News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
The winner will be announced in a virtual ceremony this Friday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m. CHESTERTOWN, MD – Six Washington College seniors were named finalists for the 53rd annual Sophie Kerr Prize, at $63,538 the nation’s largest literary award for college undergraduates. The finalists represent the liberal arts and sciences in a range of […]
Continue ReadingBlue Blaze Associates presents Conversations with Women Making a Difference on April 23, 2020, at the Delaware Art Museum. The inspirational event features a panel discussion with three influential women offering career highlights, life stories, and hard-earned wisdom. All proceeds are donated to local nonprofits. The three panelists for April 23, 2020, are: Melody Phillips […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—Nonfiction writer Casey Cep will be at Washington College on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 as part of the spring Sophie Kerr Lecture Series. This free and public reading will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Hynson Lounge, located in Hodson Hall, and will be followed by a book sale and signing. Casey Cep is a […]
Continue ReadingDover DE – The Delaware Public Archives will be having a free presentation on Saturday March 7, 2020 on “Delaware’s Struggle for Women’s Right to Vote”. The presenters are Dr. Anne Boylan and Emily Green. During the spring of 1920, all political eyes were on Delaware. The General Assembly was meeting in special session to […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—The treatment of prisoners of war during the American Revolution, and how issues surrounding that treatment helped escalate the conflict’s violence, is the topic of a talk on March 5 at Washington College. Cole Jones, assistant professor of history at Purdue University, will speak on “The Problem of Prisoners of War in the American […]
Continue ReadingThe back room of the Book Plate in Chestertown was full to listen to visiting professor Ezra Greenspan, author of “William Wells Brown: An African American Life”, read from his work-in-progress biography on Frederick Douglass’ family as a part of the Chestertown Art Crawl on the afternoon of February 22, 2020. Usually when an author […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—The intersection of faith, mental illness, and healthcare will be the subject of a talk at Washington College on February 19, 2020 when 2007 graduate David Finnegan-Hosey returns to his alma mater to speak about his latest book, Grace Is a Preexisting Condition: Faith, Systems, and Mental Healthcare. Emerging from his experience of living […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Washington College’s Communication and Media Studies (CMS) speaker series welcomes Robert Mejia on February 17, 2020 to discuss “Race and Urban Communication Infrastructure.” The event, which is open to the public, begins at 4:30 p.m. in Hynson Lounge of Hodson Hall. An assistant professor of communication at North Dakota State University, Mejia […]
Continue ReadingArt is Tasty Friday, February 7 | Noon – 1 pm Join us for a 30-minute discussion of Howard Pyle’s Flying Dutchman followed by with a delicious lunch in the Thronson Café. $12 Members, $14 Non-Members. (Café lunch voucher included in price). Register. Inside Look Sunday, February 23 | 2 pm Friday, February 28 | […]
Continue ReadingDover, DE – Submarine Operations during World War II were some of the most dangerous and clandestine operations of the war, that provided warfare commanders unmatched capability in anti-shipping, mining, insertion/support of Special Forces, intelligence & warning, search & recovery, anti-submarine warfare, and reconnaissance that helped turn the tide of the war in the Atlantic […]
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