Tag Archives: Community Service

W&L Law Student Helps Refugee Artists Get Started in Business

Ernest Hammond

Washington and Lee third-year law student Ernest Hammond helped a group of Burmese and Bhutanese refugees set up a corporation for their business selling traditional arts and crafts.

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Greeks in Service Locally

Washington and Lee students Jeremy Miller and Susan Ma, both first-years, work at Boxerwood Gardens for a Panhellenic/IFC service day

More than 100 new members of Washington and Lee's fraternities and sororities participated in a day of service in the Lexington community.

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W&L Students Lend a Hand

from left to right are: Lynn Leech and W&L Habitat Chapter Co-Presidents Thomas Andrews (2012-13); Spencer Moore (2012-13); and Chris Ives (2013-14).

Washington and Lee students continued their variety of community service activities by partnering with Habitat for Humanity and Fear 2 Freedom.

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W&L Makes Community Service Honor Roll

President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll seal

Washington and Lee University has been named once again to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction.

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W&L Creates Website for Stonewall Jackson Cemetery Census

Gravestone in Stonewall Jackson Cemetery of Miss Annie Joe White, the Washington and Lee librarian who organized the first Fancy Dress Ball

Washington and Lee University's Leyburn Library has created a new website that catalogues almost 60 percent of graves in the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery in Lexington, Va.

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"Souper Bowl" to Benefit Campus Kitchen Backpack Program

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Twelve local Lexington restaurants will contribute soup for sampling in the first “Souper Bowl” to benefit the Weekend Backpack Program of the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee on Sunday, Jan. 27, at Evans Hall on the W&L Campus.

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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 Students Boost Their Community Service

Washington and Lee first-year law students Alex Flachsbart (left) and Wes Smith (right) cut lattice at Woods Creek Montessori.

More than half of Washington and Lee's students engaged in some form of community service during a 12-month period, according to a new report from W&L’s Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

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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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W&L Announces November Community Grants

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Washington and Lee University’s Community Grants Committee has made 12 grants totaling $26,665 to non-profit organizations in Lexington and Rockbridge County.

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