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W&J senior Kyleigh Jester stands in front of an evergreen tree and smiles.

Case closed: Maxwell scholar finds love of law through dual internships

Updated: September 20, 2022 | Tagged: , , , , , , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (September 20, 2022)—W&J senior Kyleigh Jester has seen her share of trials.

Rising senior Holly Troesch stands in blue, Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium shirt and holds a small owl.

Monkeying around: biology major makes animal encounters educational in zoo internship

Updated: August 12, 2022 | Tagged: , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (August 12, 2022)—Rising senior Holly Troesch works with a bunch of animals. And she wouldn’t have it any other way.

W&J rising senior Isabella Manzari smiles down at a cup of Cuban cuisine.

Founded through food: Cuban-American student re-connects with culture in Miami Magellan

Updated: August 5, 2022 | Tagged: , , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (August 5, 2022)—When COVID-19 threatened rising senior Isabella Manzari’s plan to travel to Cuba and re-connect with her culture, she got inventive.

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W&J receives $100,000 Gladys Brooks Foundation grant to create new Center for World Languages and Cultures

Updated: August 4, 2022 | Tagged: , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (August 4, 2022)—The Gladys Brooks Foundation, a New York-based foundation, recently awarded a $100,000 grant to the Department of Modern Languages at Washington & Jefferson College to create a new Center for World Languages and Cultures (CWLC).

Photos of Recent alumni Clara Sherwood ’22 and Caroline Fedor ’20 sit side-by-side in a collage. Sherwood poses with sunglasses on in front of palm trees in Morocco, while Fedor sits and smiles on a piano bench.

W&J alumni receive Fulbright awards; continue College legacy with Fulbright Program

Updated: June 15, 2022 | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (June 15, 2022)—Two Presidents have been selected as 2021-22 Fulbright Scholars, continuing Washington & Jefferson College’s nearly ten-year relationship with the Fulbright Program.

Photo of Han Ye, Ph.D., assistant professor of Chinese at W&J, in a classroom with her students.

W&J Professor Earns Fulbright Specialist Designation

Updated: May 27, 2022 | Tagged: , , , , , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (May 27, 2022) – Han Ye, Ph.D., assistant professor of Chinese at Washington & Jefferson College, plans to take her classroom experiences and expertise global as a Fulbright Specialist. The Fulbright Specialist program, sponsored by the United States Department of State, provides academic faculty members and other professionals with the opportunity to complete…

Jonathan Flickinger '05 smiles in a suit.

W&J students honored with Jonathan Flickinger ’05 Giving Heart Recognition

Updated: May 18, 2022 | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (May 18, 2022)—Three Washington & Jefferson College students have been recognized with traits of a giving heart.

Side-by-side photos of W&J juniors Hannah Luttringer and Holly Troesch. In each photo, the students stand alone and smile at the camera.

Juniors in Germany: W&J students snag two of five Delta Phi Alpha study abroad scholarships

Updated: May 11, 2022 | Tagged: , , , , , , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (May 11, 2022)—W&J juniors Hannah Luttringer and Holly Troesch are really going places. Or, rather, one particular place: Lüneburg, Germany. 

Photo of seniors Bianca Pate and Piper Scarry in their EMT apparel in front of Old Main.

W&J Seniors Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic by Turning Passion into Profession 

Updated: April 22, 2022 | Tagged: , , , , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (April 22, 2022) – Bianca Pate ’22 and Piper Scarry ’22 responded to the Coronavirus pandemic by turning their passions into their professions. Both seniors began working at hospitals during the pandemic while also serving their communities as emergency medical technicians. Pate, a neuroscience and Spanish major with a psychology minor, discovered her…

LatinX Empowerment Day

Updated: April 14, 2022 | Tagged: , ,

Washington & Jefferson College invites you to its first annual LatinX Empowerment Day —an intensive workshop series created to empower LatinX students to increase their community impact and strengthen their skills and knowledge on a variety of issues.  This year’s event will take place on Tuesday, April 26th in the Rossin Ballroom. Activities and speakers begin at 3 p.m. with a Flamenco…