Steve Van Amburgh, a member of Washington and Lee's Class of 1975, will be inducted into the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors Hall of Fame next month. Steve is the chief executive officer of KDC Real Estate Development and Investments. He manages that firm’s strategic planning, coordinates all new business development efforts and oversees […]
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The eight students in Professor Toni Locy's Journalism 280 course, Legal Reporting, put what they learned into practice last semester and created a website to show off their work. The Preliminary Hearing showcases two separate investigations that the students undertook during the semester. As the description of the course says, "Courthouses make the best beats. Every […]
Alvin Townley, a 1997 graduate of Washington and Lee, has traveled the world once before to produce books on the Boy Scouts, scouting and leadership. This month, Alvin's newest book is out, and he has focused on the world of U.S. naval aviation as it celebrates its 100th year. To write it, Alvin again went […]
Earlier this month, members of the Washington and Lee School of Law's Access to Justice: Liberia Practicum provided a synopsis of its work during a trip to Monrovia, Liberia, with law professor Speedy Rice. Here is how the four W&L 3L students — Simon Herr, Massie Payne, Anna Katherine Moody, and David Brooks — described their […]
In the two years since he graduated from Washington and Lee, Isaiah Goodman has been establishing his career as a business analyst for Target at the company's headquarters in Isaiah's home state of Minnesota. Isaiah's video is prominent in a series on the Target website that features members of the Target team talking about their careers. In his […]
Kimberly Cole has been selected to participate in 2011 New Professional Institute. NPI is the preeminent professional development opportunity for new student affairs professionals in the south. Co-sponsored by NASPA region III and SACSA, NPI is an intensive and interactive week of learning, sharing, networking and professional and personal development. The unique residential opportunity allows student affairs professionals to draw on their first years of experience to improve their effectiveness and to learn from others. It is a time of renewal and assists new professionals in the development of their careers. Many institutions have used this Institute not only as a training ground for rising stars in the profession, but as a form of recognition for outstanding new professionals on their campus. Participants come from all areas of student affairs.<br />
Washington and Lee Registrar Scott Dittman received one of two "top session" awards at the annual meeting of the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (SACRAO) in February in Atlanta. Scott's session, titled "The IT Razor: What's New on the Bleeding Edge," was given the SACRAO President's Award for Outstanding Professional Presentation. SACRAO has more than 400 institutional members and more than 3,000 individual members from Texas and Oklahoma to Virginia.<br />
Washington and Lee held its annual Employee Recognition Banquet on Thursday (April 21) and paid tribute to eight retiring staff members, plus those staffers who were celebrating employment anniversaries. The retirees, who have a combined 230 years of service to W&L: • George Carras, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations (1997-2011) • Jacqueline A. Davis, Non-Book […]
Washington and Lee sophomore Michael McGuire wants your vote. (Or votes.) As of today (April 21), Michael is the second leading vote-getter out of 100 contestants in an online contest in which entrants record a video of themselves singing Toni Braxton's hit song "Unbreak My Heart." Voting in the " 'Unbreak My Heart' Cover Contest" […]
Nine retiring Washington and Lee employees with a combined 230 years of service to the University were honored at the annual Employee Recognition Banquet on April 21, 2011. <p>The retirees are:</p> • George Carras, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations (1997-2011)<br />• Jacqueline A. Davis, Non-Book Manager, University Store (1971-2010)<br />• John P. Doyle, Associate Law Librarian (1986-2011)<br />• Leon W. Fields Sr., Custodian (1988-2011)<br />• Carolyn W. Hammett, Administrative Assistant, Williams School (1987-2011)<br />• Leonard J. Reiss Jr., Technical Services Specialist (1985-2010)<br />• Joan N. Robins, Director of Hillel (2001-2011)<br />• Thomas M. Sloan Jr., Custodian, Fraternities (1976-2011)<br />• Charles E. Ware, Utility Worker, Dining Service (1976-2011) <ul> </ul> <p>In addition, the University recognized individuals for years of service. Four staff members who have 35 years of service are W. Scott Beebe (Facilities Management), Darlene T. Moore (School of Law), Granville T. Sweet (Facilities Management), and Thomas W. Tinsley (Information Technology Services).</p> <p><a href="Documents/public_affairs/recognition.pdf" title="Recognition Banquet">See the complete list of years of service (pdf).</a></p>
Throughout her 28 years as an officer-lawyer in the U.S. Army, Brigadier General (Ret.) Malinda Dunn, a 1981 graduate of the Washington and Lee School of Law, has broken ground in several areas. She was, for instance, the first female staff judge advocate of the 82nd Airborne Division, with which she did two tours; she was […]
More than one Twitter user wondered aloud (or is actually "aloud" when you Tweet?) about a scene from Sunday night's episode of "The Cleveland Show" on Fox. During one of the bizarre asides that are routine in the animated series, the scene flashes to a college commencement ceremony in front of a familiar-looking set of […]
Soon after we noted the recent appointment of Washington and Lee alumnus T. Lee Robinson, of the Class of 1985, to the New Orleans Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta last week, readers brought to our attention that a second W&L alumnus is also serving in an advisory capacity to the Atlanta Fed. […]
Anyone who has been following the largest class action suit in history, Dukes v. Wal-Mart, has likely heard the views of Washington and Lee alumnus Gerald "Jerry" Maatman. The 1978 graduate, a senior partner at Seyfarth Shaw L.L.P., in Chicago, has filed a brief with the Supreme Court in support of Walmart on behalf of Costco […]
In This Issue: It's All About the Students: Student Health at W&L; His Best Role Yet, By Emily Allender '11
Four Washington and Lee organizations raised more than $1,800 in a Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Campaign. Mary Knighton, a visiting assistant professor of Japanese, coordinated the effort. Student Association for International Learning (SAIL), Pan Asian Association for Cultural Exchange (PAACE), and the East Asian Languages and Literatures Department (EALL) partnered with the Nabors Service League to conduct […]
Earlier this month, the Mobile Press-Register posed five questions to Washington and Lee alumnus T. Lee Robinson. One was what he'd be doing if he weren't president of OHC, Inc., a hardwood lumber importer. Lee's answer? He'd want to teach history at his alma mater. A 1985 graduate of W&L, Lee was recently named to the […]
Our blog post about the visit that Elizabeth Taylor made to Lexington with then-fiancé John Warner, of the Class of 1949, generated lots of traffic and a few comments about a less-publicized visit to the Beta house. But here's a story about the couple that we hadn't heard until it popped up last week in […]
Washington and Lee wresting coach Gary Franke is the author of an opinion piece, "A True Display of Sportsmanship," that ran on D3Wrestle.com on March 24, 2011. The story was based on a display of sportsmanship that Gary had seen at the NCAA Division III tournament. Read the piece at <a href="http://www.d3wrestle.com/?p=3965">http://www.d3wrestle.com/?p=3965</a><br />
Since 1994, R. Plater Robinson, of Washington and Lee's Class of 1978, has been investigating the civil rights era murder of Louis Allen in Liberty, Miss. His research was cited by "60 Minutes," which aired a segment titled "Cold case: The murder of Louis Allen," on Sunday night. Plater is education director of the Southern […]
We just discovered another fascinating student blog from a study abroad experience and recommend it highly. Last time, we described Washington and Lee junior Shiri Yadlin's blog from Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Shiri's classmate Megan Dailey is spending the winter term in Jordan, and posting to her 100 Arabian Nights blog. Megan, an Medieval Studies major and […]
<p>Beverly Lorig, director of career services at Washington and Lee University, has been named to the board of the Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers (EACE). She will assume responsibilities of director, public relations and communications in early June.</p>
One night last month, members of the Greensboro, N.C., Bar Association gathered for the organization's annual meeting and honored 18 of their group with induction into the Herb Falk Society. Membership in the society is based on the amount of pro bono work that the attorneys have done during the previous year. Anyone who has […]
Washington and Lee alumnus Bill Falvey, a member of the Class of 1969 and a Memphis physician, had always been intrigued by the comic book versions of classics known as Classics Illustrated. Featuring such titles as Moby Dick, Hamlet and The Iliad, the series began publication in 1941 and produced 169 issues by 1971. The […]
<p>Sara Sprenkle, assistant professor of computer science, won the Best Research Paper Award, with co-authors Lori Pollock (University of Delaware) and Lucy Simko '11 at the IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation in Berlin, Germany in March.<br /></p>
The April/May 2011 edition of Garden & Gun magazine includes feature stories about not one, but two, Washington and Lee alumni. "Appalachian Spring" is the story of the Southern Highlands Reserve, a private native-plant garden and research center founded by Robert Balentine, of the Class of 1979, and his wife, Betty. Robert confesses in the […]
Last week, the @wlunews Twitter feed received this message from Sam Perkins, of the Classes of 1980 and 1983 Law: "Did you see this political cartoon by John Cole (W&L '80) re: Michael Krancer (W&L Law '83)? Worlds collide…" Earlier, Sam had tweeted this: "My W&L undergrad classmate creates political cartoon re: W&L Law classmate […]
In his 30-year legal career, Washington and Lee alumnus Rob Wendt, of the Class of 1978, has specialized in issues involving the environment, mental health patients and the disabled. He has become a specialist in Social Security disability issues. Rob recently described his work this way to a reporter for a major feature in The […]