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Verizon Grant to W&L Will Help Local Teachers Introduce Technology in Classrooms

Leena Ojure, left, and Haley Sigler of the Teacher Education Program at Washington and Lee

Rockbridge area K-12 teachers will be among those who benefit from a $20,000 grant to Washington and Lee University from the Verizon Foundation through a program of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges (VFIC).

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W&L Professors Combine on Comparative Politics Textbook

Jon Eastwood, Ali Greenberg '13 and Tyler Dickovick

Collaboration between a professor of politics and a professor of sociology at Washington and Lee University has produced an innovative new textbook on comparative politics.

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W&L Students Help Local High-Schoolers Apply to College

Washington and Lee junior Angelica Tillander talks with Rockbridge High School counselor Mat Rapoza about the College Access program.

A group of Washington and Lee students has established a new program, College Access, to provide college counseling to Rockbridge County High School students.

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Interdisciplinary Research at W&L Helps Measure Health of Coral Reefs

Top, manual trace of live A. cervicornis; bottom, automatically generated result.

Two Washington and Lee faculty – geologist Lisa Greer and computer scientist Joshua Stough — combine on a new method for assessing the health of coral reefs.

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Dani Breidung Awarded First Certificate of International Immersion at W&L

Danielle Breidung, Washington and Lee Class of 2013

Washington and Lee University senior Danielle (Dani) Breidung has become the first student at the University to earn a Certificate of International Immersion, awarded to students who demonstrate significant commitment to and understanding of global interaction.

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W&L's Venture Club Helps Student Launch Business

W&L senior James Williams with friends in Kenya wearing the hooded shirts.

The Venture Club, Washington and Lee University's student entrepreneurship organization, backs senior James Williams' new business connected with the international Feed the Children Organization.

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Keaton Fletcher Wins Elmes Pathfinder Prize in Psychology

Keaton Fletcher, Washington and Lee Class of 2013

Keaton Fletcher, a Washington and Lee University senior from Littleton, Colo., has been named the 2012 recipient of the David G. Elmes Pathfinder Prize in Psychology.

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Book by W&L's Gertz Explores Women's Literature in Heresy Trials

Genelle Gertz, associate professor of English

Genelle Gertz, associate professor of English at Washington and Lee, has just published "Heresy Trials and English Women Writers, 1400-1670."

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W&L's "Student to Student" Seeks Local Children to Mentor

Washington and Lee seniors Kathryn Marsh-Soloway, left, and Meredith Roberts are leading W&L's Student to Student program.

Washington and Lee students have created their own mentoring program, Student to Student, to take the place of the national Big Brothers, Big Sisters program on the campus.

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W&L to Host Inaugural Entrepreneurship Summit

Jeffrey Shay, the Johnson Professor of Entrepreneurship and Leadership

The Entrepreneurship Program at Washington and Lee University will host 31 W&L alumni for its inaugural Entrepreneurship Summit on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9 – 10.

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