Gavaler Pens Article about ‘Cancel Culture’
Gavaler’s opinion piece is entitled “The problem with 'cancel culture'”
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Student Experience Fund: Summer 2020 Update
Thank You Donors!
Remembering Adam L. Schwartz of Lexington
Adam L. Schwartz, a long-time resident of Lexington, VA, passed away peacefully on August 22, 2020.
AIM Summer Program Doubles in Size
Forty incoming first-year students participated in this year’s virtual Advanced Immersion and Mentoring (AIM) Scholars Summer Program, giving them an auspicious start to their W&L careers and a chance to help their peers this fall.
Antiracism Scholar Ibram X. Kendi to Give Virtual Lecture
Kendi, author of three acclaimed books on the topic of race and discrimination in America, including “How to Be an Antiracist,” will address the W&L community on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 6 p.m.
Tolu Olubunmi ’02 to Deliver International Day of Peace Talk
Tolu Olubunmi, a 2002 graduate of Washington and Lee, will return to her alma mater as the guest speaker for Washington and Lee’s first International Day of Peace event.
Africana Studies Program Launches Yearlong Series
The Africana Studies Program at W&L, in partnership with the Rupert H. Johnson Jr. Program in Leadership and Integrity, will host a series of events focused on activism and Black life. It kicks off Aug. 26 with a panel discussion featuring three W&L faculty members.
W&L Law Welcomes New Permanent and Visiting Faculty
Alan M. Trammell, an expert on nationwide injunctions, joins the permanent faculty. Matthew Shaw visits W&L Law as Scholar-in-Residence.
‘Committed to Supporting and Listening’
As Executive Committee president for the 2020-21 school year, Chase Calhoun '21 hopes to protect the Honor System and make a positive impact in areas of racial inequality and systemic racism.
Mary Anne Franks to Deliver Constitution Day Address
Franks, a professor of law at the University of Miami School of Law, will discuss the topic of her 2019 book, “The Cult of the Constitution: Our Deadly Devotion to Guns and Free Speech.”
