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

Mar 18 - 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Stuart Weitzman: A Designer’s Entrepreneurial Journey on the Road Less Traveled

Please join us for a lecture with Stuart Weitzman.

Mar 24 - 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Beyond the Page: Milestone Work by Faculty featuring Jeff Kosky

Please join us for our new series, Beyond the Page: Milestone Works by Faculty. Professor Jeff Kosky will be discus

Apr 06 - 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

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

News


Washington and Lee University to Host 2026 Entrepreneurship Summit

The two-day program will be held on campus March 20-21.

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Isaac James ’27 Awarded VMFA Fellowship

The junior studio art and mathematics double major was one of five undergraduate students statewide to receive a $4,000 fellowship award.

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Seth Cantey to Deliver Lecture in Honor of His Appointment to the Lewis G. John Term Professorship in Politics

Cantey’s talk, titled “Freedom Money: Bitcoin’s Promise and How it Could Fail,” will be held March 30 in Northen Auditorium.

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Brittney Kemp Named Old Dominion Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year

The Generals’ second year head coach garnered the award for the first time in her W&L tenure.

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Jon Eastwood to Present Nobel Prize Symposium Talk

The William P. Ames Jr. Professor of Sociology will discuss this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner on March 10 in Leyburn Library.

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W&L Student Team Competes at VFIC Applied Ethics Bowl

The W&L Ethics Bowl team recently participated in an annual statewide competition.

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Krzysztof Jasiewicz Publishes Chapter in ‘The Oxford Handbook of Polish Politics’

The William P. Ames Jr. Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Emeritus’ chapter focuses on the collapse of the communist system in Eastern Europe.

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Sarp Sahin ’26 Publishes Research Paper

The senior’s research on Parkinson’s disease was published in Brain: A Journal of Neurology

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Eric Deggans Authors Book Chapter

The Knight Chair in Journalism and Media Ethics discussed his experience as an NPR TV critic in “Reading Media: How to Do Textual Analysis.”

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W&L Student Accepted into Public Policy and International Affairs Program

Lucas Kim ’27 will participate in the program this summer at Princeton University.

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W&L Presents Author and Climate Scientist Michael Mann

The Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science from the University of Pennsylvania will discuss his new book, “Science Under Siege,” on March 4.

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Icy Keneah ’26 Named to Allstate NACDA Good Works Team

The senior women’s basketball player was one of 20 winter sports athletes honored nationwide for volunteerism and civic engagement.

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