Honor, integrity, and civility
Washington and Lee's presidential profile is more serious than expected, but its emphasis on civility reveals a load-bearing contradiction.
Washington and Lee's presidential profile is more serious than expected, but its emphasis on civility reveals a load-bearing contradiction.
Washington and Lee's motto means "not unmindful of the future." Seven years into a commitment to honest historical interpretation, the university is building a museum while simultaneously writing a policy that its own faculty say contradicts everything the museum is supposed to stand for.
As Washington and Lee undertakes this critical search, we must articulate the qualities needed to lead the university through necessary evolution while preserving what makes it genuinely excellent.