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Provost Harvey taking his chilly dip into the Chester

Voter Challenge Earns Provost a Chilly Dip

11/16/2020

Washington College SGA “Flock to the Polls” Final Challenge Results in 300 Voters and Earns Provost Harvey a Chilly Jump Into the Chester

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Provost Michael Harvey

Hall Renamed After Thomas Morris, Washington College's First Black Graduate

11/02/2020

Class of 2020 chooses to honor Washington College's first black graduate, Thomas E. Morris '62, with re-naming of residence hall.

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Class of 2020 Celebrated with Virtual Commencement

10/26/2020

Highlights Included Keynote Address from former CEO of Girl Scouts USA, Announcement of Senior Honors and Awards and Conferral of Degrees

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Students Get Out the Vote

10/20/2020

The Student Government Association launched a social media campaign to encourage members of the Washington College community to vote in the upcoming presidential election, now just two weeks away.

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Alisha Knight Earns Cromwell Award for Innovation in Teaching

10/20/2020

Dr. Alisha Knight has been awarded the Cromwell Award for Innovation in Teaching, an honor that is handed out each fall to an instructor for exceptional accomplishments in pedagogy, including using new instructional technologies, revamping traditional technologies in creative ways, applying novel approaches to instruction, innovating in curricular development and engaging students in the learning process in new ways.

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The Great Pumpkin Explosion

10/20/2020

Changing leaves, cooler temperatures, and a row of pumpkins prepared for blast-off behind the John S. Toll Science Center are typically signs of the fall season on the Washington College campus.

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Washington College Rises in Ranks of Top Institutions on Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education and US News & World Report Lists

09/25/2020

Washington College has once again been ranked among the nation's top institutions by the WSJ/THE and US News & World Report, as part of their annual education rankings.

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Members of the full team accepting the Preservation Maryland Award for their joint work on the Cultural Landscape Assessment Report for Kent County.

Washington College Teams Up with Other Kent County Organizations to Produce Award-Winning Cultural Landscape Assessment Report

09/23/2020

The Preliminary Cultural Landscape Assessment Report that Washington College helped produce was recently awarded the Smart Growth Excellence Award by Preservation Maryland, as part of this year’s Best of Maryland awards.

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Irene Moore with Jasmyn Castro and JuJuan Johnson

Chesapeake Heartland Project Builds Bridges With Local African American Community

09/22/2020

Through a public history project funded by the Mellon Foundation, Washington College’s Starr Center for the Study of The American Experience is collecting and preserving the stories of Kent County’s African American families.

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WC Among Princeton Review's "Best Colleges"

09/04/2020

Washington College is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the school in the new 2021 edition of its college guide, "The Best 386 Colleges."

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