
Washington and Lee raises $542 mIllion in seven-year campaign
Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, concluded its seven-year campaign on June 30, raising $542.5 million, 8 percent more than the $500 million goal.

Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, concluded its seven-year campaign on June 30, raising $542.5 million, 8 percent more than the $500 million goal.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Wednesday that the AMC television series TURN: Washington’s Spies will be returning to Virginia for a third season.

Washington and Lee University has received project grants totaling $950,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation — one to develop new methods of teaching the humanities using technology and another to study how the lessons of history help us interpret contemporary issues.

Bryce Harper and Danny Espinosa homered in a four-run Washington sixth to key a 7-4 Nats win over the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards on Saturday night.

Donald Childress, rector of Washington and Lee University’s Board of Trustees, has named a 14-member committee composed of members of the Board of Trustees, faculty and administration to conduct a national search for the university’s next president.

Eugenio Suarez hit a solo homer in the top of the eighth to break a 2-2 tie, and the Cincinnati bullpen made it hold up in a 3-2 win over the Washington Nationals in the opener of a three-game series on Monday.

A bunch of zeroes, then a busy seventh inning, with a solo homer by Buster Posey in the top and a two-run shot by Clint Robinson in the bottom, ended with a 2-1 win for the Nats over the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants Friday night at Nationals Park.

A four-run fourth gave Atlanta the offense in a 4-1 win over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday.

Tanner Roark got lit up for eight runs in three and a third, and Philadelphia rolled past Washington, 8-5, to salvage a split in a Sunday doubleheader.

Matt Wieters hit his third homer, and Miguel Gonzalez got his sixth win of the season in an 8-6 Baltimore victory over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.