Washington and Lee University Alumni Magazine

Higher Education

The Cost, The Price, The Value

• Remembering 9/11
  The prayer vigil was sponsored by W&L's College Democrats and College Republicans and was one of two events that commemorated the 10th anniversary of 9/11 on campus.
• Let There Be Light:
  Solar Energy to Illuminate W&L
  W&L has contracted with Secure Futures L.L.C., a solar-energy developer based in Staunton, Va., to install two solar photovoltaic arrays, totaling approximately 450 kilowatts, at two locations on campus.
• Energy Education Specialists Spread the Word
  Whether they’re climbing on a roof or peering into a basement, Jane Stewart and Morris Trimmer, the new energy education specialists at W&L, are looking for opportunities.
• ITS Staff Members Become QR Billboards
  When the Class of 2015 arrived at Washington and Lee University on Saturday, members of the University’s Information Technology Services (ITS) offered them a quick way to find popular websites and add contact information to address books with their smartphones and the new QR code technology.
• Civil War Diaries
  Six diaries written by a Confederate soldier and providing a first-hand account of the Civil War in Virginia are now part of Special Collections at Leyburn Library, the result of a multi-donor gift to the University.
• Noteworthy
  Recent notable awards given to the faculty, staff and students of Washington and Lee.
• By the Rules - 120 Years of Student Handbooks
  Over the summer, Leyburn Library displayed student handbooks from 1800 to the present.
• Fresh Water for Bolivia
  Students and professors from W&L and VMI spent two weeks this summer in the village of Pampoyo, Bolivia, to oversee the construction of a multi-phase water-delivery system that will bring fresh water to the villagers.
• Books and CDs
  Edward Adams, Charles Alcorn ’84, John Patrick Doyle, Jonathan Eastwood, Roger Jeans, Darren R. Johnson ’93, Ward Jones ’65, David N. Klabo ’89, Suzanne LaFleur ’05, James Mahon, Rebecca Makkai ’99, Roy T. Matthews ’54, Ashley Mayer ’06, Sybil Nelson ’01, R. T. Smith, Charlie Sweet ’65, Dr. John F. Tompkins II ’78 and Dr. S. Fulton Thompkins ’37, Terry Vosbein, Neely Young ’66
• Shakespeare Center Donates Collection
  The American Shakespeare Center (ASC), of Staunton, Va., one of the country’s leading performers of Shakespeare, has donated its archives—directors’ notes, prompt books, set designs, posters, fliers, still and candid photographs, playbills, programs and recordings—to W&L’s Special Collections.
• Pamela Hemenway Simpson, 1946-2011
  Pamela Hemenway Simpson, one of the most influential figures of the last four decades at Washington and Lee, died at her home in Lexington on Oct. 4. She was 65.