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

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 01 - 1:45 pm - 3:45 pm

Academic Fair

More information forthcoming.

Sep 02 - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

First Year Read

First year read sessions will be held in various locations throughout campus. More information will be shared direc

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

Provost’s Lecture

More information soon.

Oct 12 - 4:10 pm - 5:10 pm

Tentative: Faculty Conversation

Please hold this date and time for a tentative faculty conversation.

Nov 09 - 4:10 pm - 5:10 pm

Tentative: Faculty Conversation

Please hold this date and time for a tentative faculty conversation.

News


Campus walkways in springtime. Photo by Ryan Doty ’26

Washington and Lee Names Six Faculty Members to Endowed Professorships in The College and The Williams School

These faculty have been recognized for their outstanding teaching, scholarship and service to the university.

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Sofia Elverdin Selected as Co-Recipient of the Best Dissertation Prize From the American Political Science Association’s Women, Gender and Politics Section

The assistant professor of politics will receive her prize at the association’s annual meeting in Boston in September.

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Erin Gray

W&L Chemistry Professor Publishes Paper in the Journal of Organic Chemistry

Erin Gray and several of her former students co-authored a paper titled “Photocatalytic Iminyl Radical Cyclization for the Synthesis of Quinazolinones.”

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Sarah Zimmerman ’26 Receives Old Dominion Athletic Conference’s Marjorie Berkley Award

The soccer and basketball star was honored as the top female scholar-athlete in the conference.

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Greg Dresden Receives George Pólya Award from the Mathematical Association of America

The professor of mathematics was recognized for his paper “Epitrochoids and Hypotrochoids Together Again.”

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From Screen to Square Film Screening: ‘Something the Lord Made’

The upcoming screening will be held June 17 in Stackhouse Theater.

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Jonathan McEwen ’27 Earns Jack Nicklaus Award as the Division III Golfer of the Year for the Second Straight Year

The rising senior was presented the award at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio on June 7.

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Li Kang Selected to Attend Self-Knowledge for Humans and Artificial Systems Summer Institute

The assistant professor of philosophy received a stipend to attend the National Endowment for the Humanities-funded programming at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Jane Hopkinson-Wood Named WGCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year

The third-year head coach guided the Generals to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championship.

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Religion Professor Appears as Featured Guest on the Visually Sacred Podcast

Jeff Kosky headlined the episode focused on how art can mediate the invisible, evoke wonder and challenge the disenchantment of modernity.

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W&L Students Accepted for Publication at the Gaming and Technology Conference

Trey Custodio ’26 and Sanjog Basnet ’27 explore gaming preferences and behavior.

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