Get to Know the Newest Members of the W&L Community – 8/19/26
The following individuals recently joined the Washington and Lee employee workforce.
All Stories In Chronological Order
Meet a Colleague: Rachel Rowland
Rachel Rowland serves as a project manager in University Facilities.
Meet a 1L: Ethan Yeung ’29L
Ethan Yeung is from San Francisco, California and received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Alumni Spotlight: Colin Emrich ’21L
Colin Emrich is a Staff Attorney and Senior Judge Law Clerk with the Chief Staff Attorney’s Office for the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
Sociology Professor Receives Distinguished Dissertation Award
Ivan Shmatko was cited by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies after receiving a nearly perfect score from the program’s eight expert judges.
Meet a 1L: Chloe Plescher ’29L
Chloe Plescher is from Holland, Michigan and received her undergraduate degree from Grand Valley State University.
Washington and Lee Receives Educating Character Initiative Capacity-Building Grant from the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University
The funds will be used to support W&L’s leadership and character education programming during the 2026-27 academic year.
Late Summer 2026 Update on Campus Construction Projects
Construction on a variety of projects continues throughout campus and the Lexington community.
Karen Woody Quoted in The New York Times on Prediction Market Regulation
Washington and Lee law professor Karen Woody discusses insider trading concerns in the rapidly growing prediction market industry.
Meet a 1L: Jarvis Chandler ’29L
Jarvis Chandler is from Chesterfield County, Virginia, and received his undergraduate degree from the Virginia Military Institute.
