Seventy-seven Members of W&L Class of 2020 Inducted into Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
To be eligible for Phi Eta Sigma, a student must be in the top 20 percent of the class at the end of his or her first term.
All Stories In Chronological Order
The Big Gift
“What makes the 25th and 50th reunion gifts special is the opportunity for the classes to decide what their collective legacy is going to be to W&L,” says Jessica Cohen, W&L’s 25th reunion gift officer, who has overseen the 25th reunion gift campaign since 2006.
2017 LEAD Banquet Recognizes Leadership Across Campus
Many individual and student accomplishments were recognized at this year's LEAD Banquet on April 2.
W&L Law Students Win National Uvaldo Herrera Moot Court Competition
In addition to the team victory, law student Tamra Harris was named best oralist. The team won a $14,000 scholarship for the school.
Harrison Westgarth Awarded a Fulbright Research Grant to Brazil
W&L senior Harrison Westgarth has been awarded a Fulbright grant to Brazil, where he will study the “Development of an Animal Model of Direct and Congenital Zika Virus Transmission.”
John Dannehl Awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain
W&L senior John Dannehl has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain.
The Art of Philanthropy
Every once in a while someone comes along who reminds us that philanthropy is both profoundly creative and simpler than we think. For Eileen Small ’15, being a philanthropist is as simple as taking the ideas you have for how things could be better and doing something about them.
From Volunteering to Mountaineering
Whether they were doing service work in Birmingham, touring firms in NYC, or climbing an ice-encrusted mountain in New Hampshire, Washington and Lee students made the most of Washington Break.
W&L Junior Awarded Davis Projects for Peace Grant
W&L junior Angel Vela de la Garza Evia has won a $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant.
Thriving at Home and Abroad: Karishma Patel ’18
Karishma Patel '18 loves finding the intersections of technology and business - while studying abroad in Madrid.
