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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Doan Bui ’21 and Hashim Syed ’19 have won Gilman Scholarships to study abroad.

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.

Washington and Lee University senior Jackson Ellis ’19 has won a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Germany for summer 2019.

Dau will live and work in Vienna for nine months.

Reese is an English major and studio art minor.

Syed is a biology major and a Middle East and South Asia studies minor.

In Tanzania, Mugo will study the perception of the life of refugees after resettlement.
Class of '19 Stories

Julia Kaczmar '19 spent a summer in New York City, learning the logistics of the latest fashions.

Laura Wang '19 interned for the Shell company in Shanghai, putting her communications skills to the test and making new friends along the way.

Kat Oakley '19 has spent a lot of time contemplating the idea of "place" - both in Lexington and across the world.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Jackson Roberts '19 had the opportunity to intern in Quito, Ecuador, exploring local customs, becoming part of the community, and learning the ins and outs of healthcare.

Abigail Summerville '19, a business journalism major, interned on the CNBC.com breaking news desk.