New Washington and Lee Alumni Directory Platform to Launch Summer 2025 Make sure your email address is up to date in Colonnade Connections.

By Office of Communications and Public Affairs
June 16, 2025

Washington and Lee University will be unveiling a new and more robust alumni directory platform this summer that will provide an enhanced user experience and increase opportunities for meaningful connections for W&L alumni. This intuitive platform will include many familiar features from the current alumni directory but with exciting added components. The new directory is designed to better serve your need of staying connected to your fellow alumni and W&L.

The comprehensive platform will consolidate pertinent information from various W&L sources, including upcoming event information for on-campus and off-site events, alumni program registration deadlines and notices about volunteer involvement opportunities. In addition, your profile in the new directory will feature your giving and volunteer history (private to each user), an easy-to-use class note submission tool and much more.

In preparation for the launch, W&L asks that alumni log onto Colonnade Connections by June 30 to check and/or update their contact information; when possible, please provide a secondary email address other than your wlu.edu email. The alumni directory will be offline for roughly two weeks starting July 1, but you can still register for events and make gifts during this time. Look for an email from W&L later this summer that will include more details on the new platform, its official launch date and instructions on accessing the new directory.