Washington College News

Explore America interns spend summer in D.C. at Brookings Institute

07/23/2026

Emma Sager ’27 and Amanda Campino ’28 are spending their summer in Washington, D.C., interning at the think tank’s Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative housed within the Governance Studies program.

placeholderstudents learning about oysters during the Bay Science & Solutions conference

Bay Science & Solutions Expands to Two Summer Conferences for High School Students

07/22/2026

Washington College Center for Environment & Society welcomes 32 students for its third year of immersive environmental learning

Olivia Calvert '27 (center) with the other members of the Abilities United executive board

Advocacy in Action

07/21/2026

Student builds a career path while advocating for others and the environment.

portraits of Melinda Rath and Satyajit Dattagupta

New Members Join Board of Visitors and Governors

07/10/2026

Two members joining in 2026-27 have previous ties to Washington College, and three members are completing their service.

Most of the authors of “Media and Information Literacy as Civic Practice” pose in Hynson-Ringgold House

New Book by Nearly 30 Washington Faculty Members Leads the Way on Teaching Civic and Information Literacy

07/06/2026

Joint effort organized by co-directors of the Cromwell Center on Teaching and Learning use courses taught at the College to illustrate ways faculty can prepare students to be citizen leaders by helping them build their media and information literacy.

portraits of Colin Pascal and Christine Wade

Hogan Institute Names Inaugural Executive Director and Faculty Director

07/01/2026

U.S. Army veteran Colin Pascal and political science department chair Christine Wade will lead new nonpartisan initiative launching programming this fall, with former Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford and a distinguished Advisory Board guiding its work

Moody Named Executive Director of Center for Career Development

06/23/2026

As Lisa Moody completes her 12th year at Washington College, she does so with a new job title. On June 1, Moody stepped into the executive director role at the Center for Career Development.

Lisa Laird Dunn ’83 sits at a table in front of a fireplace where bottles of her family’s liquors line the mantle

America’s Spirit

05/25/2026

Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with the country’s original liquor, made in the country’s oldest distillery, run by CEO Lisa Laird Dunn ’83.

The Washington College Innovation Plant.

Washington College Breaks Ground on New Innovation Plant at Historic High Street Site

05/21/2026

Years of civic engagement, community planning, and social entrepreneurship bring “Labor of Love” to the Upper Shore community.

Graduates hood each other at the 2026 Commencement Ceremony

Class of 2026 Graduates Washington College

05/20/2026

In all, 189 students received their degrees on a beautiful spring day, moving across the stage and into a future full of promise, prepared and with purpose, together.

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