student accolade

Student AccoladeJanuary 27, 2023W&L’s Nevin Etter ’23 Receives American Mathematical Society Award

Etter plans to attend graduate school and pursue a career in mathematics.

Student AccoladeJanuary 20, 2023W&L’s Sarp Sahin ’26 Selected to Present at Sports Medicine Conference

First-year Johnson Scholar to offer preliminary research on foot-limb dominance and neuromuscular asymmetry in pediatric soccer players.

AccoladesDecember 8, 2022Sydney Brun-Ozuna ’24L Awarded Consumer Advocacy Fellowship

Brun-Ozuna received the Hobbs Fellowship from the National Consumer Law Center.

AccoladesJune 28, 2022Jonathan Thomas ’24L Selected for Equal Justice Works Fellowship

Jonathan Thomas, a member of the Law Class of 2024, has been chosen for a 2022 Disaster Resilience Program Fellowship through Equal Justice Works.

AccoladesJune 6, 2022Tara Blackwell ’24L Selected for Legal Corps Fellowship

Tara Blackwell, a member of the Law Class of 2024, has been chosen for a 2022 Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellowship.

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Student AccoladeJune 2, 2022W&L’s Nick Mosher ’22 Awarded Fulbright to Kazakhstan

Mosher has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Kazakhstan. He will also spend this summer receiving intensive Russian language training in Tbilisi, Georgia.

AccoladesMay 26, 2022Student Podcast Wins Award for Excellence in Communication

"Classroom Insiders," a podcast produced by Prof. Karen Woody and her students, has been honored by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts.

Student AccoladeMay 25, 2022W&L’s Grist ’22 Awarded Fulbright to Australia

Elizabeth Grist has been awarded a Fulbright research grant to Melbourne, Australia, to study the stigma and barriers associated with receiving medication for opioid use disorder.

Student AccoladesMay 23, 2022Three W&L students Awarded Positions in the Teaching Assistant Program in France

Three members of the Class of 2022 will spend seven months in the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) teaching English to public school.

Student AccoladeMay 12, 2022W&L’s Allie Stankewich ’23 Awarded Boren Scholarship

Stankewich received a David L. Boren Scholarship from the National Security Education Program to study abroad in Tanzania in fall 2022.

Student AccoladeMay 9, 2022Alex Wilkerson ’22 Wins All-American Attorney Award

Wilkerson received an All-American Attorney Award from the American Mock Trial Association.

AccoladesMay 2, 2022W&L Law’s Halley Townsend ’22L Wins Constance Baker Motley National Writing Competition

Townsend won the competition for her paper "Second Middle Passage: How Anti-Abortion Laws Perpetuate Structures of Slavery and the Case for Reproductive Justice."

Student AccoladeApril 21, 2022W&L’s Mansi Tripathi ’22 Awarded Fulbright to Colombia

Tripathi will teach English to students in Colombia for 10 months.

Student AccoladeApril 14, 2022Mallory Keeley ’22 Awarded Fulbright to Germany

Keeley will live in a German community for one academic year to teach English to students in a local school.

Student AccoladeApril 13, 2022W&L’s Moye-Green Awarded Beinecke Scholarship

The Beinecke Scholarship Program provides funds for post-graduate study to students of unusual promise.

Student AccoladeApril 11, 2022W&L Recognizes Student Leaders in Annual Leadership Excellence Awards

The Leadership Excellence Awards give recognition and thanks to nominated students and organizations for their many efforts that contribute to making W&L the special place that it is.

Student AccoladeApril 7, 2022Washington and Lee’s Jensen Rocha ’23 Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

Each scholar is awarded $7,500 to support undergraduate research in their junior or senior year.

Campus EventApril 6, 2022Phi Beta Kappa Initiates New Members During 2022 Convocation

The Phi Beta Kappa chapter at Washington and Lee University welcomed 57 students into the prestigious honor society.

Student AccoladeMarch 31, 2022W&L’s Anne Riter ’22 Awarded Fulbright to Austria

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.

Student AccoladeMarch 18, 2022W&L’s Troy Larsen ’22 Awarded Fulbright Grant to Hungary

Larsen will spend the next academic year studying at the Budapest Semesters in Mathematics and participating in a research group at the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics.

Faculty and Student AccoladeMarch 17, 2022W&L’s Brian Alexander and Madison Williams ’23 Featured in Fine Books & Collections Magazine

Research by Alexander and Williams on Thomas Jefferson’s “Manual and the Modern Rules of the U.S. Congress” is featured in the spring 2022 edition of Fine Books & Collections magazine.

Student AccoladeMarch 8, 2022Tanajia Moye-Green ’23 Awarded Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship

Moye-Green will attend the PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Princeton.

AccoladesMarch 7, 2022Law Students Compete at Global Antitrust Moot Court Competition

Kristin Barkemeyer ‘22L and Max Blumenthal ‘24L were semifinalists in the competition, and Barkemeyer was named Best Oralist.

Student AccoladeDecember 15, 2021Six W&L Students Awarded Gilman Scholarships to Study Abroad

The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards of up to $5,000 to U.S. undergraduate students who are Pell Grant recipients.

News from W&LDecember 10, 2021Students Encouraged to Apply for a Johnson Opportunity Grant in 2022

The grant provides funds to support W&L student projects across the United States and worldwide.

Student AccoladeDecember 8, 2021Enuma Anekwe-Desince Earns David G. Elmes Pathfinder Prize in Psychology

The Elmes Pathfinder Prize recognizes a student who has shown extraordinary promise in psychological science through outstanding scholarship in basic or applied psychology.

Student AccoladeNovember 17, 2021W&L University Singers to Perform at 2021 VMEA Conference

Performance at the VMEA conference is the highest honor for a university choir student in Virginia. This is the second time W&L has made VMEA.

Student AccoladeOctober 12, 2021W&L Students Recognized for Annual Translation Exam Results

This year, 14 W&L students won honors in the Classical Association of the Middle West and South Latin translation exam.

AccoladesOctober 6, 2021Part of the Plan

Charisma Hunter '23L becomes first African American Woman on Law Review.

Student AccoladeJune 25, 2021Hayley Huber ’23 Joins Hillel International 2021-2022 Student Cabinet

Huber is one of 20 members of the cabinet's sixth cohort, representing diverse Jewish backgrounds and experiences globally.

Student AccoladeJune 14, 2021W&L’s Gavron Campbell ’22 Awarded Gilman Scholarship

Campbell has won a Gilman Scholarship to do an internship in Barcelona, Spain.

Student AccoladeJune 14, 2021W&L’s Cecily Stern ’23 Receives Gilman Scholarship

Stern will travel to South Korea this summer to study in Seoul, South Korea.

Student AccoladeMay 27, 2021W&L’s DJ Johnston ’22 Awarded Gilman Scholarship

Johnston has won a Gilman Scholarship to study abroad with Middlebury Abroad at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco.

Student AccoladeMay 10, 2021W&L’s Lamb ’21 Awarded Place in Teaching Assistant Program in France

The program offers participants the opportunity to work in France for seven months, teaching English to French students of all ages.

Student AccoladeApril 26, 2021W&L’s James Ricks ’21 Earns Fulbright to Study in Nepal

James Ricks ’21 has received a Fulbright creative grant to Nepal to photograph patients and healthcare providers at a one-of-a-kind health clinic.

Student AccoladeApril 21, 2021W&L’s Lorena Terroba Urruchua ’21 Earns Fulbright

Lorena Terroba Urruchua '21 has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Spain.

Alumni AccoladeApril 15, 2021W&L’s Ramonah Gibson ’20 Awarded Fulbright

Ramonah Gibson '20 has received a Fulbright United Kingdom (U.K.) Partnership Award to complete her master's degree in creative writing scriptwriting at the University of East Anglia.

Student AccoladeApril 14, 2021W&L’s Kathryn Hensler ’21 Earns Fulbright to Spain

Her project, “Age and Growth of Fan Mussel (Pinna nobilis) in Mar Menor,” will take her to Calpe, in Spain this fall.

Student AccoladeApril 14, 2021Five W&L Students Honored as Virginia Teachers of Promise

Clay Chadwick ’22, Demmanuel Gonzalez ’21, Caleb Peña ’21, Carolina Rubio Regalado ’22 and Pamela Steimel ’22 were recognized in March by the Virginia Teachers of Promise Institute.

Student AccoladeApril 2, 2021W&L’s Ricks Receives Davis Projects for Peace Grant

James Ricks ’21 plans to work this summer with the Oda Foundation in Nepal.

Student AccoladeMarch 31, 2021Washington and Lee’s Troy Larsen ’22 Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

Each scholar is awarded $7,500 to support undergraduate research in their junior or senior year.

Student AccoladeMarch 23, 2021Four W&L Students Present at TESOL 2021 Convention

Under Ellen Mayock's direction, student members of W&L's English for Speakers of Other Languages group will present at the virtual conference on March 25.

Student AccoladeMarch 15, 2021Record Number of W&L Students Awarded Critical Language Scholarships

Six undergraduate students received Critical Language Scholarships, which will provide them the opportunity to study language intensively during summer 2021.

Music at W&L November 19, 2020W&L’s University Singers to Compete in European Grand Prix of Choral Music Qualifier Competition

The winner of the 16th International Choral Competition – Gallus-Maribor automatically qualifies for the European Grand Prix of Choral Singing Competition in 2022.

Student Accolade November 6, 2020W&L’s Amanda Dorsey Earns David G. Elmes Pathfinder Prize in Psychology

The Elmes Pathfinder Prize recognizes a student who has shown extraordinary promise in psychological science through outstanding scholarship in basic or applied psychology.

AccoladesJune 16, 2020Jared Nickodem ’20 Awarded U.S. Teaching Assistantship in Austria

Nickodem’s USTA position with Fulbright Austria starts in September 2020.

AccoladesMay 28, 2020W&L’s Abby Keller ’20 Awarded U.S. Teaching Assistantship in Austria

Keller has received a USTA position with Fulbright Austria starting in October 2020.

AccoladesMay 22, 2020W&L’s Caroline Rivers ’20 Awarded Fulbright-García Robles Grant to Mexico

Rivers has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Mexico starting January 2021.

FellowshipsMay 15, 2020W&L’s Colin Berger ’20 Awarded Fulbright Grant to Spain

Berger has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain starting January 2021.

FellowshipsMay 14, 2020Bo Garfinkel ’21 Awarded Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship

Garfinkel will attend the PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Princeton

Student Accolade March 11, 2020W&L’s Stephanie Sezen ’21 Accepted into the American Economic Association Summer Program

This summer, Sezen will receive two months of intensive training with leading faculty at Michigan State University in microeconomics, math, econometrics and research methods.

Accolade February 4, 2020W&L Faculty and Students Co-author Paper

Jackson Roberts ’19, Ryann Carpenter ’20 and biology professors Sarah Blyth and Natalia Toporikova co-authored a paper published in the Journal of Endocrine Research.

Student Accolade November 18, 2019W&L Students Attend 2019 VFIC Women’s Leadership Summit

The students joined fellow Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges students from across the Commonwealth for a three-day summit.

Student Accolade November 7, 2019W&L’s Witherell Earns 2019 David G. Elmes Pathfinder Prize in Psychology

The Elmes Pathfinder Prize recognizes a student who has shown extraordinary promise in psychological science through outstanding scholarship in basic or applied psychology.

Student Accolade June 25, 2019W&L’s Grayson Nelson Named Davis-Bahcall Scholar

Scholars will spend four weeks of their summer exploring the world of modern scientific research at some of the nation’s leading laboratories and universities.

Student Accolade May 1, 2019W&L’s Nick St. Pierre ’21 Earns Prestigious SMART Scholarship

The scholarship will cover his remaining undergraduate tuition, a stipend, summer internships and then a job upon graduation.

Student Accolade April 25, 2019W&L’s Taylor Reese ’19 Awarded FAO Schwartz Fellowship

Reese is an English major and studio art minor.

Student Accolade April 24, 2019W&L’s Hashim Syed ’19 Awarded Fulbright to Morocco

Syed is a biology major and a Middle East and South Asia studies minor.

My W&L April 22, 2019A Love for Learning

Layne Setash '19 recently earned a Distinguished Teacher Award from the Virginia Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.

Student Accolade April 22, 2019W&L’s Xinxian Wang ’21 Awarded Davis Projects for Peace Grant

Xinxian Wang '21, a student at Washington and Lee University, has won a $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant.

Student Accolade April 18, 2019Christopher McCrackin ’20 Earns Prestigious Beinecke Scholarship

Christopher McCrackin ’20 has won a $34,000 Beinecke Scholarship to help fund his graduate studies.

Student Accolade April 18, 2019Sophie Wilks ’21 Awarded Nemours Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship

Sophie Wilks ’21 has won a $4,300 Nemours Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship for her project.

Student Accolade April 16, 2019W&L Journalism Students Receive Prestigious Awards

Hannah Denham '20 and Maya Lora '20 earned awards for their reporting and writing.

Student Accolade April 10, 2019W&L’s Andrew Agrippina ’19 Awarded Fulbright

Agrippina has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain.

Student Accolade April 2, 2019W&L’s Katherine Dau ’19 Awarded Fulbright

Dau will live and work in Vienna for nine months.

Student Accolade March 27, 2019Julia Hernandez ’20 Awarded Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship

At Washington and Lee University, Hernandez is majoring in sociology and anthropology and French.

Student Accolade March 26, 2019Frances Marie Pugh ’20 Awarded Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship

The PPIA fellowship program helps students achieve a master’s or joint degree, typically in public policy, public administration, international affairs or a related field.

Student Accolade March 26, 2019Gareth Minson ’20 Awarded Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship

Minson is a politics major, with a minor in women’s gender and sexuality studies.

Student Accolade March 21, 2019Kalady Osowski ’19 Awarded a Fulbright to Study in India

Her scholarship will fund a nine- to 12-month study of small-scale cultural heritage looting operations in the Golden Triangle of India.

Student Accolade March 20, 2019Wade Patterson ’20 Receives Prestigious DAAD RISE Internship

Patterson will be interning with a lab at the Senckenberg Natural History Collections in Dresden, Germany.