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Washington and Lee University

Extracurriculars

Address

204 West Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450-2116

Website

http://www.wlu.edu

Admissions E-mail

admissions@wlu.edu

Quickfacts

Number of registered organizations:

148

Sports

For a complete profile of varsity, club, and intramural sports offered at Washington and Lee University, go to the school's Sports directory page.

Activities

Student activities:

choral groups, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, television station, yearbook

Clubs and Organizations

Number of registered organizations:

148

Honor societies:

Beta Gamma Sigma; Delta Sigma Rho - Tau Kappa Alpha; Lambda Pi Eta; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Order of the Omega; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma; Pi Mu Epsilon; Pi Sigma Alpha; Psi Chi

Religious organizations:

Baptist Student Union; Canterbury Club; Catholic Campus Ministry; Generals' Christian Fellowship; Good Shepherd Lutheran College Group; Hillel; Joyful Noise; Orthodox Christian Fellowship of VMI and WLU; Reformed University Fellowship; Trinity United Methodist College Group; Young Life

Minority and international student organizations:

English for Speakers of Other Languages; International House; International Relations Association; Minority Outreach Recruitment Entourage; Multicultural Student Association; Onyx; Pan Asian Association for Cultural Exchange; Spanish House; Student Association for International Learning; W&L Turkish Generals

Other organizations:

Alpha Phi Omega; Amnesty International; Calyx; Campus Kitchen Project; Club Sports; Cold Check Committee; College Libertarians; College Republicans; Contact Committee; Craft Guild; Ducks Unlimited; Fancy Dress Committee; Film Society; Foxhunting Club; Freshman Orientation Committee; Gay-Straight Alliance; General Activities Board; Habitat for Humanity; Journal of Science; Kathekon; Knowledge Empowering Women Leaders (KEWL); Liberty Hall Volunteers; Lifestyle Information for Everyone; Mock Convention; Mock Trial; Muse; inGeneral; Nabors Service League; Nicaragua Project; One in Four; Outing Club; Peer Counselors; Phi Eta Sigma; Photography Club; Ring-tum Phi; Spirit Committee; Student Activities Organization; Student Environmental Action League; Student Recruitment Committee; Students Against Rockbridge Area Hunger; The Trident; Traveler; US Army ROTC; University Scholars; Up 'til Dawn; W&L Americans for Informed Democracy; W&L Political Review; W&L Students for Life; WLUR 91.5FM; Washington and Lee Spectator; Washington and Lee Student Consulting; Williams Investment Society; Women in Technology and Science; Young Democrats

Name of student newspaper(s):

The Ring-tum Phi; The Trident

Greek Life

Number of fraternities:

16

Fraternities with chapter houses:

14

Fraternity members:

83%

Number of sororities:

7

Sororities with chapter houses:

5

Sorority members:

74%

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