Washington and Lee affirms that diversity enhances our community. Further, we are not a community until all members feel equally included. We are committed to the recruitment, enrichment, and retention of students, faculty, and staff who embody many experiences, cultures, points of view, interests, and identities. As engaged citizens in a global and diverse society, we seek to advance a positive learning and working environment for all. When you direct your gift to diversity and inclusion, you support programming, facilities, courses and resources that promote these promises.
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Gifts directed to diversity and inclusion support the Office of Inclusion and Engagement (OIE), which strives to foster a culture in which all members of the community feel fully welcome and able to participate in everything the university has to offer. OIE develops programs that explore, promote and celebrate the increasingly diverse backgrounds of our students, faculty, and staff.
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W&L’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Resource Center, in the renovated Red House on front campus, is dedicated to affirming the existence and development of LGBTQ individuals at W&L, and to supporting a strong and welcoming community among LGBTQ members and allies within the larger institution.
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The First-Generation Low-Income Partnership (FLIP) is led and comprised of W&L students, and partners with first-generation faculty, staff, and administrators create a supportive community for First Generation and/or Low-Income (FGLI) students. They advocate for FGLI issues as well as organize resources, events and student discussions and meetups.