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Community GrantsMarch 6, 2024Community Grants Committee: Call for Proposals

W&L’s Community Grants Committee will evaluate proposals in March 2024.

In the NewsFebruary 11, 2024Wangdali C. “Wali” Bacdayan ’92 Sworn in as Rector of Washington and Lee University

The board elected Bacdayan as the university’s 32nd rector during its October 2023 meeting.

Community GrantsDecember 20, 2023Washington and Lee Announces November Community Grants

Washington and Lee University’s Community Grants Committee evaluated fifteen proposals in November and made fourteen grants totaling over $24,000 to non-profit organizations in Lexington and Rockbridge County.

Community grantsOctober 11, 2023Community Grants Committee: Call for Proposals

W&L’s Community Grants Committee will evaluate proposals in early November 2023.

Community GrantsMay 3, 2023Washington and Lee Announces March Community Grants

The university's Community Grants Committee has made 16 grants totaling more than $36,000 to non-profit organizations in Lexington and Rockbridge County.

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Community GrantsDecember 16, 2022Washington and Lee Announces December Community Grants

After evaluating 12 proposals in October, Washington and Lee University’s Community Grants Committee awarded seven grants totaling over $25,000 to nonprofit organizations in Lexington and Rockbridge County.

Community GrantsApril 20, 2022Washington and Lee Announces March Community Grants

Washington and Lee University's Community Grants Committee has made 13 grants totaling almost $35,000 to non-profit organizations in Lexington and Rockbridge County.

In the NewsMarch 25, 2022Melanie D. Wilson Named Next Dean of Washington and Lee University School of Law

Melanie D. Wilson has been named the next dean of Washington and Lee University’s School of Law. She will also hold the Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Professorship in Law.

Community GrantsMarch 9, 2022Community Grants Committee: Call for Proposals

W&L’s Community Grants Committee will evaluate proposals in March 2022

Community GrantsNovember 17, 2021Washington and Lee Announces November Community Grants

W&L's Community Grants Committee made eight grants totaling over $25,000 to non-profit organizations in Lexington and Rockbridge County.

In the NewsOctober 15, 2021W&L Welcomes New Trustees Betsy Pakenas ’94 and Jonathan Wortham ’04

Pakenas and Wortham joined the W&L Board of Trustees on October 15.

In the NewsOctober 13, 2021Cassie Hunt Named Executive Director of Strategic Analysis at Washington and Lee University

Cassie Ritter Hunt, executive director of advancement operations at Washington and Lee University, has been named executive director of strategic analysis, effective October 18. She succeeds Tim Diette, who will join the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty as its executive director this month.

In the NewsJuly 27, 2021W&L to Name New Center of Southern Race Relations, Culture, and Politics in Honor of Ted DeLaney

Washington and Lee University will name a new interdisciplinary academic center for teaching and research on Southern race relations, culture, and politics in honor of late professor of history emeritus Theodore “Ted” Carter DeLaney Jr. '85.

In the NewsJune 2, 2021Maria Feeley Named Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at Washington and Lee University

Maria A. Feeley '97L, vice president, general counsel, secretary and interim director of athletics at the University of Hartford, has been named chief legal officer and general counsel at Washington and Lee University.

In the NewsMay 5, 2021Chawne Kimber Named Dean of the College at Washington and Lee University

Chawne Kimber, Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Professor of Mathematics, head of the Mathematics Department, and co-director of the Hanson Center for Inclusive STEM Education at Lafayette College, has been named dean of the College at Washington and Lee University.

Community GrantsApril 21, 2021Washington and Lee Announces March Community Grants

Washington and Lee University’s Community Grants Committee has made 12 grants totaling $37,000 to nonprofit organizations in Lexington and Rockbridge County.

Community GrantsMarch 4, 2021Community Grants Committee: Call for Proposals

The deadline for submitting a proposal for the Spring 2021 evaluation is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 19, 2021.

Community GrantsNovember 18, 2020Washington and Lee Announces November Community Grants

W&L's Community Grants Committee evaluated eight proposals in October and made six grants totaling $23,000 to non-profit organizations in Lexington and Rockbridge County.

In the NewsOctober 5, 2020Michelle Lyon Drumbl Appointed Interim Dean of the Washington and Lee School of Law

Michelle Lyon Drumbl, Robert O. Bentley Professor of Law and director of the Tax Clinic at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, has been appointed to a one-year term as interim dean of the law school effective July 1, 2021.

Community GrantsSeptember 30, 2020W&L Community Grants Committee to Evaluate Proposals in October

The deadline for submitting a proposal for the fall 2020 evaluation is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020.