Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
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It’s Fall and the Chesapeake Semester’s back at it! This year’s Orientation week took us to the campus of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD where students received behind the scenes tours with Education Program consultant Robert Forloney, museum curator, Pete Lesher, and a special exhibit tour with Chesapeake Bay photographer David Harp. Students also enjoyed a skipjack sail with Captain Wade Murphy and trot lining with Captain Russell Dize and Captain Lawrence Taylor, before coming back up to Kent County for team building activities and a two and half day float down the Chester River.
Chesapeake Semester Fall 2010 from right to left: Mike Hardesty ‘05, Program Manager of the Chesapeake Semester; Paige Sanford ’12; Danielle Crystal ’12; Elle O’Brien ’12; Kathy Thornton ’13; Jack Wells ’12; Dr. John Seidel, Director of the Chesapeake Semester.
Mike Hardesty ’05
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Students in Washington College’s Chesapeake Semester explore the ecology, history, and culture of the Chesapeake Bay with immersion experiences. They began their orientation week with an overnight trip to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, a skipjack sail, trot lining for crabs, and discussion with experts on various aspects of the Bay. -
The first week of the Chesapeake Semester included local and regional orientation activities at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, water tours with the Chester and Sassafras River Associations, and team building at Echo Hill Outdoor School. -
After a well-rested night back on campus, Chesapeake Semester students headed to Havre de Grace at the north of the Bay for their final day of Voyage 1. They explored the Susquehanna flats and lighthouses on the Skipjack Martha Lewis, a sister Skipjack to Rosie Parks and the Lady Katy which were both seen at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum during orientation. After lunch on the water, students came back to shore for a guided tour of the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum.
