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W&L English Professor's Book Wins IPPY Award
The new anthology "Sovereign Erotics: An Anthology of Two-Spirit Literature," co-edited by Deborah Miranda, associate professor of English at Washington and Lee, has received a Silver Medal from the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards. The IPPY Awards, launched in 1996, are designed to bring increased recognition to deserving but often unsung titles from independent authors and publishers. Published by [...]
The new anthology "Sovereign Erotics: An Anthology of Two-Spirit Literature," co-edited by Deborah Miranda, associate professor of English at Washington and Lee, has received a Silver Medal from the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards. The IPPY Awards, launched in 1996, are designed to bring increased recognition to deserving but often unsung titles from independent authors and publishers. Published by [...]
Starring on MuggleNet Academia
When MuggleNet, the world's No. 1 Harry Potter website, decided to open a new section called MuggleNet Academia and to offer a regular podcast with experts in the study of literature, the organizers made their first call to Suzanne Keen, the Thomas H. Broadus Professor of English at Washington and Lee. Back in February, on the 200th anniversary of Charles [...]
When MuggleNet, the world's No. 1 Harry Potter website, decided to open a new section called MuggleNet Academia and to offer a regular podcast with experts in the study of literature, the organizers made their first call to Suzanne Keen, the Thomas H. Broadus Professor of English at Washington and Lee. Back in February, on the 200th anniversary of Charles [...]
Economist's Eye View of NFL Draft
For Washington and Lee economics professor Tim Diette, the chance to go to New York last weekend and see the National Football League draft up close was both entertaining and instructive. Tim went at the invitation of his Lexington neighbor, Matthew Schucker, who won an all-expense-paid trip for four to the draft through a Facebook [...]
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For Washington and Lee economics professor Tim Diette, the chance to go to New York last weekend and see the National Football League draft up close was both entertaining and instructive. Tim went at the invitation of his Lexington neighbor, Matthew Schucker, who won an all-expense-paid trip for four to the draft through a Facebook [...]
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Bill Johnston '61 on Career and Retirement
When the Bradenton, Fla., Herald decided to run profiles of retired executives of U.S. companies who now live in the Bradenton and Sarasota area, the paper chose Washington and Lee alumnus Bill Johnston, of the Class of 1961, as the first subject. The result is a Q&A with Bill on his tenure from 1996 to 2001 [...]
When the Bradenton, Fla., Herald decided to run profiles of retired executives of U.S. companies who now live in the Bradenton and Sarasota area, the paper chose Washington and Lee alumnus Bill Johnston, of the Class of 1961, as the first subject. The result is a Q&A with Bill on his tenure from 1996 to 2001 [...]
A W&L Family and a Military Deployment
Jenny Williams and David Foster are both members of the Washington and Lee Class of 1998. Jenny teaches English and writing in a high school near Philadelphia. Dave, a former lawyer and former Army officer, is the president of Cooper’s Ferry Partnership, an organization that’s revitalizing Camden, N.J. They met at W&L, married in 2002 [...]
Jenny Williams and David Foster are both members of the Washington and Lee Class of 1998. Jenny teaches English and writing in a high school near Philadelphia. Dave, a former lawyer and former Army officer, is the president of Cooper’s Ferry Partnership, an organization that’s revitalizing Camden, N.J. They met at W&L, married in 2002 [...]
Memphis Alumni in the News
Two Washington and Lee alumni in Memphis made the business news in that city recently. The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that Tom Baker, of the W&L School of Law Class of 1971, was lured out of retirement to become executive vice president for business development and strategy with the Memphis office of CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), which [...]
Two Washington and Lee alumni in Memphis made the business news in that city recently. The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that Tom Baker, of the W&L School of Law Class of 1971, was lured out of retirement to become executive vice president for business development and strategy with the Memphis office of CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), which [...]
Kerry Egan '95 on PBS This Week
Washington and Lee alumna Kerry Egan, of the Class of 1995, will be featured on this week's edition of the PBS series Religion and Ethics Newsweekly.
Washington and Lee alumna Kerry Egan, of the Class of 1995, will be featured on this week's edition of the PBS series Religion and Ethics Newsweekly.
Newspaper Honors Emma Thomas Dean '03
Emma Thomas Dean, a 2003 graduate of Washington and Lee, has been named one of the “20 Under 40″ honorees by The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C.
Emma Thomas Dean, a 2003 graduate of Washington and Lee, has been named one of the “20 Under 40″ honorees by The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C.
Career Change
A recent story in the Cumberland (Md.) Times-News features Theresa Brion, a 1985 graduate of Washington and Lee's School of Law, who recently became vicar at not one, but two, Episcopal churches in Western Maryland — St. George’s Episcopal Church in Mount Savage and Holy Cross-St. Philip’s in Cumberland. She is also bishops’ deputy for Western Maryland for [...]
A recent story in the Cumberland (Md.) Times-News features Theresa Brion, a 1985 graduate of Washington and Lee's School of Law, who recently became vicar at not one, but two, Episcopal churches in Western Maryland — St. George’s Episcopal Church in Mount Savage and Holy Cross-St. Philip’s in Cumberland. She is also bishops’ deputy for Western Maryland for [...]
Introducing General Perspectives
Why did you choose Washington and Lee? What is your favorite memory? What is your current job? How did W&L help you get there? Those are some of the questions that alumni answer in General Perspectives, a video series that highlights a variety of professions, and the roads that W&L alumni took to get there. [...]
Why did you choose Washington and Lee? What is your favorite memory? What is your current job? How did W&L help you get there? Those are some of the questions that alumni answer in General Perspectives, a video series that highlights a variety of professions, and the roads that W&L alumni took to get there. [...]
