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Welcome

Washington and Lee's Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability integrates academic study and learning through service and reflection.

It endeavors to inform our students about poverty and what can be done to foster human capabilities for communities and individuals who have been left behind in domestic and international development.

It promotes a structure for student leadership and volunteer service in the local Rockbridge community and summer internships across the nation as a part of Washington and Lee's effort to accentuate student honor, leadership, and learning.

In keeping with our university mission to cultivate a readiness to sacrifice on behalf of others, the Shepherd program seeks to offer opportunities for students to acquire skills and qualities of character that dispose them to serve communities and disadvantaged individuals.

In combination, this threefold effort helps our graduates develop a stronger sense of vocation. We hope they will be conscious of how their conduct as professionals and citizens will affect the opportunities of disadvantaged persons to contribute to a better life for themselves, their families, and their communities. Thus, the Shepherd Program is integral to the total education on which Washington and Lee prides itself.

Contact us, phone: 540-458-8784, fax: 540-458-5867

Shepherd Student: Norman Senior

“My Alliance internship with Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation emphasized existing community resources. Policy and change should provide support of a missing need rather than attempt to heroically recreate paradise.” . . . more

News & Events

Video clips (below) from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia sponsored event celebrating the Shepherd Program:

» Tom Shepherd
» David Bradley
» Senator John Warner
» Quiana McKenzie '08
» Sam Wilmoth '07
» Campus Kitchen Wins National Excellence Award
» New Bonner/Shepherd Article in Liberal Education Magazine by Harlan Beckley
» Brookings Institutution Panel - Brigid Schulte on the Shepherd Program clip
» Q&A With Cabell Brand