The director of fellowships and student research dissects and expands upon possible allusion in Virgil’s “Aeneid.”
Matthew Loar
Through hard work, supportive faculty and staff and an expanded Office of Fellowships, a record number of W&L students received nationally competitive fellowship awards in 2023-24.
The Summer Research Scholars program at W&L is welcoming a record number of undergraduate students and supervising faculty and staff from a variety of academic disciplines.
The Critical Language Scholarship Program funds a summer of overseas language and cultural immersion.
The second annual Philanthropy Education Week highlighted the impact donations have on the undergraduate experience.
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Washington and Lee was ranked third among the baccalaureate institutions recognized by the Fulbright Program.
Matthew Loar serves as director of fellowships and student research.
Washington and Lee is the only liberal arts college to be named among the top five institutions for producing Boren Scholarship recipients.
Ellie Penner ’23, a Washington and Lee University senior, has received a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Bangla this summer in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Oluwakuyide will attend the PPIA Junior Summer Institute at the University of Washington this summer.
Washington and Lee was ranked second among the baccalaureate institutions recognized by the Fulbright Program.
The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards of up to $5,000 to U.S. undergraduate student recipients.
Lozinskaya, a 2022 graduate, will receive a master’s degree in global affairs from Tsinghua University in China.
Seven students from W&L received Gilman scholarships for academic year 2020-2021.
As director, Loar is responsible for the management and administration of the program
Six undergraduate students received Critical Language Scholarships, which will provide them the opportunity to study language intensively during summer 2022.
Matthew Loar published a chapter in the "The Oxford Handbook of Heracles."
The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards of up to $5,000 to U.S. undergraduate students who are Pell Grant recipients.
A record-setting year for nationally competitive fellowship awards at Washington and Lee University can be attributed to forward-thinking educators, hard-working students and a persistent, encouraging fellowships director.
Each scholar is awarded $7,500 to support undergraduate research in their junior or senior year.
Six undergraduate students received Critical Language Scholarships, which will provide them the opportunity to study language intensively during summer 2021.
Five students from W&L received Fulbright awards for academic year 2020-2021.
Zach Baldridge ’22, Bri Mondesir ’22 and Blake Sanchez ’23 received the prestigious award.
Cage Tevis ’21, Bo Garfinkel ’21, Jeremiah Kohl ’22, Collin Frazey ’23 and Tanajia Moye-Green ’23 will study abroad.