News and Events
Fall Family Weekend
October 20-22, 2006
From presentations to performances, Fall Family Weekend featured a variety of academic and co-curricular activities.
Click to enlarge photos by Matthew Spangler, the Department of Chemistry, and Alpha Chi Omega.
Continental Breakfast with the Faculty in the McLain Atrium
Professor Shaun Ramsey, Mathematics, with guests.
Professor Satinder Sidhu, Physics, with guests.
Professor Corey Olsen, English, and Professor Juan Lin, Physics.
Professor Clayton Black, History, with a guest.
Alumni from Florida.
Patti Keaton '07, winner of the inaugural Clarence Hodson Prize, plays during breakfast.
Checking the program of activities.
Professor Kathleen Verville, Biology, with parents visiting from Silver Spring, Maryland.
Rededication of Dunning-Decker
President Baird Tipson welcomes everyone and thanks the many people who conceived of and brought the science complex project to its successful conclusion.
Professor Lauren Littlefield, Psychology, describes the key features of the new complex.
Lynn McLain, daughter of the late President Emeritus of Washington College Joseph H. McLain '37, and onlookers applaud President Emeritus John S. Toll. Among their many achievements, both presidents had direct and major impacts on science education at the College.
Mr. Alfred Taylor, former President, CEO, and Chairman of the Kresge Foundation, greets President Tipson as Mrs. Taylor, the new Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Mela Dutka, and Linda Spire look on.
Dessie Moxley P'93, representing the Board of Visitors and Governors, highlights the roles of parents in the education of their children.
Mrs. Alonzo G. Decker and her late husband envisioned the new science complex and were the lead donors to the Decker Laboratory Center.
Mrs. Decker cuts the ribbon at the rededication ceremony, helped by student representative Caitlin Orsini '07, Professor Michael Kerchner, President Baird Tipson, Board Treasurer Dessie Moxley P'93 and Professor Lauren Littlefield.
Students, families, alumni, and friends of the College at the rededication ceremony.
President Tipson with guests.
Student Academic Showcase
Samplings of the Morning Presentations
President Emeritus Dr. Toll, the new Director of Development Jeff Appel, and Eileen Dickey of the Hodson Trust receive a tour of the new facilities by psychology professor George Spilich.
Chelsea Prior '07 gives a chemistry posterboard presentation.
New Provost and Dean of the College, Dr. Christopher Ames (third from left) listens with other guests to a student's presentation in the Geographic Information Systems Laboratory in Goldstein Hall.
"Bach's Lunch"
Bach's Lunch on the terrace at Miller Library.
Professor Garry Clarke, Music, with guests.
Lunchtime conversation in the cafeteria.
Mild fall weather is perfect for visiting the College.
Student Academic Showcase
Samplings of the afternoon presentations.
A debate between the College Democrats and College Republicans in the Norman James Theatre.
Liam Daley '07 addresses an audience on the Lit House porch.
Discover the Custom House: Kees de Mooy, Program Manager for the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, gives a tour of the archaeology lab.
"Khutta Tandai Gara," choreographed by Shrijana Puri, is one of three pieces performed by the Washington College Dance Company.
The Washington College Dance Company makes use of the Class of 2006 outdoor classroom for their performance.
Evening Fare
Metamorphoses, the senior thesis production of Rachel Loose '07, plays at Tawes Theatre. Click to view the complete photo spread.
Alpha Chi Omega sponsors Casino Night, fundraising for the Alpha Chi Omega foundation and Women Against Domestic Violence.
Monday, October 23
Mole Day Breakfast
At 6:02 a.m., students, faculty, and staff gathered in the McLain Atrium for a Mole Day Breakfast in celebration of Avogadro's number, the international unit of quantity equal to 6.02 x 10e23.
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