Washington and Lee University has named Drew Hess associate provost for academic development and operations. Hess, the Ehrick Kilner Haight Sr. Term Professor of Business Administration, has served as W&L’s interim associate provost since July 2025.
Washington and Lee University has named Paul Youngman as dean of the College following a competitive national search. Youngman, associate provost for academic development and operations and professor of German at W&L, has been serving as interim dean of the College since July 1, 2025.
The Washington and Lee University provost and professor of English speaks to serendipitous opportunities of the liberal arts.
The solo exhibition will open Jan. 9 with an artist’s talk slated for Jan. 14.
Konishi, Chief Merchandising Officer at Forever 21, will deliver her talk on Sept. 25.
“Myth, Magic, and Madness” will feature a dynamic lineup of creative workshops, dramatic readings and staged productions March 21-22.
The Oct. 18 event is open to W&L students, faculty and staff.
Patwardhan’s talk “What I See with My Eyes: Tarabai Shinde on Men’s Blame of Women” will be held Oct. 17 at 5 p.m.
Annual Provost’s Lecture celebrates W&L faculty for excellence in scholarship and teaching.
Rissie Murphy serves as the operations manager for the Provost's Office.
A variety of events and lectures are planned for this year’s observance of MLK day.
Wingard Cunningham joins W&L from College of Wooster, where she is the Mildred Foss Thompson Professor of English and dean for faculty development.
Michael Hill, professor and chair of the Africana Studies program at Washington and Lee University, has been named the inaugural director of the University’s new DeLaney Center, an interdisciplinary academic center for teaching and research on Southern race relations, culture, and politics.
Riter will spend the next academic year volunteering with a community organization, working as an English teaching assistant and taking courses at the University of Graz.
McMaster has been awarded a Fulbright research grant to Italy to complete a hybrid art history and computer science project.
Six undergraduate students received Critical Language Scholarships, which will provide them the opportunity to study language intensively during summer 2022.
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.
Cox is an award-winning historian and a distinguished lecturer for the Organization of American Historians.
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.
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.
