<p>The June/July 2011 edition of EDTECH Magazine focuses on the work that Washington and Lee's Information Technology Services on the University's wireless network. The piece, "Wireless Insight," features interviews with Tom Tinsley, director of network and telecommunications, and Mike Courtney, network engineer, who describe how ITS is using Aruba's Airware software to support an averge 1,000 students, faculty, staff and guests who are accessing the wireless system at any time. <a href="Documents/public_affairs/edtechmag.pdf">You can read the article as a pdf.</a></p>
Washington and Lee's 2012 Republican Mock Convention had a successful Spring Kickoff last weekend, with performances and presentations from the Capitol Steps, Mary Matalin and Karl Rove. And we already blogged about the Presidential Issues Panel. But one of the biggest hits of the weekend had to be the Colonnade Cake. It was created by Charm […]
<p>Three members of Washington and Lee's Class of 2013 have won Shirley Hurt Brand Scholarships from the Cabell Brand Center for Global Poverty and Resource Sustainability Studies of Salem, Va. The $1,000 scholarships were awarded on the basis of essays the students wrote on what they plan to do with their studies and lives "For the Common Good."</p> <p>The winners are:</p> <ul> <li>Johanna Cho, a politics major from Wilmette, Ill.</li> <li>Kathryn Marsh Soloway, a journalism and art history double major from Woodbridge, Conn.</li> <li>Danielle Breidung, a sociology major from Waunakee, Wis.</li> </ul>
Washington and Lee's departments of music and East Asian languages and literature will present a concert in Wilson Concert Hall at 5:30 p.m. today to raise funds for the victims of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Julia Goudimova, cello, and Shuko Watanabe, piano, members of the W&L music faculty, will present works by Bach and […]
When ABC-TV's popular series The Bachelorette begins its new season on May 23, one of the bachelors will be West Lee, a 2007 graduate of the Washington and Lee School of Law. West is one of 25 who will vie for the affections of Ashley Hebert, the 26-year-old bachelorette from Philadelphia who was a former […]
David G. Elmes, professor emeritus of psychology, has published the ninth edition of <em>Research Methods in Psychology</em> (Wadsworth, Cengage Learning) with his co-authors Barry H. Kantowitz, professor of psychology and professor of Industrial and operational engineering at the University of Michigan, and Henry L. (Roddy) Roediger III '69, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. Kantowitz, Roediger, and Elmes have also co-authored <em>Experimental Psychology</em>, which appeared in its ninth edition in 2009. The 10th edition of <em>Experimental Psychology</em> is planned for 2013. Elmes taught at W&L for 40 years and was active in the Council of Undergraduate Research, serving as president of the organizaiton.He is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the Virginia Academy of Science.<br /><br />
Ed Wasserman, the Knight Professor of Journalism Ethics at Washington and Lee, has been elected to a four-year term on the executive board of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE). The organization encourages interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching of high quality in practical and professional ethics by educators and practitioners who appreciate the practical-theoretical aspects of their subjects. The association facilitates communication and joint ventures among centers, schools, colleges, business and nonprofit organizations and individuals concerned with the interdisciplinary study and teaching of practical and professional ethics. In addition to Wasserman, the other newly-elected executive board members were Lisa Parker, Center for Bioethics and Health Law , University of Pittsburgh and Rosemarie Tong, Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte.<br />
Washington and Lee's 2012 Republican Mock Convention is 279 days away. Thursday night, as part of the quadrennial event's Spring Kickoff, and just before the first GOP presidential debate aired on TV, four seasoned political observers offered some valuable advice to the student conventioneers during a panel discussion in Wilson Concert Hall. The conversation was […]
Need some poetry today? If so–and really, any day is a good day for poetry–here are two semi-new blogs worth a visit. First, "Fresh, Local, Wild: The Poetics of Food" is the blog of a Spring Term poetry workshop at Washington and Lee, taught by English professor Deborah Miranda. As the title suggests, the subject of the […]
Congratulations to Rob Ashford, a member of Washington and Lee’s Class of 1982, for the two Tony nominations he received Tuesday. The director of the current Broadway revival of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” won nods for best direction of a musical and best choreography. And there’s more — two of his stars were […]
Congratulations to David R. Dougherty, a member of Washington and Lee's Class of 1968, who has announced his retirement as headmaster of The Hill School, a 160-year-old prep school in Pottstown, Pa. David will step down in June 2012, which will be his 19th year as the school's headmaster. He made the announcement last month. […]
Molly Michelmore, assistant professor of history at Washington and Lee, appeared on NPR affiliate WMRA’s Virginia Insight show Monday (May 2) to discuss her research into the way that liberals have gone out of their way to avoid raising taxes how, over the past 50 years. Molly's new book, “Tax and Spend: Welfare, Taxes and […]
Sports agent Malik Shareef, a 2006 graduate of the Washington and Lee School of Law, had an interesting few days last week as he waited to see where one of his clients, Virginia Tech running back Ryan Williams, would go in the National Football League draft. In a story published this past Saturday, The Washington […]
Steve Van Amburgh, a member of Washington and Lee's Class of 1975, will be inducted into the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors Hall of Fame next month. Steve is the chief executive officer of KDC Real Estate Development and Investments. He manages that firm’s strategic planning, coordinates all new business development efforts and oversees […]
The eight students in Professor Toni Locy's Journalism 280 course, Legal Reporting, put what they learned into practice last semester and created a website to show off their work. The Preliminary Hearing showcases two separate investigations that the students undertook during the semester. As the description of the course says, "Courthouses make the best beats. Every […]
Alvin Townley, a 1997 graduate of Washington and Lee, has traveled the world once before to produce books on the Boy Scouts, scouting and leadership. This month, Alvin's newest book is out, and he has focused on the world of U.S. naval aviation as it celebrates its 100th year. To write it, Alvin again went […]
Earlier this month, members of the Washington and Lee School of Law's Access to Justice: Liberia Practicum provided a synopsis of its work during a trip to Monrovia, Liberia, with law professor Speedy Rice. Here is how the four W&L 3L students — Simon Herr, Massie Payne, Anna Katherine Moody, and David Brooks — described their […]
In the two years since he graduated from Washington and Lee, Isaiah Goodman has been establishing his career as a business analyst for Target at the company's headquarters in Isaiah's home state of Minnesota. Isaiah's video is prominent in a series on the Target website that features members of the Target team talking about their careers. In his […]
Kimberly Cole has been selected to participate in 2011 New Professional Institute. NPI is the preeminent professional development opportunity for new student affairs professionals in the south. Co-sponsored by NASPA region III and SACSA, NPI is an intensive and interactive week of learning, sharing, networking and professional and personal development. The unique residential opportunity allows student affairs professionals to draw on their first years of experience to improve their effectiveness and to learn from others. It is a time of renewal and assists new professionals in the development of their careers. Many institutions have used this Institute not only as a training ground for rising stars in the profession, but as a form of recognition for outstanding new professionals on their campus. Participants come from all areas of student affairs.<br />
Washington and Lee Registrar Scott Dittman received one of two "top session" awards at the annual meeting of the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (SACRAO) in February in Atlanta. Scott's session, titled "The IT Razor: What's New on the Bleeding Edge," was given the SACRAO President's Award for Outstanding Professional Presentation. SACRAO has more than 400 institutional members and more than 3,000 individual members from Texas and Oklahoma to Virginia.<br />
Washington and Lee held its annual Employee Recognition Banquet on Thursday (April 21) and paid tribute to eight retiring staff members, plus those staffers who were celebrating employment anniversaries. The retirees, who have a combined 230 years of service to W&L: • George Carras, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations (1997-2011) • Jacqueline A. Davis, Non-Book […]
Nine retiring Washington and Lee employees with a combined 230 years of service to the University were honored at the annual Employee Recognition Banquet on April 21, 2011. <p>The retirees are:</p> • George Carras, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations (1997-2011)<br />• Jacqueline A. Davis, Non-Book Manager, University Store (1971-2010)<br />• John P. Doyle, Associate Law Librarian (1986-2011)<br />• Leon W. Fields Sr., Custodian (1988-2011)<br />• Carolyn W. Hammett, Administrative Assistant, Williams School (1987-2011)<br />• Leonard J. Reiss Jr., Technical Services Specialist (1985-2010)<br />• Joan N. Robins, Director of Hillel (2001-2011)<br />• Thomas M. Sloan Jr., Custodian, Fraternities (1976-2011)<br />• Charles E. Ware, Utility Worker, Dining Service (1976-2011) <ul> </ul> <p>In addition, the University recognized individuals for years of service. Four staff members who have 35 years of service are W. Scott Beebe (Facilities Management), Darlene T. Moore (School of Law), Granville T. Sweet (Facilities Management), and Thomas W. Tinsley (Information Technology Services).</p> <p><a href="Documents/public_affairs/recognition.pdf" title="Recognition Banquet">See the complete list of years of service (pdf).</a></p>
Washington and Lee sophomore Michael McGuire wants your vote. (Or votes.) As of today (April 21), Michael is the second leading vote-getter out of 100 contestants in an online contest in which entrants record a video of themselves singing Toni Braxton's hit song "Unbreak My Heart." Voting in the " 'Unbreak My Heart' Cover Contest" […]
Throughout her 28 years as an officer-lawyer in the U.S. Army, Brigadier General (Ret.) Malinda Dunn, a 1981 graduate of the Washington and Lee School of Law, has broken ground in several areas. She was, for instance, the first female staff judge advocate of the 82nd Airborne Division, with which she did two tours; she was […]
More than one Twitter user wondered aloud (or is actually "aloud" when you Tweet?) about a scene from Sunday night's episode of "The Cleveland Show" on Fox. During one of the bizarre asides that are routine in the animated series, the scene flashes to a college commencement ceremony in front of a familiar-looking set of […]
Soon after we noted the recent appointment of Washington and Lee alumnus T. Lee Robinson, of the Class of 1985, to the New Orleans Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta last week, readers brought to our attention that a second W&L alumnus is also serving in an advisory capacity to the Atlanta Fed. […]
Anyone who has been following the largest class action suit in history, Dukes v. Wal-Mart, has likely heard the views of Washington and Lee alumnus Gerald "Jerry" Maatman. The 1978 graduate, a senior partner at Seyfarth Shaw L.L.P., in Chicago, has filed a brief with the Supreme Court in support of Walmart on behalf of Costco […]
Four Washington and Lee organizations raised more than $1,800 in a Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Campaign. Mary Knighton, a visiting assistant professor of Japanese, coordinated the effort. Student Association for International Learning (SAIL), Pan Asian Association for Cultural Exchange (PAACE), and the East Asian Languages and Literatures Department (EALL) partnered with the Nabors Service League to conduct […]
Earlier this month, the Mobile Press-Register posed five questions to Washington and Lee alumnus T. Lee Robinson. One was what he'd be doing if he weren't president of OHC, Inc., a hardwood lumber importer. Lee's answer? He'd want to teach history at his alma mater. A 1985 graduate of W&L, Lee was recently named to the […]
Our blog post about the visit that Elizabeth Taylor made to Lexington with then-fiancé John Warner, of the Class of 1949, generated lots of traffic and a few comments about a less-publicized visit to the Beta house. But here's a story about the couple that we hadn't heard until it popped up last week in […]
Since 1994, R. Plater Robinson, of Washington and Lee's Class of 1978, has been investigating the civil rights era murder of Louis Allen in Liberty, Miss. His research was cited by "60 Minutes," which aired a segment titled "Cold case: The murder of Louis Allen," on Sunday night. Plater is education director of the Southern […]
Washington and Lee wresting coach Gary Franke is the author of an opinion piece, "A True Display of Sportsmanship," that ran on D3Wrestle.com on March 24, 2011. The story was based on a display of sportsmanship that Gary had seen at the NCAA Division III tournament. Read the piece at <a href="http://www.d3wrestle.com/?p=3965">http://www.d3wrestle.com/?p=3965</a><br />
We just discovered another fascinating student blog from a study abroad experience and recommend it highly. Last time, we described Washington and Lee junior Shiri Yadlin's blog from Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Shiri's classmate Megan Dailey is spending the winter term in Jordan, and posting to her 100 Arabian Nights blog. Megan, an Medieval Studies major and […]
<p>Beverly Lorig, director of career services at Washington and Lee University, has been named to the board of the Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers (EACE). She will assume responsibilities of director, public relations and communications in early June.</p>
One night last month, members of the Greensboro, N.C., Bar Association gathered for the organization's annual meeting and honored 18 of their group with induction into the Herb Falk Society. Membership in the society is based on the amount of pro bono work that the attorneys have done during the previous year. Anyone who has […]
<p>Sara Sprenkle, assistant professor of computer science, won the Best Research Paper Award, with co-authors Lori Pollock (University of Delaware) and Lucy Simko '11 at the IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation in Berlin, Germany in March.<br /></p>
Washington and Lee alumnus Bill Falvey, a member of the Class of 1969 and a Memphis physician, had always been intrigued by the comic book versions of classics known as Classics Illustrated. Featuring such titles as Moby Dick, Hamlet and The Iliad, the series began publication in 1941 and produced 169 issues by 1971. The […]
The April/May 2011 edition of Garden & Gun magazine includes feature stories about not one, but two, Washington and Lee alumni. "Appalachian Spring" is the story of the Southern Highlands Reserve, a private native-plant garden and research center founded by Robert Balentine, of the Class of 1979, and his wife, Betty. Robert confesses in the […]
Last week, the @wlunews Twitter feed received this message from Sam Perkins, of the Classes of 1980 and 1983 Law: "Did you see this political cartoon by John Cole (W&L '80) re: Michael Krancer (W&L Law '83)? Worlds collide…" Earlier, Sam had tweeted this: "My W&L undergrad classmate creates political cartoon re: W&L Law classmate […]
In his 30-year legal career, Washington and Lee alumnus Rob Wendt, of the Class of 1978, has specialized in issues involving the environment, mental health patients and the disabled. He has become a specialist in Social Security disability issues. Rob recently described his work this way to a reporter for a major feature in The […]
Washington and Lee President Ken Ruscio joined the presidents of Arizona State University, the University of Pennsylvania and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, plus several internationally renowned scientists, including physicist Freeman Dyson, for a wide-ranging discussion of current scientific issues with members of the national media this week. Hosted by Arizona State President Michael Crow at the […]
The Sierra Club has singled out as a legal hero Mary Cromer, a 2006 Washington and Lee Law graduate, for her work as a staff attorney for the Appalachian Citizens' Law Center. The ACLC, a small, non-profit law firm, is dedicated to protecting coalfield communities and the environment from destructive coal-mining practices in central Appalachia. Formerly a clerk […]
In February, the lead story in Nature magazine examined the past, present and future of genomic research, laying out a "course for genomic medicine from base pairs to bedside." This week, a Washington and Lee alumna takes on a major role in that future. Laura Lyman Rodriguez, of the Class of 1991, will lead the Office of Policy, […]
As captain of Washington and Lee's 1988 national championship tennis team, David McLeod, of the Class of 1988, was a competitor whose name is etched in the Generals' record books for career singles wins (70, tied for 6th) and doubles (59 with Bobby Matthews, 1st). He and his teammates were the first alumni to be inducted as a team into […]
Shiri Yadlin, a junior at Washington and Lee from Irvine, Calif., has been spending the current semester studying at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Shiri is majoring in global politics and religion at W&L and is active in the Bonner Leader Program; Volunteer Venture, which is part of the Leading Edge Pre-Orientation program; and the Shepherd […]
When news broke Wednesday of the death of actress Elizabeth Taylor, no doubt some members of the Washington and Lee community recalled her visit to Lexington and W&L in November 1976. That visit centered on the Founders' Day speech that her then-fiance, W&L alumnus Sen. John W. Warner '49, gave at neighboring Virginia Military Institute. […]
When it comes to traumatic brain injuries, the time it takes for a patient to get treatment is especially critical. Accordingly, BrainScope, a company whose CEO is Washington and Lee alumnus Michael Singer, of the Class of 1984, has developed Ahead EU-100, a new tool to quickly assess brain function, and introduced it in the United Kingdom. A news release issued by […]
As music, film and business leaders flocked to the annual South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, last week, business administration professor Amanda Bower was staging her own convergence of creative types on a smaller scale right here in Lexington. In an effort to introduce students to potential career paths in advertising, marketing and promotion, […]
As part of last weekend's Relay for Life cancer fund-raiser, members of the University community were invited to vote with their money for the faculty members they would most like to see bald. The winners (?) — Simon Levy (computer science), Scott Hoover (business administration) and Burr Datz, Class of 1975 (Campus Minister, St. Patrick's […]
Washington and Lee graduates John Henzel '10 and Beth Valentine Henzel '11 are living in Japan, where John is teaching English as part of the Japanese Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET). The Henzels live in Osato, which is about 16 miles north of Sendai, the Japanese port city nearest the epicenter of last week's earthquake. […]
Washington and Lee politics professor Ayse Zarakol is a perfect example of the way that the research experience of W&L's professors benefits their students. Ayse is one of a select group of American scholars who will participate in the Academic Exchange (AE), a joint program of the Milken Institute, the Rand Corporation and the Yitzhak Rabin […]
The Virginia Festival of the Book opens today in Charlottesville, and four authors with Washington and Lee connections will be talking about their latest books. The festival runs through Saturday and is sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. The W&L authors, their books, and their lecture times: Julie Campbell, associate director of communications and […]
Washington and Lee's Student Association for International Learning (SAIL), Pan Asian Association for Cultural Exchange (PAACE), and the East Asian Languages and Literatures Department (EALL) have launched a fund-raising campaign to help those suffering overwhelming dislocation and loss as a result of the earthquakes and tsunami of the Tohoku region of Japan. According to Mary […]
If you happen to be among those who watch the NCAA Divison I Basketball Tournament, a.k.a March Madness, on your computer, you are likely to catch Washington and Lee alumna Kaylee Hartung, of the Class of 2007, doing the studio show at halftime of games over the next three weeks. Kaylee, an associate producer for […]
Alumni (and others) of a certain generation will remember Spin and Marty, the eponymous heroes of a 1950s television series that was part of the original "Mickey Mouse Club." Washington and Lee librarians Elizabeth Anne Teaff and Carol Blair recently illuminated the connection between that series and W&L in the latest issue of "Folios," a newsletter for […]
For Lyle Smith, banking is a family affair. Earlier this year, Lyle, a member of the Class of 1993, was named managing director and chief investment officer of United Bank's Wealth Management Group, which manages more than $5 billion in client assets. It's based in Charleston, W.Va. He is now the fourth generation of his family […]
In his latest book on the Civil War, Washington and Lee graduate Kent Masterson Brown, of the Law Class of 1974, has edited and annotated the memoirs of a Confederate cavalry officer from Kentucky into a volume that one reviewer calls "authoritative, balanced, and engagingly anecdotal." One of Morgan's Men: Memoirs of Lieutenant John M. Porter of the Ninth […]
If you saw the Academy Award-nominated movie "The Fighter," you might have missed his name in the fine print, but a Washington and Lee alumnus appears in the credits as a technical consultant. Bob Halloran, of the Class of 1985, is the author of a book about the boxer whose story is told in the movie, […]
"The Good Daughter," the memoir by Washington and Lee English professor Jasmin Darznik, has been receiving considerable attention around the country and the world since its release in January. On Feb. 27, the book appeared on the New York Times' list of best-selling e-book nonfiction, and in recent weeks, Jasmin has given lectures literally from coast […]
J. Brooks Flippen, a member of the Class of 1982, has just published his third book. Scheduled for formal release on March 15, Jimmy Carter, the Politics of Family, and the Rise of the Religious Right is being published by the University of Georgia Press. Brooks is a professor of history at Southeastern Oklahoma State […]
Members of Washington and Lee's Hillel spent the Washington Holiday on an alternative spring break in New Orleans. Eight students and Hillel director Joan Robins participated in a week of social justice activities with Jewish Funds for Justice. Here is Joan's description of the experience, including the observations of several of the student participants: "Our trip […]
Congratulations to Matthew Neill Null, a member of the Class of 2006 and a Creative Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa. Matt's story, "Something You Can’t Live Without," is among the 20 stories selected for publication in the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011: The Best Stories of the Year. An English major at W&L, Matt […]
Now that his company boasts the No. 1-selling frozen burger in the land, Washington and Lee alumnus Billy Morris, of the Class of 1981, is taking a new step by opening four new restaurants in his hometown of Jacksonville, Fla. According to a story in the Florida Times-Union last week, the new Original BUBBA Burger […]
Washington and Lee alumnus Richard M. Kyle, of the Class of 2007, a third-year student in the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, has been named a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow for 2011-12. In that capacity, Richard will intensively study German as well as attend seminars with key German and European decision makers. He was one of 20 […]
Ted Kingsbery, of the Class of 2009, was named one of the top entrepreneurs under 25 in a contest presented by BroBible.com and reported on Sawyer Speaks, the online media company that focuses on entrepreneurs. Ted is head of business development at Shark Branding, the company founded by Daymond John, who founded FUBU and appears on […]
This past President’s Day weekend, if you were lucky, you took a brief vacation to a warmer clime. Alex Appel, a member of Washington and Lee’s Class of 2006, spent Saturday in Florida, but it wasn’t exactly a vacation — he competed in, and won, the Iron Horse Endurance Run, a 62-mile race. (Yes, you […]
When news of the devastating earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, began to circulate on campus, we turned our thoughts immediately to the three members of the Washington and Lee faculty who are in that country. Thankfully, all of them are fine, and no current students are studying or traveling there. Lad Sessions, the Jo M. and […]
Fourteen Washington and Lee students are spending their Washington Break this week in Birmingham, Ala., on an alternative break trip organized by the Nabors Service League and members of the Birmingham Alumni Chapter. According to Jenny Davidson, coordinator of the Campus Kitchen and advisor to both Volunteer Venture and the Nabors Services League, the students will […]
