It is a privilege to address the class of 2025 on the occasion of your Commencement. You look magnificent! You also look fabulous, beautiful, handsome, and elegant. Not to mention short on sleep. But ...

Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of conferring degrees on 108 members of the Law Class of 2025. And this Thursday, the undergraduate Class of 2025 will officially join the alumni ranks. Our ...

Learn from the best of W&L’s undergraduate researchers by listening to the top presentations from W&L’s biennial Science, Society, and the Arts Undergraduate Conference. Students will become teachers ...

“Everyone has an imagination. Everyone has an inner emotional life. Art classes tell students that that matters, and that it should matter their whole life. They need to take the time to listen to ...

MESA minors who do not pursue the minor with language emphasis will complete a capstone paper as their last course. This will likely happen during junior or senior years. Through this project, you ...

In this episode, Holly Pickett, professor of English at Washington and Lee University, shares her experience with Shakespeare, from an unconvinced high school student to an early modern drama scholar, ...

At the end of each Fall Term, as the calendar year draws to a close, I pause to reflect on the many things we have to be thankful for here at Washington and Lee. 2024 was exceptional by any measure.

Yesterday morning, our Public Safety Office discovered an act of vandalism at the Red House on front campus, which serves as our LGBTQ Resource Center. The damage included spray-painted graffiti ...

In this episode, Melissa Kerin, Professor of Art History at Washington and Lee University and Director of the Roger Mudd Center for Ethics, discusses this year’s theme for the Mudd Center, “How We ...

“I love this 18 to 23-year-old group. So much fun, so many changes going on in their lives. And it’s just great to be a witness and sometimes a mentor to that, too.” ~ Lisa Alty, John T. Herwick, M.D.

“I think that W&L students are used to excelling. And when they were in high school, they excelled. And they’re used to being the top of their class. And they’re used to not being afraid of being seen ...

“People often ask me, ‘Why do I find this work appealing?’ I find it appealing because at the end of the day, what I find fundamentally magnificent in looking at the most problematic places of the ...