down collar, Four-in-Hand tie, regular button cuff, Slim cut, two button suit, Classic black toe cap shoes, Silver with Leather Strap Watch, iPhone, Mac, Mix and Match, Something Practical kind of guy." Actually, that probably […]
The College of William & Mary is honoring brothers Channing and Lesslie Hall, Washington and Lee alumni who are lifelong Williamsburg, Va., residents, with the college's annual Prentis Award. The Prentis Award is given to those people whose civic involvement benefits the community and the College. The award is named in honor of the Williamsburg […]
Randolph Hare, director of maintenance and operations in Facilities Management, has just been reelected vice president of information and research for APPA: The Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers, the 4,800-member organization for facilities management professionals in colleges and universities. With more than 30 years of experience in facilities management administration, Randolph sits on the […]