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W&L Alumna Helps Refugee Children as UN Worker
After the European Union (EU) won the Nobel Peace Prize last December, it selected four projects of the EU’s Children of Peace initiative, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to receive the money. One of the boots-on-the-ground employees of the UN putting those funds to good use is Verónica Vaca-Moreno, a member of W&L’s [...]
After the European Union (EU) won the Nobel Peace Prize last December, it selected four projects of the EU’s Children of Peace initiative, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to receive the money. One of the boots-on-the-ground employees of the UN putting those funds to good use is Verónica Vaca-Moreno, a member of W&L’s [...]
Alumni Survey Ends on Friday! Help out the W&L Community
On Monday, you should have received a second invitation to take the electronic All-Alumni Survey, which hit your inbox initially on Feb. 5. If you completed our survey, MANY THANKS. We are glad that so many of you think it is pretty quick and easy (approx. 15 minutes). We will close the survey response period [...]
On Monday, you should have received a second invitation to take the electronic All-Alumni Survey, which hit your inbox initially on Feb. 5. If you completed our survey, MANY THANKS. We are glad that so many of you think it is pretty quick and easy (approx. 15 minutes). We will close the survey response period [...]
W&L Alumni Survey is HERE!
Ladies and Gentleman: Please be sure to open and complete our all-alumni survey; it should have arrived in your email inbox yesterday (Feb. 5th). The subject line of the email will be "The Alumni Association needs your input." We need your input to help us craft a great long range plan. We have made the [...]
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Ladies and Gentleman: Please be sure to open and complete our all-alumni survey; it should have arrived in your email inbox yesterday (Feb. 5th). The subject line of the email will be "The Alumni Association needs your input." We need your input to help us craft a great long range plan. We have made the [...]
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Carson Chambers '00 Wins Regional Emmy
Congratulations to Carson Chambers, a member of Washington and Lee's Class of 2000, for winning an Emmy for her work with WFTS-TV, the ABC affiliate in her hometown of Tampa. Carson won her Emmy in the category "On-Camera Talent – Reporter – General Assignment" in the 36th annual competition sponsored by the Suncoast Chapter of the [...]
Congratulations to Carson Chambers, a member of Washington and Lee's Class of 2000, for winning an Emmy for her work with WFTS-TV, the ABC affiliate in her hometown of Tampa. Carson won her Emmy in the category "On-Camera Talent – Reporter – General Assignment" in the 36th annual competition sponsored by the Suncoast Chapter of the [...]
Salem Scholarship Honors Jill Bailey Chenet '03
The family of Jill Bailey Chenet, the 2003 Washington and Lee alumna who drowned off the Outer Banks of North Carolina in July, has established a scholarship with the Salem Education Foundation in her memory. Jill graduated from Salem (Va.) High School and taught hearing-impaired students at The River School in Washington, D.C. According to the criteria, which Jill's brother, [...]
The family of Jill Bailey Chenet, the 2003 Washington and Lee alumna who drowned off the Outer Banks of North Carolina in July, has established a scholarship with the Salem Education Foundation in her memory. Jill graduated from Salem (Va.) High School and taught hearing-impaired students at The River School in Washington, D.C. According to the criteria, which Jill's brother, [...]
Interview: Grant Thomas '09 Introduces W&L to his 4th Grade Classroom
Alumni Affairs: Grant, would you offer our readers a summary of the program and how your classroom ended up branded with W&L? Grant:After I graduated W&L in 2009, I entered a program called Teach for America that puts highly qualified college graduates into high need schools across the nation. By luck or grace, I wound [...]
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Alumni Affairs: Grant, would you offer our readers a summary of the program and how your classroom ended up branded with W&L? Grant:After I graduated W&L in 2009, I entered a program called Teach for America that puts highly qualified college graduates into high need schools across the nation. By luck or grace, I wound [...]
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No. 1 Contrarians
When the Wall Street Journal named Legg Mason Capital Management Opportunity the No. 1 fund in its 2012 Winners' Circle performance ranking of U.S. diversified stock portfolios, it featured the fund managers in the story: two Washington and Lee alumni. Bill Miller, of the Class of 1972, is the fund manager, and Samantha McLemore, of the Class of 2002, is [...]
When the Wall Street Journal named Legg Mason Capital Management Opportunity the No. 1 fund in its 2012 Winners' Circle performance ranking of U.S. diversified stock portfolios, it featured the fund managers in the story: two Washington and Lee alumni. Bill Miller, of the Class of 1972, is the fund manager, and Samantha McLemore, of the Class of 2002, is [...]
A Forbes Thought Leader: David Petersen '92
Can you guess which city went to bed the latest on New Year's Eve? How about the earliest? Or students at which of these two colleges, Auburn or Alabama, eat more food? Drink more coffee? Those are some of the insights that can be tracked by the mobile technologies used by Sense Networks, which bills itself [...]
Can you guess which city went to bed the latest on New Year's Eve? How about the earliest? Or students at which of these two colleges, Auburn or Alabama, eat more food? Drink more coffee? Those are some of the insights that can be tracked by the mobile technologies used by Sense Networks, which bills itself [...]
Success Down Under for a "Good Bloke," Zac White '10
Zac White, a 2010 graduate of Washington and Lee, has been making his mark on the basketball courts of Australia. After a successful stint with the Maryland-based Bay Area Shuckers, where he averaged 7.2 points and 4.8 rebounds a game in 13 games during the 2011-12 season, Zac signed with the Lightning, of the Darwin Basketball Assocation. He was [...]
Zac White, a 2010 graduate of Washington and Lee, has been making his mark on the basketball courts of Australia. After a successful stint with the Maryland-based Bay Area Shuckers, where he averaged 7.2 points and 4.8 rebounds a game in 13 games during the 2011-12 season, Zac signed with the Lightning, of the Darwin Basketball Assocation. He was [...]
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