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George Washington Leadership Series Discussion to Feature Global Medical Technology Business Leader Tom Polen

April 3, 2018Across Our Desk

Washington College’s spring George Washington Leadership Series will feature Tom Polen, president of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, on Monday, April 16, 2018. Polen will be speaking with College President Kurt Landgraf about the future of medical technology and the leadership skills required to run a global healthcare company. […]

Women in Cinema: March 22 Talk Examines the Global Effort Toward Greater Female Representation in The Film Industry

March 16, 2018Across Our Desk

Hester Baer, Associate Professor of German and Department Head of the University of Maryland’s School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, will visit Washington College on March 22, 2018 for a talk on “Representation Matters: Women’s Cinema and Film Activism in the 21st Century.” Sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages, Gender Studies, Communication and Media […]

Michael Nettles, National Expert on Education Assessment, To Speak at Community Meeting

March 14, 2018March 14, 2018Across Our Desk

Washington College President Kurt Landgraf is pleased to announce that Michael Nettles, a national leader on educational assessment and equity, will take part in a Kent County community meeting on March 28, 2018 to talk about progress in Kent County schools. Nettles, the Senior Vice President and the Edmund W. Gordon Chair of Education Testing […]

PEN/Faulkner Finalist Amy Hempel to Read at Washington College’s Rose O’Neill Literary House

March 14, 2018Across Our Desk

Short fiction writer and journalist Amy Hempel will be reading at the Rose O’Neill Literary House on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. The event, which is a part of the spring Literary House series, is free and open to the public. Hempel is the author of four short story collections. Her Collected Stories […]

Andrew Case Discusses the Tensions Between Environmentalism and Capitalism and The Organic Profit at Washington College

March 13, 2018March 13, 2018Across Our Desk

For anyone who wants to live a greener, more sustainable life, there’s no lack of products and information you can purchase to tell you how to do it. But where did the curious idea of buying one’s way to sustainability come from? And how do the tensions between capitalism and environmentalism resolve, or not? Those […]

Lessons From the Campaign Trail: WC Alum and Political Strategist Sean Rapelyea Looks Toward the 2018 Elections Talk at Washington College

March 12, 2018March 12, 2018Across Our Desk

Sean Rapelyea ’08, who has worked for the campaigns of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and now Illinois gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker, will return to campus on March 26, 2018 as part of the Goldstein Program’s Young Alumni Series. Rapelyea’s talk, which begins at 5 p.m. in Hynson Lounge, will encompass his burgeoning career in politics, […]

“In the Eyes of God:” A Talk on James Joyce by Dr. Philip Sicker at Washington College

March 12, 2018Across Our Desk

Philip Sicker, professor of English and author of literature on the work of Henry James, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, and others, will speak at the Rose O’Neill Literary House on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. The event, which is part of the annual Sophie Kerr Lecture Series, is entitled “In the Eyes of God: Surveillance […]

Author Jack Bohrer ’06 returns to Washington College to discuss his new book on Robert F. Kennedy

March 8, 2018March 7, 2018Across Our Desk

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of political icon Robert F. Kennedy. On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 John R. “Jack” Bohrer ’06, news producer at MSNBC and author of The Revolution of Robert Kennedy: From Power to Protest after JFK, will return to campus to discuss his acclaimed book. The recently published […]

Women on Fire: Panel Discussion on How Trump and the #MeToo Movement are Shaping the 2018 Elections

March 6, 2018March 6, 2018Across Our Desk

A distinguished panel of women from journalism, academia, politics, and public policy are headlining on March 22, 2013 what is sure to be a compelling and timely panel on the dynamic and evolving role of women in the political arena in general and in the 2018 elections in particular. The Louis L. Goldstein Program in […]

History Coffee Hour Series in Dover

March 3, 2018March 3, 2018Editor

Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs will present a History Coffee Hour series beginning on Thursday, April 5, 2018 and running on each Thursday for four weeks. The talk will be held at the Old State House, 25 the Green, Dover, Delaware 19901. Program begins at 5:30pm Let the Music Play: Inventions from Eldridge […]

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