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Former Starr Center Fellow Peter Silver returned April 24 to tell the story of the War of Jenkins’s Ear and its impact on slavery in America.
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Former Starr Center Director Ted Widmer returned to campus on March 20 to talk about his new book, “Listening IN: The secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy.” He was greeted with a packed house.
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Journalist Clay Risen of The New York Times spoke about his upcoming book on the behind the scenes story of the groundbreaking Civil Rights Act of 1964. Risen was in residence at the Starr Center as the 2013 Frederick Douglass Fellow.
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Washington College lighting the campus up blue in order to raise awareness for Autism.
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Photos by George Washington Book Prize Coordinator
Lois Kitz
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Mr. Richard Bookbinder, the senior advisor of
Alex. Brown Investment Program, met with the students for a conversation about investing trends and strategies.
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In the spirit of going green, Dining Services hosted a Lights out Lunch where students, faculty, and staff enjoyed low-impact meals in natural daylight. Local farms and environmental groups were on hand with food and information for passerby.
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For the first time since 2002, #12 Washington College defeats #5 Salisbury as WC wins War on the Shore by a 7-6 score. Hunter Nowicki scored game-winner with 1:03 left in the fourth quarter to lift the Shoremen to their first home win over the Sea Gulls since 1990. This is the first time the team won the Charles B. Clark Cup since it was first presented in 2004.
Photos by Catie Hamilton ’15.
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For the first time since 2002, #12 Washington College defeats #5 Salisbury as WC wins War on the Shore by a 7-6 score. Hunter Nowicki scored game-winner with 1:03 left in the fourth quarter to lift the Shoremen to their first home win over the Sea Gulls since 1990. This is the first time the team won the Charles B. Clark Cup since it was first presented in 2004.
Photos by Catie Hamilton ’15.
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The Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows honored its 21st class of graduating seniors with a dinner ceremony and continued to celebrate with an evening of presentations.
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Former Patrick Henry Writing Fellow, Henry Weincek, returned to Washington College to discuss his book, “Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves.” It was an exceptional talk with a fully packed Hynson Lounge.
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I play the guitar.
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To kick off their goal of reaching 100% participation for The Washington Fund, the class of 2013 hosted a TOAST in the Goose Nest on Friday, April 12. Board member Jay Young ’81 was so impressed by their initiative, he sponsored every attendee’s first drink. The party was a smashing success! In the famous words of George Washington, “Huzzah” seniors!
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To kick off Earth Week, Dining Services hosted a cooking competition in which three dishes are prepared without meat or gluten.
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Dr. Christian Krahforst’s oceanography class conducted water quality measurements during a Chesapeake Bay transect on Saturday April 13 aboard the Center for Environment & Society’s research and teaching vessel Callinectes.
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2013 Douglass Wallop Playwright Fellow
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On April 10, the campus came out to bask in the sun and have some fun with a 30 ft water slide, a slip n’ slide, beach volleyball and supersoakers. The event was sponsored by Student Events Board.
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After going 151 years without an official trial, Adam Goodheart’s Chestertown’s America class finally brought his case to court to determine if Judge “Bloody” Carmichael was a traitor or a hero.
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Students treated themselves to a second Spring Fling over at Chester Hall. The day was complete with water slide, sports, drum circles, tightrope walking, and good old fashion chillaxing.
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Student employment supervisors nominated exemplary student workers for the 2013 Student Employee of the Year Award. All seven of the nominees embody service excellence, dedication, a stellar work ethic, and academic quality. The Student Employee of the Year will be announced on Friday, April 12th during National Student Employment Week.
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Photos of the Class of 2003
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Habitat for Humanity gathered at the Board of Education building to construct a doghouse for a Humane Society fundraiser as well as display cabinets for Hidden Treasures, a local business.
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The Tragedy of King Lear was brought to the Decker Theater thanks to the directing of Professor Jason Rubin, and the dramaturge work of senior Maegan Clearwood. This dramatic tale came complete with powerful acting, extreme fight scenes, and gruesome displays of bloodlust. The play was put on as a part of Clearwood’s senior thesis.
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Students from Kent County Middle School came to WAC to do some enzyme labs under the direction of various members of the American Chemistry Society.
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The Cater Society of Junior Fellows held their meeting at Heron Point, sharing their presentations with the community. Emily Hall, Sarah Douglass, Melody Bishop, and Emily Illar presented about their project on an kindergarten curricular models and Nicole Musho presented about her project studying human rights in Chile.
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Residents and friends of Middle broke out into a wicked jam session in preparation for the drum circle performance held at the Goose Nest a few days later. Anyone passing by was encouraged to hop in with a makeshift instrument. Sick rhythms could be heard all the way across the campus green.
A video performance can be found here: (link coming soon)
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As part of the Spring Advising Day tradition, Residential Life hosted Spring Fling on April 3 on the Campus Green. Students—as well as faculty and staff and their families—enjoyed carnival games, prizes, inflatable activities, tye-dying, cotton candy, and many other interesting activities.
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The Department of Drama presents The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare, directed by Professor Jason Rubin, featuring Professor Timothy Maloney as King Lear.
A senior dramaturgy thesis by Maegan Clearwood
4/4 - 4/6 at 7:30 pm and 4/7 at 1 pm
Decker Theatre
Admission: Adults $5, Students $3
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This year’s Spring Fling came with huge variety of games, contests, fun activities and the cutest pig you’ve ever seen!
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Professor Kenneth Schweitzer has written an authoritative new book on Batá drums, the sacred percussion that powers possessions in the Santería religion.
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A distinguished scholar of American literary and religious history, and recipient of Columbia University’s Great Teacher Award, Dr. Delbanco lectured on the topic of his latest book, College: What it Was, Is and Should Be.
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The making of …
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The Best Buddies Club, a student organization dedicated to building relationships with members of the community with special needs, held a 5K beginning and ending in Martha Washington Square as a benefit for the Kent Center.
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Washington College professor Ryan Kelty shared his knowledge of military sociology as the featured guest of the next Tea & Talk event.
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As part of its commitment to community service, the Student Environmental Alliance hosted a hands-on educational workshop and reading for local children at the Kent County Public Library.
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Friends and members of Hillel and the Chestertown Havurah celebrated the joyous holiday of Passover with songs, recitations, games, and traditional Jewish foods.
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Accomplished novelist, Susana Pagano, winner of the Premio Nacional de Novela Jose Ruben Romero for her first novel,
Y si yo fuera Susana San Juan… (1995), gave a talk entitled “Confessions of a Renegade Author: Rewriting Gender in Mexico” on 3/27/13. Pagano has also published the critically acclaimed novels
Trajinar de un muerto (2001) and
La pitonisa de Aguaprieta (2011). She studied at the Sociedad General de Escritores de México and the Instituto Cultural Helénico in Mexico City and the University of Barcelona, and has received fellowships from the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexico’s National Endowment for the Arts) and from Casa Lamm.
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The Art History Club’s inaugural show, curated from submissions from the Chestertown and WAC communities opened on Friday evening. The event allows students, professors and artists to come together to celebrate the union of nature and the man-made world.
The show is in Daly 208, the office of professor Benjamin Bellas- making it a truly unique experience on campus.
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An early spring snowfall on March 25 covered tree blossoms with beautiful ice crystals.
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Going up against six other teams in head-to-head racing, Washington dominated during three full round robins for a total of 63 races. The performance qualified Washington, along with second-place Cornell, for one of the final two spots at the Prosser Trophy, the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s Team Race Championships, to be hosted April 6-7 by Hobart and William Smith.
Full coverage at washingtoncollegesports.com
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The Trap and Skeet club hosted a sporting clays shoot as a fundraising project.
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The WC campus made a very unusual wardrobe choice on March 21, but it was all for a good cause. Students Valerie Bardhi ’15, Emily Blackner ’13, Ellie Hilton ’14, and Dominic Lathos ’15 organized a human trafficking and modern-day slavery awareness campaign called It’s Time to Uncover as part of the Human Rights and Social Justice Class taught by Dr. Christine Wade.
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Music by Harvey Schmidt and Lyrics by Tom Jones, a senior thesis directed by Lauren Oswald, March 22-23 in Tawes Theatre.
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A talk by Martin Kemp, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, Oxford University and world-renowned authority on Leonardo da Vinci.
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The Relay for Life crew put together a bonfire event to bring attention to their cause. Good job guys!
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This year’s Locavore Lit Fest kicked off at Evergrain bakery with a cheese making demonstration as well as a talk by Jim Weaver, author of Locavore Adventures. There was also a selection of wines and cheeses produced and provided by local farms such as Crow Farm and Cassinelli Winery.
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The Spring 2013 Habitat team embarked on an adventure completely different from their previous trips. This year was fraught with challenges from the beginning, when the team learned that they would not be able to build in Columbus, GA as they have in past years and would have to find somewhere new. After months of planning, the officers found a place for the team in Albany, GA. Habitat for Humanity International graciously opened up some of their housing in Americus, GA. The team worked in Albany for four days alongside other groups from Juniata College and Ashland University. The three schools formed bonds as they worked on two handicap-accessible homes. The WAC team traveled back to Columbus on Thursday night to work with Columbus Area Habitat for a day, finishing homes that they had worked on during the Spring 2012 trip. Before returning home, the group was finally able to attend their first dedication ceremony for the home of Albert and Patricia Hartman, whose home the team worked on in Spring 2012.
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology Bill Schindler’s Intro to Environmental Archaeology students took to the green on the first day of spring to practice their atlatl throwing.
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The Washington College women’s lacrosse team joined with its visiting opponent - Elizabethtown College - today to pay tribute to the Seton Hill University women’s lacrosse team. The Seton Hill team was involved in a tragic bus accident Saturday which claimed the lives of their head coach Kristie Quigley, her unborn baby, and the bus driver, Anthony Guaetta.
The Shorewomen wore crimson and yellow ribbons in their shoes, wrote “SHU” on their bodies, and made signs of support for the Seton Hill team. Prior to this afternoon’s game, both teams joined hands around the draw circle during a moment of silence. Elizabethtown is
also planning to honor Seton Hill prior to its next home game on Thursday.
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Additional Photos of the Spring 2013 Habitat for Humanity experience.
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Research into the effects of concussions on cognitive processes at Washington College involves both human and animal research groups. Here are some pictures of the human side. These students presented their work at the 117th meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in NYC.
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Barbara Mowat is director of research at Folger Shakespeare Library, executive editor of Shakespeare Quarterly, chair of the Folger Institute, and editor (with Paul Werstine) of the Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s works.
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Photos of Aaron Selestok’s senior recital.
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In honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Washington College chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, faculty members were inducted alongside new student members.
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The New England chapter gathered in a Boston hotel modelled on Mount Vernon to toast our patron.
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Washington College alumni in Talbot County took part in a lively toast to George.
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The Washington College Department of Drama production of Rancho Mirage (The Very Best People We Know), written by Steven Dietz, a senior directing thesis by Amanda Venable. Photos by Paul W. Gillespie. Performances are March 1 and 2, 2013 at 8 p.m. in Tawes Theatre.
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Pianist Sheng-Yuan Kuan performed a solo recital as part of the 12@Hotchkiss series.
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Additional photos of Rancho Mirage (The Very Best People We Know), written by Steven Dietz, a senior directing thesis by Amanda Venable.
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Alumni in and around Washington, DC gathered on February 21, 2013 to toast WC’s founding patron, George Washington. Thanks to a connection from Mike Lynch ‘06, the lively group raised their glasses at George in Georgetown.
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Phi Beta Kappa is the most highly regarded mark of academic distinction in America. Society membership is extended to only about 10 percent of the nation’s institutions of higher learning and only about ten percent of those institutions’ graduates.
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Dr. Hazel Barton, world-renowned cave microbiologist, spoke about the epidemic of white nose syndrome in bat populations in the eastern United States. The talk was streamed live (
http://new.livestream.com/washcoll/bats) and sponsored by the Center for Environment and Society and the National Speleological Society.
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For Black History Month 2013, the
Department of Education and
Black Studies Program hosted WAC’s Second Annual African American Read-In (one of 17 Maryland Read-Ins). Students and faculty gathered to share books by African American authors. This event was held in conjunction with
The National African American Read-In, which was co-sponsored by the National Council for Teachers of English and the International Reading Association. Almost 264,000 participated in Read-Ins nationwide.
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On February 20, 2013 alumni from Baltimore, MD gathered at Mt. Washington Tavern to Toast WC’s founding patron. Braving bitter cold temperatures and limited parking options, a record 104 people dropped in to celebrate George Washington! Huzzah!
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On Friday, February 22, members of the Washington College History Society helped unpack several boxes of new books that are to be added to the Miller Library collection. The books were all submitted for consideration for the 2013 George Washington Book Prize and constitute the best and latest scholarship on the nation’s founding era.
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The Washington College community danced the night away at the annual George Washington’s Birthday Ball.
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Despite the lingering mist and rain, SEA went to the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center in Grasonville, Maryland to hike and explore the marshy and forested habitat.
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Washington College Dining Services hosted a sampling of Tessemae’s salad dressing, a new gluten-free offering cooked up by alumni and available for students in My Pantry.
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Even in the off-season, Washington College athletes are training hard.
On a recent Wednesday morning, we caught members of the field hockey team and the men’s soccer team going through their paces in the newly renovated Johnson Fitness Center. By training in the off-season, athletes build strength, endurance and agility that promises to make them formidable opponents on the playing field.
“We are very fortunate to have a full-time strength and conditioning staff dedicated to developing our athletes,” said Roy Dunshee, head coach for men’s soccer. Rachel Boyle, head coach for field hockey, concurs. “ Now we have a state- o-the-art facility that matches our trainers’ cutting-edge knowledge.”
For her athletes, off-season training “provides a forum where team bonding occurs, where perseverance is taught, and where a sense of accomplishment can be attained. This level of training brings us closer to reaching our goals for a 2013 championship season.”
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Writing in Wartime Series
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The annual George Washington’s Birthday gathering celebrated recipients of the President’s Medal, Alumni Service Award, and Distinguished Service awards.
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Here are some photos from the 2011 year and a few from before that!
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The Departments of Drama and English, in preparation for THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR in April, enlisted Chas Libretto ‘06 and Louis Butelli to assist in bringing Shakespeare’s verse to life.
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Introducing the C.V Starr Center’s new deputy director: Ted Maris-Wolf! Maris-Wolf’s talk about nearly three thousand enslaved Africans who were seized from slave ships by the U.S. Navy illuminates a crucial moment in history, when an otherwise indifferent president launched the nation’s strongest-ever attack on the international slave trade.
Maris-Wolf, who will join the Starr Center full-time in May, is currently Assistant Professor of History at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. His work has focused on law, race, and the idea of freedom in 19th century America, as well as on runaway slave communities, the transatlantic slave trade, and the threads of history and memory that connect the United States with the Caribbean and West Africa.
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Siobhan Fallon gave a reading from her collection of short stories titled You Know When the Men Are Gone in the Rose O’Neill Literary House on Tuesday evening.
The crowd was treated to precisely worded and inspired fiction about life on an Army base in the absence of the men at war.
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The alumni chapter of Kent & Queen Anne’s counties gathered at the Fish Whistle on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 to share in a Washington College tradition, toasting our founding patron George Washington in celebration of his birthday.
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Some photos highlighting the Western Team.
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Obella Obbo ’14 DJ’d the night away on Satruday. The Goose Nest was open for business serving beer, wine and complimentary soft drinks.
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On Saturday, February 16, new Starr Center Special Projects Manager Nona Martin, lead a trip to DC to see a 75th Anniversary production of Thornton Wilder’s classic play, “Our Town” at Ford’s Theatre.
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The cast of Inherit: By Any Means Necessary put on a spectacular play hosted by the Independent Playhouse.
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On Friday afternoon, members of the Washington College scientific community gathered to welcome new members into Sigma Xi, an international, multidisciplinary scientific research honor society. The induction was led by outgoing president, Dr. Mindy Reynolds.
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During Orientation, all incoming students make the pilgrimage to George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens to reaffirm their commitment to the Honor Code—their promise to conduct themselves with honesty and integrity in pursuit of the highest academic and social standards.
Four years later, graduating seniors return to Mount Vernon to mark the successful completion of their degrees and celebrate with a river cruise on the Potomac, tours of the estate, and a champagne toast.
Mount Vernon also plays host to the awarding of the George Washington Book Prize. Last June, the 2012 winner Maya Jansanof, received the $50,000 prize at a black-tie dinner for her book Liberty’s Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World.
“George Washington’s character is very much in evidence at Mount Vernon,” notes President Mitchell Reiss. “By forging a stronger connection between our students and our founding patron, we reinforce the enduring values that we all strive to emulate.”
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On February 13, the Starr Center hosted a poetry reading by Jehanne Dubrow, Director of the Rose O’Neill Literary House and assistant professor in creative writing and literature. Event video
here.
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The Student Environmental Alliance started seeds for the campus garden in recycled containers.
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The Office of International Programs, in cooperation with the Gunston Day School International Program, held a dinner in the basement of East Hall to ring in the lunar year of the snake.
All of the food was cooked on campus by Washington College and Gunston Day School Students.
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Our class through the years
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Works by Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, Chandi Kelley, Jonathan Monaghan, Kendall Nordin, and Michael Dax Iacovone on display in the Kohl Gallery from February 8 through March 29.
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The Goose Nest offers weekend entertainment in a club atmosphere, with food, beverages, games, and live music.
Throughout the opening weekend, the Nest hosted the music of alumnus Kentavius Jones, a night of karaoke, and two Super Bowl events.
The Goose Nest is open Sundays through Thursdays from 12:00 noon -12:00 midnight and from 12:00 noon - 1:00 a.m. on Fridays.
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More than 400 student-athletes, donors, members of the board, faculty, and staff crowded into the newly renovated facility Friday afternoon to celebrate the reopening of the Johnson Fitness Center and dedicate the Davenport Cardio Gallery.
President Mitchell Reiss, College Trustee Benjamin Johnson, Parents Council member Mike Cameron, Director of Athletics Bryan Matthews, and student-athlete Kate Duggan ’15 offered remarks.
Photos by Katie Kaestner ’13 and Shane Brill ’03.
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The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience brought ten students on a road trip to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Students took part in an all-day workshop on how to conduct research in federal records, taught by Archives staff and professional historians. Students and faculty from the University of Maryland, George Washington University, American University, and other institutions also participated in the event, which was organized by the Society for History in the Federal Government.
The day concluded with a private tour of the National Archives’ “treasure vault,” where students got up-close looks at some incredible documents that are not usually on display … including George Washington’s handwritten nomination of his first cabinet, James Madison’s draft of the Bill of Rights, Abraham Lincoln’s letter appointing Ulysses S. Grant to command the Union armies, FDR’s “day that will live in infamy” speech, and the original briefcase from the Watergate burglary.
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Photos of the Rededication of the Johnson Fitness Center Renovation. Go fitness!
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The Department of Art and Art History welcomed distinguished art historian John Walsh, Director Emeritus of the J. Paul Getty Museum and Adjunct Professor of Art History at Yale University to discuss John Trumbull’s painting “Battle of Bunker Hill.”
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Friday, January 25 brought the first significant snowfall to campus, blanketing the buildings and sidewalks. Five days later, temperatures reached 60° in Chestertown.
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Neal Gabler is the 2013 Patrick Henry Writing Fellow at the Starr Center. Gabler is an author, cultural historian, screenwriter, producer, critic, and commentator who has been called “one of America’s most important public intellectuals.” From now until May, he is in residence in Chestertown with a writing and teaching fellowship at Washington College’s C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience. Gabler has chronicled American politics and culture through the stories of extraordinary lives, writing prizewinning biographies of Walt Disney, Walter Winchell, and early Hollywood movie moguls. He has won many awards, including an Emmy, two Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and is a frequent commentator on television and in the press. While in residence at the Starr Center, he will be working on a book about the late Senator Edward Kennedy and modern American politics. He is also teaching a semester-long course at Washington College, “The Art of Biography,” offered through the Department of English and the American Studies Program. Event video
here.
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On Sunday, January 27,
five local producers showcased their meats at the third annual
“Andy’s Burger Night” from 1 to 4 p.m. at Unity Nursery on Rt. 213 near Church Hill. The event, created to showcase locally produced food items, is inspired by the Burger Nights that were so popular at Andy’s, the beloved tavern that operated on High Street for two decades.
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Images from the 2013 Burger Night at Unity Nursery. Proceeds from this event go to fund the annual Locavore Lit Fest, which is coming up in March!
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The Goose Nest in Hodson Hall Commons underwent a transformation over winter break to include redesigned spaces for meeting, relaxing, and playing games.
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Posters from the 2011-2012 12@Hotchkiss Noon Hour Concert Series.
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12@Hotchkiss Noon Hour Concert Series ‘12-‘13
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Photos from the women’s basketball game against Dickinson on January 8th. The Shorewomen won, 61-45, as part of a Faculty & Staff Appreciation Double-Header. Several members of the faculty and staff came out to enter the spirit contest, show their support, and win prizes at halftime.
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With most of the Washington College student body still away from Chestertown enjoying Winter Break, the College’s faculty and staff had the chance to show their spirit and take over as the “Cain Crazies” during a special weekday afternoon Faculty & Staff Appreciation basketball double-header.
The Shorewomen took the win over Dickinson 61-45 in the first game. After a strong first half, Dickinson rallied past the Shoremen 76-67 in the second game.
The coveted spirit trophy, held by
Student Affairs since the inaugural contest in December 2011, was awarded to the
Department of Business Management who came dressed in colonial garb and cheered on both teams with a booming call of “
huzzah.”
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We like animals in College Relations.
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Photos from the men’s basketball game against Dickinson on January 8th. The game was part of a Faculty & Staff Appreciation Double-Header. Several members of the faculty and staff came out to enter the spirit contest, show their support, and win prizes at halftime.
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Check out some of the venues inside Gibson Center for the Arts.
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Interns from the Chester River Field Research Station over the years.
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Over the past seven months, the Johnson Fitness Center has undergone a $2 million renovation and expansion that more than doubles the space devoted to weight training, core strength conditioning, and cardiovascular exercise. The field house has been retrofitted with more energy-efficient insulation and lighting. And the College has invested $100,000 in new equipment.
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Highlights from the 2012 year!
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A gallery of attendees at year-end wcall functions
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With a strong new class of freshman riders, Washington College’s Equestrian Team is poised to capture the regional title for the first time ever.
Read more here.
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Looking back on a great year for the College’s Habitat for Humanity Club.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Bill Schindler’s Intro to Environmental Archaeology students took to the green on the first day of spring to practice their atlatl throwing.
Friday, January 25 brought the first significant snowfall to campus, blanketing the buildings and sidewalks. Five days later, temperatures reached 60° in Chestertown.