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Basketball Court Dedicated to Hall of Famer Tom Finnegan

07/28/2021

Washington College's basketball court has officially been dedicated to former standout student-athlete and long-time coach and professor Tom Finnegan '65.

Basketball
Washington College
Hall of Fame
Tom Finnegan

State of Maryland Funds Position at Starr Center Honoring Mike Miller

07/15/2021

Governor Hogan announces $1 million funding for new endowment at Washington College honoring the late Senate President Mike Miller.

Starr Center
Leadership

Seven Books Named as Finalists for Annual George Washington Book Prize

07/08/2021

Seven books published in 2020 by the country’s most prominent historians have been named finalists for the George Washington Prize. The winner will be announced at a ceremony in October.

George Washington Book Prize
Washington College

Manuscript: In Heir to the Crescent Moon, Abdur-Rahman

English Professor Wins Prestigious Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction

06/14/2021

Sufiya Abdur-Rahman’s Manuscript – Heir to the Crescent Moon – to be Published Later This Year

Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction

Justin Thomas Nash at Sophie Kerr Prize event

Justin Nash Wins $65,000 Sophie Kerr Prize

05/21/2021

Washington College awards largest undergraduate literary prize to Delaware man. The Sophie Kerr Prize is valued at more than $65,000.

Sophie Kerr Prize
2021
Commencement

Six Chosen as 2021 Sophie Kerr Finalists

05/17/2021

Six Washington College seniors today were selected as finalists for the Sophie Kerr Prize in literature, worth $65,580 this year. The winner of the nation’s largest undergraduate literary prize will be announced this Friday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m.