Provost’s Office

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Welcome to the Office of the Provost at Washington and Lee University. The provost is the University’s chief academic officer. Working with the academic deans and the faculty, the provost is responsible for the academic strategy and priorities for University’s central mission of teaching and learning.

At W&L, the deans of the College, the Williams School of Commerce, Economics and Politics, and the Law School report to the provost. Other direct reports to the provost are the associate provost, the assistant provost for institutional research and effectiveness, the registrar, the director of the University Library, the chief technology officer, the director of the Roger Mudd Center for Ethics, and the director of athletics. The provost oversees budget allocations to these units and works with them for planning, development, implementation, assessment and improvement of all academic programs, policies and supporting infrastructure including facilities and information technology. The provost is responsible for the recruiting and retaining of faculty and contributes to maintaining the infrastructure that assists the faculty in teaching and research.

In carrying out these responsibilities, the provost is assisted by the associate provost, manager of operations, and administrative assistant.

This website offers helpful information for faculty and for students and their families. The Office of the Provost is committed to providing academic experiences of the highest quality for our students and faculty.

Announcements

Provost’s End of Year Letters

The Provost’s end of year letters can be read here.

New Faculty 2025-2026

New faculty for the 2025-2026 academic year by unit.

NCFDD Membership

Washington and Lee University has joined NCFDD as an Institutional Member.

Upcoming Deadlines and Events

Apr 07 - 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Liberating Ideas: Jack Goldsmith

More information forthcoming.

Apr 14 - 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Slices of Research

Please join us for Slices of Research at Salerno on Tuesday, April 14 at 5:30PM. RSVP here and invite your colleagu

May 04 - 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Faculty Meeting

The complete faculty meeting calendar can be found here: https://my.wlu.edu/provosts-office/administrative-resource

Aug 17 - Aug 28 - All Day

Fall Academy 2026

The fall academy schedule will be posted by July 1. You can view the schedule here: https://go.wlu.edu/fallacademy

Sep 24 - 4:30 pm - 6:45 pm

Tentative: Provost’s Lecture

More information soon.

News


W&L’s Liberating Ideas Program to Host a Conversation with Jack Goldsmith ’84

The Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law School will discuss executive power under the Constitution.

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Jon Eastwood Publishes Paper with Tom Wolff ’14

The professor of sociology and anthropology and W&L alum explore building computational literacy into sociological curricula.

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Jacob Kraus Publishes Paper in the International Journal of Primatology

The paper examines how differences in the energy and nutrient costs among black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys influences their behavioral and dietary flexibility.

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Adam Scales Receives National Award from the Association for the Coaching and Tutoring Profession

W&L’s assistant director of academic success was presented the Professional Academic Coach of the Year Award at the 2026 ACTP conference in Seattle.

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W&L to Host “Slices of Research” Program at Salerno Wood Fired Pizza & Taphouse

Newly promoted faculty members will present their research in a PechaKucha format on April 14.

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Gabriel Hogan ’27 Co-authors Workshop Paper

In the paper, the junior computer science and business administration double major explored architectural VPN vulnerabilities and the systemic challenges that allow them to persist.

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W&L Ethics Bowl Team Competes at National Competition

The team competed at the APPE National Championship for the first time in school history.

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Mary Schleusner ’26 Selected as 2026 Jostens Trophy Recipient

The Charlotte, North Carolina, native becomes the first player from W&L to receive the award that recognizes the most outstanding players in Division III basketball.

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Mary Schleusner ’26 Named D3hoops.com Player of the Year

The senior women’s basketball player helped lead W&L to a 31-1 overall record.

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Art Goldsmith to Present Nobel Prize Symposium Talk

The Jackson T. Stephens Professor of Economics will discuss this year’s Nobel Prize winners in Economic Sciences on April 2 in Leyburn Library.

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W&L Students Accepted into American Economic Association Summer Training Program

Ayanna Moore ’27 and Charlie Salome Sabines ’28 will participate in the prestigious program this summer at American University in Washington, D.C.

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