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Washington and Lee University
Katie Harris '10
Investment Banking Analyst, Deutsche Bank
It was initially very challenging to wrap my head around the idea of how a minor in the Shepherd Program would coincide with or complement my business major. I viewed one a passion and one as an academic interest upon which I could build a career, and combining the two seemed nearly impossible. That was certainly not the case.

Shepherd Program

For the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability

Washington and Lee's Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability integrates sustained rigorous academic study and focused direct service to disadvantaged communities and persons. It supplements and enriches the education of undergraduate and law students in all majors and career paths. Students with differing social and political perspectives graduate prepared to take new initiatives through varied professional endeavors and civic engagements. We seek to introduce this educational program in many similar institutions in order to reduce domestic and international poverty that devastates individual lives and undermines communities and nations.

News

  • Kaitlin Bowdler, program manager for the Campus Kitchen Project (CKP), at the ceremony honoring the Campus Kitchen at W&L's 100,000th meal.Campus Kitchen at W&L Celebrates 100,000 Meals
    The Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee University (CKWL) has celebrated reaching the milestone of delivering its 100,000th meal in the Rockbridge area.
  • President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll sealW&L Named to The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
    For the second time in as many years, Washington and Lee University has been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. The honor roll, launched in 2006, annually highlights the role colleges and universities play in solving community problems and in placing students on a lifelong path of civic engagement, [...]
  • Kelli Jarrell, Washington and Lee Class of 2012Jarrell, Deyarmin Generals of the Month for January
    Washington and Lee University students Kelli Jarrell and Stephen Deyarmin will be recognized at the Generals of the Month presentation on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at noon in the Marketplace in Elrod Commons. Jarrell, a senior from Dry Creek, W.Va., is a biochemistry (pre-med) major with a minor in poverty and human capability studies. She is [...]
  • Indivar Dutta-GuptaPolicy Advisor Indivar Dutta-Gupta to Lecture on Poverty in America
    Indivar Dutta-Gupta, a policy advisor with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) in Washington, will give a talk at Washington and Lee University of Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium in Leyburn Library. The title of Dutta-Gupta’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is “Poverty in America: [...]
  • Shiri Yadlin, Class of 2012, Washington and Lee UniversityW&L Student Wins National Award from Campus Kitchens Project
    Shiri Yadlin, a Washington and Lee University senior from Irvine, Calif., won the Ingrid Easton Student Visionary Award from the Campus Kitchens Project at its national conference in St. Louis, Mo., last week. The award is named for Ingrid Easton, a 2006 graduate of W&L who opened the University's Campus Kitchen in September 2006. It [...]
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Alliance Internship Blog

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