Washington and Lee University
In his new short-story collection, The Calaboose Epistles, R.T. Smith, W&L's Writer-in-Residence and editor of Shenandoah magazine, gives a voice to the criminal types who fascinated him as a boy.
Stephanie Hardiman and Abel Delgado will be recognized at the Celebrating Student Success (CSS) monthly reception on Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 2-4 p.m. in the Elrod Commons Living Room.
Three nationally known sports reporters and a major league baseball official addressed "Women in the Locker Room: Are the Boys Still Being Boys?" during the third annual Reynolds Media, Courts and Law Symposium at Washington and Lee University on Nov. 12, 2009.
As part of its continuing efforts to attract and enroll a diverse group of students, Washington and Lee University has partnered with QuestBridge, a non-profit organization that assists low-income, high-achieving students with college applications.
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W&L's Rebecca Benefiel Discusses Her Research on WMRA's Virginia Insight
Lucinda Roy Addresses Campus Violence Symposium
W&L Student Business Plan Helps Villagers in Amazon
Washington and Lee University Partners with QuestBridge
Medical Expert, Popular TV Producer Dr. Neal Baer Lectures for Contact Series
Shenandoah Editor’s New Short-Story Collection Spotlights Southwest Virginia
Cullum Owings
On the Sunday following Thanksgiving in 2002, Cullum and Pierce Owings were driving from their home in Atlanta back to Lexington where both were students at Washington and Lee. The brothers were three miles from the Lexington exit on I-81 north when their car was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer. Cullum, a senior business administration major, died in the accident; Pierce ‘06, a freshman at the time, had only minor injuries. Sunday, Nov. 29, will mark the fifth annual national observance of Drive Safer Sunday in America. The event is sponsored by Road Safe America, an organization founded by Cullum and Pierce’s parents, Stephen and Susan Owings of Atlanta, in Cullum’s honor. The organization is designed to bring awareness of the hazards of highway travel and provide statistics and safety tips to drivers. Its goals include better driver training for all drivers and limiting the top speed for large trucks. The Road Safe America Web site includes an electronic petition, urging the administration to order activation of speed governors set at 65 mph on all large commercial vehicles. The site also features a video in which the Owingses tell their story. Be careful on the highways this holiday.
