Washington and Lee University officially welcomed the 472 members of its Class of 2014 to the campus on Saturday, Sept. 4 for a five-day orientation before classes begin on Friday, Sept. 10.
Patricia Lopes Harris, a 1991 Washington and Lee University graduate and a Rhodes Scholar, will address the 2010 Fall Convocation at her alma mater on Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 5:30 p.m. on the front lawn in front of Lee Chapel.
As part of Washington and Lee's pre-orientation experience, Volunteer Ventures, a group of 15 entering W&L students spent a week volunteering in Rockbridge County.
In an oped published in USA Today, Washington and Lee University President Kenneth P. Ruscio examines the proliferating college rankings business, writing: "The false precision of the rankings is appealing, but a delusion. Thoughtful amassing of data is not bad, but it is a terrible substitute for wisdom."
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W&L Welcomes Class of 2014 (Video)
W&L Incoming Students Volunteer Locally Before Classes
Patricia Lopes Harris to Address W&L 2010 Fall Convocation
"How to judge a college?" — W&L President Ruscio's USA Today Op-Ed
Exhibit of Maggie Taylor's Surrealistic Photographs Opens Sept. 6 at Staniar Gallery
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Local Lexington Businessman Peter Hansen to Speak at Washington and Lee
Poets Lesley Wheeler and John Casteen to Give Reading in Staniar Gallery
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