In his Commencement address, President Dudley described the multitude of ways in which the Class of 2019's W&L education has prepared them for a lifetime of learning, leadership and service.
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Washington and Lee University senior Jackson Ellis ’19 has won a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Germany for summer 2019.

Her scholarship will fund a nine- to 12-month study of small-scale cultural heritage looting operations in the Golden Triangle of India.

In Tanzania, Mugo will study the perception of the life of refugees after resettlement.

Layne Setash '19 recently earned a Distinguished Teacher Award from the Virginia Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.

Hiromasa says her time at Washington and Lee and various volunteer opportunities she has participated in have prepared her for this next step in her educational journey.

Students took first place in three categories in the Society of Professional Journalists’ regional college journalism competition.

CBYX is a yearlong fellowship, funded by the German Bundestag and U.S. Congress through the U.S. Department of State.

Agrippina has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain.
Class of '19 Stories

Caroline Blackmon interned this summer with The Dunwoody Crier in Georgia.

As a general assignment intern at The Roanoke Times, Rachel Hicks '19 learned how to be firm with difficult sources.

Uma Sarwadnya '19 knew she wanted to be a doctor her whole life. What she didn't know was how many unique opportunities she would find at W&L to support her journey — including a project with ants.

Elly Cosgrove '19 stayed busy this summer with internships at the Greater Wilmington Business Journal and WECT (Channel 6).

Skyler T. Zunk ’19 was an intern at the White House's Office of Political Affairs.

Meet Graham Novak '19, an aspiring - and already accomplished - entrepreneur

Jack Miller '19 has spent his summer in the bush of South Africa, learning about wildlife and conservation - and having a few close calls in the field.

A grant from the Endeavor Foundation allowed Yoko Koyama '19 and Maren Lundgren '18 to open a store in Cameroon that will fund transportation for local children to go to middle school in a neighboring town.

Josh Fox '19 has spent his summer conducting geology research on campus and in Crete, Greece, with Professor Jeff Rahl.

At this small-town university, Nora Devlin '19 has been exposed to viewpoints from all over the globe.

Graham Novak '19 may only be a junior at W&L, but he has already lined up a job — at his own company.

Meet Ryder Babik '19, a student who enjoys college as much as he enjoys helping others apply to college.