Applications open for 2024 Udall Undergraduate Scholarship
The application process for the 2024 Udall Undergraduate Scholarship is now open. The Udall Undergraduate Scholarship awards up to $7,000 to approximately 55 students nationwide pursuing a career related to the environment, Tribal public policy or healthcare. Interested applicants must apply with the help of their faculty representative. W&J’s faculty representative is Dr. Robert East,…
2023 W&J Alpha and Beta Scholars recognized
WASHINGTON, PA (October 9, 2023) – Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) recognized 180 students as 2023 Alpha and Beta Scholars for maintaining a GPA higher than 3.7 for the duration of their enrollment. Students were recognized during a special ceremony on campus Monday, Oct. 2. Of the 180, 110 qualified as Alpha Scholars for having…
Edwards named to launch and lead W&J’s BSN Program
WASHINGTON, PA (October 3, 2023) – Washington & Jefferson College has appointed Dr. Linda Edwards as professor and chair of nursing. Dr. Edwards will lead the College’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program. Taught in partnership with Washington Health System, the program will enroll the first group of students in the fall of 2024….
Students participate in immersive travel experiences to Japan and Indonesia
WASHINGTON, PA (September 27, 2023) – Fifteen Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) students traveled to regions of Asia this past summer as part of the Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment (LIASE) Grant Program. The participating students spent 14 days abroad – 11 students traveled to Japan, while four others traveled to Indonesia….
W&J inducts 21 seniors into Phi Beta Kappa
Washington & Jefferson College’s Class of 2023 includes 21 members who were inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. The students were inducted into W&J’s chapter, Kappa of Pennsylvania, during a ceremony Thursday, April 27. They were also recognized during W&J’s Honors Convocation Monday, April 24, which can be viewed here. Phi Beta Kappa, founded…
Chance to Change Lives Partners with Washington Jefferson College to Launch STEMnetX to Expand Experiential Learning Opportunities in STEM Workforce Training in Western PA
WASHINGTON, PA (March 30, 2023) – Chance to Change Lives (CCL-US) and Washington & Jefferson College have announced a new partnership aimed at increasing workforce training in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through experiential learning for undergraduate students with a focus on diversity, inclusivity, and empowering students from historically marginalized groups. The partnership will…
W&J announces Fall 2022 Dean’s List students
WASHINGTON, PA (January 27, 2023)—Each session, the Office of Academic Affairs compiles a list of full-time students whose grade point averages for the previous session were 3.50 or higher, based upon a minimum of three courses exclusive of those taken pass/fail. Those students make up the semesterly Dean’s List, and W&J is proud to announce…
Saving North American Ash: W&J research team studies effects of emerald ash borer in Allegheny National Forest
WASHINGTON, PA (November 18, 2022)—In 2002, a hungry green beetle called the emerald ash borer (or EAB) made its way to North America, setting its sights and stomach on the continent’s ash trees. Insatiable and invasive, the southeast Asian insect seemed set to destroy all American ash, but a group of researchers at…
Q&A: Music professor elevates W&J, performs with Michael Bublé on “Higher” tour
WASHINGTON, PA (September 22, 2022)—When Grammy-award winning artist Michael Bublé performed in Pittsburgh earlier this month, he was joined on stage by a president—a W&J president, that is. Professor of Music & Director of Choral Activities Susan Medley, D.M.A., offered her alto voice to the Canadian crooner during his soulful rendition of Sam Cooke’s “Bring…
W&J announces Spring 2022 Dean’s List Students
WASHINGTON, PA (June 30, 2022)—Each session, the Office of Academic Affairs compiles a list of full-time students whose grade point averages for the previous session were 3.50 or higher, based upon a minimum of three courses and exclusive of those taken pass/fail. Those students make up the semesterly Dean’s List…
