campus partner(s)

Washington and Lee University

state(s)

VA

amount

$25,000

initiative

Cornerstone: Learning for Living

award date

05.2026

project director

Genelle Gertz; Paul Gregory

Grant Summary

$25,000 over 12 months to launch a new general education program in which all or most incoming students will benefit from common readings embedded in the required First Year Seminar (FYS). The program will also create three-course applied humanities tracks anchored in the humanities’ contribution to pre-professional study