Black Entrepreneurs: Where Does Money Fit Into Protest?

American Racial Injustice

A presentation by W&L Professor Tim Gaylard. Timothy Gaylard is Professor of Music at Washington and Lee, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1984 and is interim Chairman of the Music Department for 2012-13. He was also Chair from 2000 until 2008, and again in 2012-2013. A native of Ottawa, Tim received his B. A. and B. Mus. degrees from Carleton University in Canada, and has associateship diplomas from the Royal Conservatory of Music. He studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and obtained his M. A. and Ph. D. in musicology from Columbia University. Tim has taught in numerous Alumni Colleges and is going on his ninth program abroad in August. On that trip to the Mediterranean he will accompany Scott and Amy Williamson. He has performed extensively as a pianist in both Canada and the United States. His research interests include Mozart’s influence on Beethoven, British piano music from 1800 to 1920 and, most recently, the piano music of Liszt.

Timothy Gaylard's "Mozart's Symphonies"

The Black Freedom Struggle: Verdicts on Advocacy

Washington and Lee University alumna Alston Parker Watt, of the Class of 1989, delivers the address at the 2013 Fall Convocation on Sept. 5, 2013.

Alston Parker Watt's Fall Convocation Address

The 2014 Phi Beta Kappa/Society of Cincinnati Convocation featured Lucinda Roy, Alumni Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing at Virginia Tech, who gave the keynote talk, "Lifelong Learning as a Fountain of Youth: A Writer-Teacher's Curious, Cross-Cultural Journey toward Creativity." Roy, who is a poet and a novelist, teaches poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction at Virginia Tech.

Phi Beta Kappa/Society of Cincinnati Keynote Address by Lucinda Roy

John Chavis was the first African-American to receive a college education in the United States. Washington and Lee University history professor Ted Delaney provides details of Chavis's life.

John Chavis

William B. Hill Jr, '74, '77L, addresses the 2011 Black Alumni Reunion at Washington and Lee University.

Wiliam B. Hill Jr. Addresses W&L Black Alumni Reunion

Solar Power Array

New Pedestrian Bridge

Renovation and Re-use of Houses

Softball Field

Tucker Hall

Doremus-Warner Athletics Center

Natatorium

Graham-Lees Hall

At a  ceremony on April 4, 2016, Washington and Lee President Kenneth P. Ruscio spoke of the importance of telling the difficult story about the enslaved men and women owned by Washington College in the 19th century. The poem,  “at the cemetery, walnut grove plantation south Carolina, 1989," was read by Anthonia Adams ’16. The names from the marker were read by, in order,  Elizabeth Mugo ’19; Teddy Corcoran ’16; Marquita Dunn of Dining Services; Associate Professor of History Ted DeLaney; Associate Dean of Students Tammi Simpson; John Juneau ’18; and Makayla Lorick ’19.

Introduction of the Historical Marker, "A Difficult, Yet Undeniable, History"

Washington and Lee University theater professor Stephanie Sandberg talks about her new play, "Stories in Blue," which examines the social problem of human sex trafficking.

Prof. Stephanie Sandberg discusses "Stories in Blue"

Washington and Lee law professor David Baluarte discusses the international law dimension of the refugee and asylum crisis occurring in Europe. This is part of the University's German Law in Context seminar series.

GLIC Home and Away

David Baluarte - International Law Dimensions of Refugee and Asylum Crisis

Washington and Lee University President William C. Dudley talks with Executive Director of Alumni Affairs Beau Dudley about the state of the university, including improvements to W&L's facilities, recent hires, admissions trends, new academic programs, athletics updates, alumni events and the campus master plan.

State of the University 2019

Activism in the Black Imagination, An Africana Studies Faculty Roundtable

Antiracism, White Activists, and Black Freedom

A W&L Institutional History Conversation: The Indian World of George Washington

Race and Policing

Sports, Race, and Civic Possibility

Legislative Leverage: Democratic Processes as Activism

Washington and Lee University provides a liberal arts education that develops students' capacity to think freely, critically, and humanely and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity, and civility. Graduates will be prepared for life-long learning, personal achievement, responsible leadership, service to others, and engaged citizenship in a global and diverse society.

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