
Washington and Lee enrolls first-year class of 455
Some 455 first-year students will be among the student body when fall semester classes begin Sept. 10 at Washington and Lee University, and a record percentage of them will receive financial aid.

Some 455 first-year students will be among the student body when fall semester classes begin Sept. 10 at Washington and Lee University, and a record percentage of them will receive financial aid.

Scott Matherly, MD, an expert on cirrhosis, liver transplantation and liver cancer, will be the first speaker in the 2015-2016 Suter Science Seminar series at Eastern Mennonite University.

Virginia athletics announced StubHub, the world’s largest ticket marketplace, is now the official fan-to-fan secondary ticket marketplace for Cavalier fans and replaces the Virginia Ticket Marketplace.

A business expo designed to help connect Bridgewater College students with local businesses and residents will be held Sept. 2 from 3-6 p.m. in the Boitnott Room and Kline Campus Center (KCC) lobby on the college campus.

The First Amendment prohibits the government, including public colleges and universities, from infringing on free speech and the free exercise of religion. The Founders of our country clearly understood this to be one of our fundamental freedoms as Americans.

Airing on PBS on September 12 will be an interview I watched taped at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia on August 28 with Wendy Sherman, the U.S. Under Secretary of State who played the key role in negotiating the Iran agreement.

UVA wrestling head coach Steve Garland announced an exciting and challenging 2015-16 schedule for his program on Tuesday. The schedule includes seven nationally-ranked teams from last season and a road contest against the defending NCAA champions.

Virginia Military Institute head basketball coach Dan Earl will make his college head coaching debut against Penn State, the university where he starred as a point guard in the mid-’90s before spending six years (2006-11) on the Penn State staff as assistant coach.

A disgruntled former WDBJ TV reporter who shot a reporter and a cameraman live on air this morning is dead after apparently shooting himself in Fauquier County.

The University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies will present a panel discussion, “Engaging Race: Forum on Race, Citizenship and Social Justice,” on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in Minor Hall, room 125.
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