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 […]
Continue ReadingFor 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 […]
Continue ReadingWashington College’s talent and creativity will be on display in the Kohl Gallery’s annual student exhibition “100 Proof,” which runs March 23 through April 9, 2018 with this year’s theme of “Expand Space/Share Place.” Students will welcome guests at a free, public opening reception on March 23, 2013 from 5-7 p.m., and will talk about […]
Continue ReadingSean 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, […]
Continue ReadingPhilip 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 […]
Continue ReadingMelissa Deckman, Chair and Professor of Political Science, has been named to take part in Gender Watch 2018, a new, non-partisan project to track, analyze, and illuminate gender dynamics in election 2018. Developed by the Barbara Lee Family Foundation (BLFF) and the Center for American Women in Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University, Gender Watch 2018 […]
Continue ReadingA 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 […]
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Washington College and Colonial Williamsburg have partnered to offer a unique hands-on experience in the archaeology and material culture of the Revolutionary era, enabling students to work closely with museum curators and skilled tradesmen to gain perspective on the cultural and social dimensions of the American War for Independence. The intensive, two-credit, weeklong course will […]
Continue ReadingWashington College’s first director of sustainability, Greg Farley, didn’t start his career as what he calls the “we-need-to-recycle-that-please-turn-off-your-lights guy.” But, it wasn’t a long stretch from his work as a biology teacher at Chesapeake College. The science, he says, “demands that you do something.” So Farley has been doing something—helping Chesapeake College become a regional […]
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Washington College today joined the launch of the Chesapeake 10 Billion Oysters Partnership, a collaborative effort to add 10 billion oysters to the Bay by 2025. WC is the only liberal arts college in Maryland among the dozens of participants in Maryland and Virginia, which include the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science, the […]
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