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Washington and Lee University didn t change its name Now no one is happy
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While the name will remain, other changes will be made, the board announced. The university seeks to raise $160 million to achieve need-blind admissions. Lee Chapel, where the former president is buried, will be renamed University Chapel and altered to separate the auditorium from the crypt and a memorial sculpture of Lee. University diplomas will be changed to remove images of Lee and George Washington, the university’s other namesake. The institution will also discontinue Founders’ Day, a holiday celebrated on Lee’s birthday. It will establish an academic center for the study of Southern race relations.
“The association with our namesakes can be painful to those who continue to experience racism, especially to African Americans, and is seen by some as an impediment to our efforts to attract and support a diverse community,” the board wrote in its announcement. “For others, our name is an appropriate recognition of the specific and significant contributions each man ma
Debate continues over future of Washington and Lee’s name
This would not be the university’s first name change
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In its nearly 300 year existence, Washington and Lee University has had many different names.
The university began considering the name change late last year.
“I think that changing the name of the school is an important step in helping to make the campus of more diverse and welcoming environment,” Washington and Lee University Alumna Betsy Green said.
Alumni members of the group The Generals Redoubt remain committed to preserving the college’s namesakes.
“George Washington and Robert E. Lee had been critical to the success of our university through the years, and we can continue to attract a diverse population, and still retain the names,” Neely Young with The General’s Redoubt said.
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