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Washington College to Confer Honorary Degree on Frederick Douglass on February 23, 2018

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On the bicentennial of Frederick Douglass’s birth, Washington College is posthumously awarding the famed abolitionist orator, author, and statesman the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Douglass’s great-great-great grandson, Kenneth Morris, co-founder and president of the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives, and David Blight, a professor of history at Yale University and director of the Gilder […]

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Photo: (L to R) WC senior Simon Belcher oversees Vince Wilson, Matthew Mernaugh, and Jakob Watt in the lab experiment.

New Collaboration Lets Washington College Students Help Kent County High School Students Learn About Green Chemistry

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Washington College Gathered around a lab station in a Kent County High School classroom, Washington College senior Alex Riedel and three high school students are busying themselves with an experiment while discussing the future. One of the students says she wants to be a nurse practitioner, and Riedel, a biology major who’s pre-med and taking […]

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Washington College’s Kohl Gallery Kicks Off Spring 2018 Season With an Exhibit on the Ongoing Impact of Islamic Art

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Washington College CHESTERTOWN, MD—January 19 In its first show of 2018, Washington College’s Kohl Gallery is presenting “Geometric Aljamía: A Cultural Transliteration,” an exhibition revisiting the ongoing impact of Islamic art, science, and philosophy throughout the world today. The show runs from January 25 through March 9, 2018 and an opening reception, free and open […]

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