Washington and Lee University
John Paul “JP” Beall ’14 and Trevor “Trey” Hatcher ’14 join the incoming class of the prestigious Kemper Scholars Program. W&L is one of only 15 schools invited to participate in the scholarship-mentorship program, which has been sponsored by the James S. Kemper Foundation since 1948.
Three students—Johanna Cho ’12, Kathryn Marsh Soloway ’12 and Danielle Breidung ’12—won $1,000 Shirley Hurt Brand Scholarships from the Cabell Brand Center for Global Poverty and Resource Sustainability Studies of Salem, Va. The scholarships were awarded based on essays the students wrote on what they plan to do with their studies and lives “For the Common Good.”
The Campus Kitchen received a $25,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation State Giving Program to help fund its Weekend Backpack Snack Program and the purchase of a vehicle. The two-year-old program has volunteers filling backpacks with food and delivering them to elementary schools in the area.
Katherine Crowley, assistant professor of mathematics, received a Science and Technology Fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science for the 2011-2012 academic year. She will use it to work in the Solar Technologies Program in the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Washington.
Registrar Scott Dittman received the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (SACRAO) President’s Award for Outstanding Professional Presentation at the annual meeting.
Sara Sprenkle, assistant professor of computer science, along with co-authors Lucy Simko ’11 and Lori Pollock (University of Delaware), won the Best Research Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation in Berlin, Germany.
For the second year in a row, Washington and Lee was recognized as one of the nation’s best colleges for which to work by the Chronicle of Higher Education. W&L is included in the category of small universities, with 2,999 or fewer students, and won awards in three categories: Compensation & Benefits; Facilities, Workspaces & Security; and Job Satisfaction.