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The Presidential Fellows Program, open to first-year students by invitation of the College President, offers students of exceptional promise special academic opportunities throughout the year. Accompanied by President Mitchell Reiss, Presidential Fellows and their families spent the day touring George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens. -
C.V Starr Center staffers, along with affiliated students, fellows, and friends, boarded the Pride of Baltimore II, a reproduction 1812 top-sail schooner, to celebrate the kickoff of Downrigging Weekend and the history of the Chesapeake. The Presidential Fellows joined the Chester River waters on the Kalmar Nyckel and the Center for Environment & Society on the Lady Maryland. The night ended with spectacular fireworks over the illuminated tall ships. -
The Class of 2015 and the peer mentors visited Mt. Vernon, home to Washington College’s namesake, to sign the honor code and pay tribute to George Washington’s legacy. The Class of 2015 was the first class to sign at Mt. Vernon, anticipating a tradition for future incoming and graduating classes. Students heard from President Rees of Mt. Vernon, Washington College’s President Reiss, and Ian Holstrom ’12, Chair of the Honor Board, who led the class in the reading and signing of the honor code.
Presidential Fellows at Mt. Vernon
The Presidential Fellows Program, open to first-year students by invitation of the College President, offers students of exceptional promise special academic opportunities throughout the year. Accompanied by President Mitchell Reiss, Presidential Fellows and their families spent the day touring George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens.
Washington chose the location of this tomb, built to replace an initial, deteriorating one, on the Mount Vernon grounds.
