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W&L Announces 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award Winners

1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (622+ words) Office of Alumni Engagement April 9, 2026 Washington and Lee University is proud to announce this year's Distinguished Alumni Award winners. We will celebrate the recipients during Alumni Weekend, April 30-May 3, 2026. Lipsey currently serves as chief executive officer and director of Compass…...

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The Columns " Meet Malik Hardy "26 " Washington and Lee University

6+ hour, 39+ min ago  (461+ words) Office of Communications and Public Affairs April 9, 2026 Why did you choose to come to W&L? Have you discovered a course or topic that you didn't expect to study when you first came to W&L? Where is your "home…...

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In Memoriam: Harold Gordon Leggett Jr. , Trustee Emeritus

22+ hour, 43+ min ago  (188+ words) Office of Communications and Public Affairs April 8, 2026 Harold Gordon Leggett Jr. , trustee emeritus of Washington and Lee University, died on March 30, 2026, in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was 94. He entered W&L in 1950, where he played freshman football and freshman lacrosse. He…...

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ODK Holds Spring Initiation for W&L Honorees

23+ hour, 4+ min ago  (218+ words) By Emily Innes Stanley April 8, 2026 Washington and Lee University's Alpha Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), the national leadership honor society, welcomed 41 new members during its spring induction ceremony on March 27. Following Holekamp's keynote, the ceremony continued with the induction…...

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Meet a Colleague: Nick Barber

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (556+ words) W&L News Office April 8, 2026 Q. How long have you worked at W&L? I have been at W&L almost three years, starting in July 2023. Q. What is your favorite course to teach, and why?" All my courses are so different,…...

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W&L Law Releases 2025 Graduate Employment Report

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (362+ words) By Law Communications April 8, 2026 Washington and Lee University School of Law has released'a'report on employment rates'for its class of 2025. The report, which measures employment 10 months after graduation, marks the fourth year in a row where more than 94 percent of the…...

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Mark Drumbl Appears on "Law on Film" Podcast

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (146+ words) By Law Communications April 8, 2026 Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl recently appeared on the "Law on Film" podcast along with Barbora Hol, his coauthor on the book "Informers Up Close." The podcast, hosted by Seton Hall law professor Jonathan…...

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W&L Presents Screening of the West End's "The Fifth Step'

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (368+ words) The Lenfest Center for the Arts April 3, 2026 The Lenfest Center for the Arts at Washington and Lee University continues its National Theatre Live series with a screening of "The Fifth Step" at 7: 30 p. m. on April 14 in Stackhouse Theater in Elrod Commons....

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Jon Eastwood Publishes Paper with Tom Wolff "14

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (291+ words) By Lily Caldwell April 3, 2026 Jon Eastwood, William P. Ames Jr. Professor of Sociology at Washington and Lee University, and Tom Wolff "14, research assistant professor at Northwestern University, recently published a paper titled "Building Computational Literacy in Undergraduate Sociology Using Software: An…...

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Inside the 3 L Year with Ally Ortegon "26 L

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (157+ words) By Law Communications April 2, 2026 "Why did you choose W&L Law? Share an experience, classmate, professor/staff member that has had an impact on your time as a law student over the last three years. What has been your greatest…...