September 10: Fall Semester Begins

September 25: Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas to speak at Johnson Symposia: Lincoln for the Ages

September 29: Shannon Brownlee will deliver the opening address of this year's Johnson Lecture Series

October 9-10: Homecoming Weekend

• Early Decision I:
  • November 16, 2009
• Johnson Scholarship:
  • December 1, 2009
• Early Decision II:
  • January 2, 2010
• Regular Decision:
  • January 15, 2010

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

- George Washington

There's nothing like move-in day to bring out the best in a campus. It might have been 7 a.m. but parents and students alike were bounding up the four flights of stairs to Graham-Lees. They might have been dealing with disgruntled drivers but our security guards looked as happy as me on April 1 (the day we mail letters). And even I was feeling the move-in day mood. And I'd been up since 4:50 a.m. [More >>] wluadmissions.blogspot.com

The Generals' HQ is a web portal for any student who has applied for admission to Washington and Lee University. Upon receipt of an application, the admissions office supplies each applicant with login credentials for The Generals' HQ. [ MORE >> ]

O-Week Is Over

That's right, folks. Orientation week is no more (at least until next year). Six days of coat-and-tie events at Lee Chapel and various social gatherings have given way to a more relaxed and intellectually demanding regimen of academia. Yesterday was the first day of classes for fall term. But I only have class on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, so today was my first day of classes. I am taking POL 100 (American National Government), PHIL 180 (The Concept of Honor freshman seminar), SPAN 240 (Intro to Spanish Literature) and MUS 120 (Introduction to Music). And I LOVE my classes thus far. I reserve the right to retract the previous statement around the time of midterms. [More >>]

Washington and Lee University welcomed 473 members of its Class of 2013 to the campus on Saturday, Sept. 5, for the start of a five-day orientation.

What are the lessons that Abraham Lincoln might be able to teach us today? That is the question that a prestigious series of speakers from around the nation will consider at a conference, Lincoln for the Ages: Lessons for the 21st Century, which will be held at Washington and Lee University on Sept. 25-26 as part of the bicentennial celebration of Lincoln’s birth.

Journalist and U.S. health care expert Shannon Brownlee will deliver the opening address of this year's Johnson Lecture Series at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the Stackhouse Theater. Brownlee's talk is titled "After Reform: How We Can Transform Medicine, Improve the Nation's Health, and Avoid Going Broke."

Alan Cheuse, a prolific author best known as the "voice of books" for NPR's All Things Considered, will give a lecture on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 4:30 p.m. at Washington and Lee's Northen Auditorium, Leyburn Library.