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General Clubs and Organizations

  • 23
    Student Chair: Lauren Acker '12
    Email: ackerl12@mail.wlu.edu
    23 is a student-run organization committed to creating and promoting a united community of student-athletes
  • Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society
    President: Reilly Kidwell '13
    Email: kidwellr12@mail.wlu.edu
    Advisor: Fiona Watson
    To promote research and opportunities in the biosciences.
  • Contact Committee
    Email: contact@wlu.edu
    Website: contact.wlu.edu
    Non-partisan, all student committee with the mission of bringing prominent speakers to the W&L campus in events that are both educational and entertaining.
  • Craft Guild
    President: Emily Comer '14
    Email: comere14@mail.wlu.edu
    Advisor: Erich Uffelman
    The Washington and Lee Craft Guild provides a creative outlet for the students of our community, both for personal and charitable organizations in the Lexington area.
  • Fancy Dress Committee
    Co-Chairs: Charlotte Bancroft '12 and Ellen Stauffer '13
    Email: fancydress@wlu.edu
    Works to organize the most enjoyable, creative and memorable event for the students, the faculty, and the Lexington community.
  • FYLC (First-Year Leadership Council)
    The mission of the FYLC is to warmly welcome new students and create a commons environment for fun, growth, learning, and transformation at W&L and in Lexington.
  • FYOC (First-Year Orientation Committee)
    The FYOC is comprised of approximately 90 upper-division students who organize all aspects of Orientation Week with the Assistant Dean for First-Year Experience.
  • Generals Interested in Legal Studies (GILS)
    President: Bailey Yi
    Email: yir13@mail.wlu.edu
    Website: www.wlu.edu/x35763.xml
    Generals Interested in Legal Studies ("GILS") is a student group geared to serving the needs of students interested in learning about the law, including but not limited to those interested in attending law school or pursuing law-related careers like legal journalism.
  • GAB-General Activities Board
    Chairs: Kelton Buchanan '13 and Hanes Dunn
    Advisors: Kelsey Goodwin
    Email: gab@wlu.edu
    The GAB exists to provide diverse entertainment to the W&L University community. GAB specializes in bringing a wide range of concerts to W&L as well as comedians and other regular campus activities.
  • Kathekon
    Advisor: Jen Utterback
    Email: jutterback@wlu.edu
    Members of Kathekon serve as the voice of the students for visiting alumni. Kathekon members assist the Alumni Office with events such as Homecoming and Alumni Weekends.
  • KEWL (Knowledge Empowering Women Leaders)
    President: Lijiang Liu '14
    Email: kewl@wlu.edu
    Advisor: Domnica V. Radulescu
    A student-run leadership program combining course work in Women's Studies with gender-related programming outside the classroom.
  • Mock Trial
    President: Jackie Yarbro
    Advisor: Beth Belmont
    Email: wlumocktrial@gmail.com
    Mock trials will focus on the American legal system by simulating real life criminal cases and working through them. Students will get the opportunity to be lawyers in a court setting and learn further about the legal system.
  • Parliamentary Debate
    President: Tom Sanford '13
    Advisor: Ryan Halford
    Email: pdebate@wlu.edu
    Website: www.apdaweb.org
    The mission is to form an elite team of Parliamentary Debaters who place on a consistent basis, as well as to provide an exciting forum for students interested in debate, talking, or developing their rhetorical and analytical skills.
  • Phi Eta Sigma
    Advisor: Jason Rodocker, Assistant Dean of First-Year Experience
    Email: jrodocker@wlu.edu
    Phi Eta Sigma recognizes academic excellence within the first-year class. We also bring speakers to campus, hold community service events, and have an annual induction ceremony in May.
  • Quest Scholars Club
    President: Braedon Suminski '14
    Email: suminskib14@mail.wlu.edu
    Advisor: Dean Tamara Futrell
    The mission of the Quest Scholars Club is to provide a fellowship of students from similar backgrounds to uplift the pillars of the Quest Scholars Network, and to utilize the tools provided to maximize our preparation for the career world.
  • SAO (Student Activities Organization)
    Advisor: Kary Smout
    Email: sao@wlu.edu
    The Student Activities Organization is an all inclusive student run organization that connects students of diverse backgrounds and organizes participation in activities in and around W&L.
  • Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
    Adviser: Brooke Diamond
    Email: saac@wlu.edu
    Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
  • Student Consulting
    Advisors: Elizabeth Oliver and Rob Straughan
    Email: wlsc@wlu.edu
    W&L Student Consulting (WLSC) is a student-managed organization created to provide pro bono consulting services to for-profit and not-for-profit business and community organizations.
  • SEAL
    Student Environmental Action League
    President: Tal Jacobs '12
    Email: jacobsj12@mail.wlu.edu
    The Student Environmental Action League (SEAL) is active in promoting environmental issues on campus and within the community.
  • Student Recruitment Committee
    Email: src@wlu.edu
    Website: http://wlusrc.wordpress.com/
    The Student Recruitment Committee promotes the W&L experience to prospective students, organization campus tours, participating with special events, and serving as hosts to high school students.
  • Students For Choice
    Students For Choice
  • Students for Life
    President: Mary Huerster '13
    Adviser: Roger Dean
    Email: studentsforlife@wlu.edu
    W&L Students for Life seeks to spread an appreciation for the fundamental right to life throughout the W&L community through education, awareness, and support of issues pertinent to the Pro Life Cause in a practical and compassionate way.
  • W&L Internship Opportunity Initiative
    Chair: Mac Davis '12
    Email: davisf12@mail.wlu.edu
    To use the alumni, parent, and student network at W&L to acquire summer internships for W&L students
  • Traveller
    Chair: Abigail Dean
    Adviser: Ed Bulger
    Email: traveller@wlu.edu
    Traveller serves the W&L community as a safe ride system. Traveller Dispatch deploys three vehicles that travel along a fixed route seven nights a week.
  • US Army ROTC
    Adviser: Major Timothy Crider, Army ROTC
    Email: criderte@vmi.edu
    US Army ROTC classes are available through the Virginia Military Institute. Students can join at any time during the school year.
  • WearabLe
    President: Joshua Bareno '13
    Email: barenoj13@mail.wlu.edu
    The purpose of WearabLe is to expand Washington and Lee's general mentality about fashion, personal expression, and the progression of style. Our goal is to take the traditions that make Washington and Lee unique and put them in a real-world perspective.
  • W&L Engineers Without Borders
    President: Dana Fredericks '12
    Email: fredericksd12@mail.wlu.edu
    The purpose of W&L Engineers Without Borders is to combine the efforts of students in all majors and interests in a collaborative effort with the EWB chapter at VMI in order to enhance the living conditions of developing areas worldwide.
  • Williams Investment Society
    Email: wis@wlu.edu
    Website: wis.wlu.edu
    The Williams Investment Society is a student organization that manages a portion of W&L’s endowment in equity securities. The Society’s purpose is to provide students with a forum to develop their interest in investments and financial analysis by giving them the opportunity to actively manage real capital.