A little more than a year ago we blogged about Washington and Lee alumnus Matt Bevin, of the Class of 1989,and his family business — Bevin Brothers Manufacturing Company, maker of 200 varieties of bells. We noted then that bells were especially relevant given the time of year. National Public Radio apparently agrees. Earlier this […]
Anyone who has made the move to Google+ can now find Washington and Lee's official presence there now. Search for Washington and Lee and add us to one of your circles or go directly to our custom URL: gplus.to/wlu. We've begun adding stories, videos and photos to Google+ page and hope that you'll join us […]
A blog entry on the Roanoke Times' "So Salem" site today features the career of Washington and Lee law school alumna Llewellyn Hedgbeth of the Class of 1980. And quite a career it's been, too. A Salem native, Llew was a drama major at Hollins and then earned both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in […]
Nora V. Demleitner will be the new dean of Washington and Lee University's School of Law. She becomes the first woman to hold that position and is the 17th dean in the 145-year history of W&L's law school. She will also hold the Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Professorship in Law. A highly respected scholar on […]
In an interview for the website JustLuxe earlier this month, Washington and Lee alumnus and trustee Robert Balentine, of the Class of 1979, repeats a motto that his father used: "If you listen to your clients, they will tell you how to run your business." That, Robert tells the interviewers for JustLuxe, remains a guiding […]
Washington and Lee alumnus and trustee emeritus John Klinedinst, CEO and shareholder of Klinedinst P.C., has been named Most Admired CEO by the San Diego Business Journal. John, a member of the undergrad Class of 1971 and the law school Class of 1978, won the award in the Journal's private company/medium category. This marked the […]
Businesses targeting college students and young professionals figured prominently among the business plans presented at the fall semi-final round of Washington and Lee University's Business Plan Competition (BPC). Teams of W&L seniors presented their ideas to a panel of judges, mostly University alumni, with experience as entrepreneurs, in private equity or venture capital. The students’ […]
The steady downward trend in the use of the death penalty in the United States represents a "fairly irreversible decline" and suggests a time when the death penalty will be abolished, says David Bruck, a Washington and Lee University law professor. Statistics released this week by the Death Penalty Information Center indicate that the number […]
A New York Times piece this week extols the "unconventional taste" of Washington and Lee alumna Hollister Hovey, of the Class of 2000, and her business partner and sister, Porter Hovey, who have recently established Hovey Design. As the story in the Home & Garden section of the Times notes, Hollister and Porter had been considering […]
In This Issue: Higher Education: The Cost, The Price, The Value; From Words to Windows: Elizabeth O'Byrne ’00, By Campbell Massie, Photos By Kevin Remington; Welcome Home: Five-Star Generals, Homecoming, Young Alumni, Awards
Throughout the country this month, emotional homecomings are occurring every day as members of the United States military return from Iraq. Although it did not involve Iraq, one homecoming this week caught our eye. A story in the Statesville, N.C., Record & Landmark is about the celebration in that town when an Army officer, Maj. […]
Last week was Washington and Lee's second edition of Dancing with the Professors. Not only is it a good fund-raiser for the W&L dance program, but it's proven a big hit with the audiences, too. In fact, it was voted best new event on campus by students last year. Eleven professors participated in 10 dances this […]
Imagine that you've been working a jigsaw puzzle for 50 years—and you can't find the one piece that will allow you to finish at least one portion of the puzzle. The possibility that this piece might have finally been found is why physicists are so excited about this week's announcement that scientists believe they are […]
Chris Gavaler, visiting assistant professor of English at Washington and Lee, is the author of two novels as well as numerous award-winning short stories and plays. He's also got one of the more intriguing blogs that you'll find, particularly if you grew up, as he did, reading comic books. Every Monday, Chris posts a new […]
The programs go by various names. Green Dot. Red Flag. Some don’t have a name yet. They all share one important trait, however: the education of bystanders about when, and how, to intervene and therefore prevent sexual violence and alcohol abuse in the Washington and Lee community. “Bystander education is an important part of our […]
For more than 29 years The Legend of Chris Moose was stuck away in one of Allen Northcutt's drawer. Allen, a 1963 graduate of Washington and Lee, had conceived of his character on Christmas Eve in 1982. Although he'd never written a book before, he was looking for a way to supplement his income and […]
WILL, the Wilderness Leadership and Learning Program headed by Washington and Lee alumnus Steve Abraham, was recognized this week on WJLA-TV in Washington as one of Harris' Heroes, a special segment from anchor Leon Harris. WILL helps D.C. teens grow and learn in order to help them become leaders and achieve their goals. Or, more simply, […]
Harrison Claud, a Washington and Lee University junior from Richmond, has been named a winner of the 2011-12 VMIC/Norfolk Southern Scholarship. Claud, a graduate of Collegiate School in Richmond, is majoring in economics and is a Deans List student. He is also a member of Kathekon, the student-alumni organization, and is on the White Book […]
The millions of readers of the major Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta can now turn to the “Lifestyle” column to read essays by Anna Brodsky, associate professor of Russian at Washington and Lee University. Brodsky, who is Russian and immigrated to the United States in her early 20s, began writing her column this summer and said […]
Letters to the editors of Rockbridge County's newspapers–200 years' worth–was the subject of conversation when Washington and Lee journalism professor Doug Cumming appeared on NPR affiliate WMRA's "Virginia Insight" program on Dec. 8, 2011. He discussed the new book that he edited, The Lexington Letters: Two Centuries of Water Under the Bridge. Cumming, a former […]
It seems like an easy decision. Grant political asylum to a Congolese man or send him back to the country where he suffered unspeakable abuse in prison, where his family members were attacked and forced into hiding. The reality, says Aaron Haas, who directs the Immigration and Citizenship program at Washington and Lee School of […]
A debate between Democratic strategist James Carville and GOP pundit Ann Coulter will be followed by a speech from former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, on the opening night of Washington and Lee University's Mock Republican Convention, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. That event will be open to the public and held in […]
The intense media coverage of the allegations of child sexual abuse at Penn State and Syracuse universities has raised questions about various ethical issues that media must confront. For Edward Wasserman, the Knight Professor of Journalism Ethics at Washington and Lee University, one of the most interesting questions concerns the proper relationship between media and […]
This year, children taking part in the annual Rockbridge Area Shop for Tots program received a little something extra. They got to eat a full dinner provided by Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee University (CKWL) at the American Legion in Buena Vista before they set out to do their Holiday shopping. More than 145 […]
Washington and Lee’s Mock Trial team won first place at the Sixth Annual Tobacco Road Invitational Tournament in Durham, N.C., earlier this month. The Tobacco Road Invitational, one of the biggest invitational tournaments in the Southeast, was hosted by Duke University this year. Washington and Lee competed head-to-head against Furman, Emory, and Columbia. Abbie Caudill […]
Four Washington and Lee University geology majors presented their research at the world's largest geoscience meeting to be held in San Francisco this week (Dec. 5-9). Makenzie Hatfield, a senior from Charleston, W.Va., Elizabeth Mann, a senior from Hamilton, Va., Maria Reimi, a senior from Caracas, Venezuela, and Lauren Schultz, a junior from California, Md., […]
At the same time that Washington and Lee alumnus Dave Freed, of the Class of 1992, has announced his candidacy for attorney general of Pennsylvania, another W&L alumnus, Mark Obenshain, a 1987 graduate of the School of Law, is considering a run for the same office in Virginia. Dave, who has spent 14 of his […]
His hometown newspaper, the Lynchburg News and Advance, featured Washington and Lee alumnus Robin Wood a few weeks back, when he announced he was leaving the board of the YMCA there. A 1962 graduate of W&L, Robin is an attorney with Edmunds & Williams and has worked with numerous local organizations, ranging from United Way to Legal […]
In the margins of a nearly 300 hundred year old map Washington and Lee law professor Jill Fraleyhas studied during one of her many visits to library and government archives, she finds a note that tells when the Kanawha River was discovered by the French. This note, says Fraley, is not merely a statement of […]
Washington and Lee’s dance program will stage two very different kinds of concerts this week with student dancers and choreographers taking the Keller Theater stage for two performances of “W&L Dancers Create” before turning it over to faculty and staff for the second “Dancing with the Professors” performance. “W&L Dancers Create” will be held on […]
Washington and Lee University seniors Jasmine Jimenez and Tyler Tokarczyk will be recognized as the Generals of the Month for December at the presentation on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 12:30 p.m. in the Marketplace in Elrod Commons. Jimenez, from Ingleside, Ill., is majoring in political science and is minoring in poverty and human capability studies. […]
Washington and Lee alumnus Donnie Caffery can thank Rockbridge County's high ragweed count for a major award he received last week. Donnie, a member of the Class of 1976, won Richmond's Retail Merchants Association Retailer of the Year Award for the success of his two natural-food stores, Good Foods Grocery. In a story about the honor in the […]
The following piece by Washington and Lee University law professor A. Benjamin Spencer originally appeared on the Washington Post's website and is reprinted here with permission. By A. Benjamin Spencer These are challenging times for legal education. The legal job market is eroding in ways not likely to improve in the near term, if at […]
A new e-book co-written by Mike Allen, the 1986 W&L alum who is chief White House correspondent for POLITICO, and Evan Thomas, former Newsweek and TIME editor, is generating lots of buzz in political circles these days. The Right Fights Back is the first of four "instant digital books" about the 2012 presidential election. It became available at midnight […]
Washington and Lee professors Ellen Mayock and Domnica Radulescu appeared on NPR affiliate WMRA’s "Virginia Insight" show on Thursday, Dec. 1, to discuss their book Feminist Activism in Academia: Essays on Personal, Political and Professional Change (McFarland, 2010). Mayock, professor of Spanish, and Radulescu, professor of French and head of W&L's Women’s and Gender Studies Program, edited the volume, which […]
Washington and Lee University’s Community Grants Committee has made 11 grants totaling $26,837 to non-profit organizations in Lexington and Rockbridge County. They are part of the first of its two rounds of grants for 2011-12. The committee chose the grants from 18 proposals requesting more than $106,000. W&L awarded grants to these entities: CASA for […]
Ellen Mayock, professor of Romance languages at Washington and Lee University, served as guest editor on a new double issue of the journal Cuaderno Internacional de Estudios Humanísticos y Literatura (Volume 16/Fall 2011), published by the University of Puerto Rico. The special issue brings together 26 essays from leading experts to discuss the Spanish novel […]
