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2000 Press Releases

January

1/13/00 - Bias, Censorship, and Tabloidism in Today's Media

1/18/00 - "The Fantasticks" at Washington College

1/24/00 - WC Professor Catches Four-Year Bug

February

2/1/00 - Modern Astronomer Illuminates Ancient Meanings of Stars

2/2/00 - Guggenheim and Domingo to be honored at Convocation

2/2/00 - Guggenheim Film Fest at WC begins with Academy Award Winner

2/2/00 - Lasers Light Up Atmospheric Knowledge

2/8/00 - Chief Judge of Maryland's Highest Court Speaks at Washington College

2/8/00 - Chicago's Kuumba Theatre Founder Performs at Washington College

2/22/00 - Author of Emily Dickinson Study Speaks at Washington College

2/22/00 - Illustrated Lecture Brings Chinese Geisha Life To Light

2/22/00 - Irish Yeats Scholar To Speak at Washington College

2/22/00 - The Ethos Percussion Group Appears at Washington College

March

3/3/00 - Fourth Annual Washington College All-America Regatta March 18

3/9/00 - Award-Winning Author William Kennedy at Washington College

3/9/00 - Alumni Return with Advice for Life after Liberal Arts

3/9/00 - Chesapeake Bay Watershed Lecture March 23

3/9/00 - National Book Award Winner Speaks on Andrew Jackson

3/9/00 - Zen Master at Washington College March 23

3/24/00 - DuPont Company CEO To Speak at Washington College

3/24/00 - NYC-Based Poet/Chanteuse Performs at Washington College

3/24/00 - Mount Vernon's Art and Decorative Treasures at WC

3/27/00 - Washington College Grad Wins Oscar

April

4/3/00 - Leading Poet Dick Allen to Read and Lecture April 11 and 12

4/3/00 - WC Students Offer Their Time to Habitat for Humanity Over Break

4/3/00 - WC Tuition & Fees Up 4.24%, Third Lowest Increase Since 1976

4/3/00 - Sucher's Tales from the Garden

4/3/00 - Music of Claude Debussy at Washington College

4/5/00 - Paris Peace Conference Simulation at Washington College

4/5/00 - Washington College Gospel Choir to Perform at Two Events

4/7/00 - Kent Co. Community Invited to Join in Arbor Day celebration April 17 at WC

4/10/00 - WC Offers "Theatre in the Classroom" Summer Grad Course

4/11/00 - Wingate Memorial Lecture Examines Civilization and Madness

4/12/00 - Archaeologists Dig Behind Chestertown's Colonial Custom House

4/12/00 - Samuel Beckett Friend, Biographer to Speak at WC

4/14/00 - Art Scholar to Discuss Apocalyptic Visions

4/14/00 - Performance Artist and Professor Holly Hughes to Appear at WC

4/17/00 - Washington College Hosts Premiere of Sacred Ritual Film

4/18/00 - WC Named to Yahoo's Most Wired List, #1 in Maryland

4/19/00 - Washington College Names Widmer Head of C. V. Starr Center

4/20/00 - Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader Speaks at WC April 30

May

5/21/00 - Washington College Awards Nation's Largest Undergraduate Prize

5/24/00 - Washington College Awarded Clare Boothe Luce Professorship

June

6/1/00 - Washington College Honors President with Creation of John Toll Chair

6/9/00 - Washington College President Toll Hailed as Tops in College Education

6/20/00 - Washington College Professor on Marc Steiner Show Friday

July

07/21/00 - History Course Tackles Vietnam War

August

08/09/00 - Washington College Announces New Majors

08/11/00 - New Director Takes Message of Chesapeake Bay to World

08/15/00 - Washington College Dedicates Louis L. Goldstein Hall

08/16/00 - Benjamin Carson, Rita Colwell, and Lois Duffey to be honored at Washington College

September

09/08/00 - Civil Rights activist to speak

09/08/00 - Talk to Address State of the Bay

09/08/00 - Whitman String Quartet opens 49th Concert Series Season

09/13/00 - SWIMMER TO SYDNEY: Vasquez Will Compete at Olympics

October

10/04/00 - George Spilich Appointed To New John Toll Chair at Washington College

10/09/00 - NASDAQ President to Speak on Financial Matters

10/16/00 - C-SPAN Executive to Speak at WC

10/18/00 - Ted Peck Named Chair of Advisory Council

10/20/00 - Tom Crouse Named Chair of Visiting Committee

10/24/00 - Astronomer to Discuss Why Nothing "Is Real"

November

11/09/00 - College Announces Spring 2001 Graduate Courses

11/09/00 - Regional EPA Administrator to Speak on Nutrient Control

11/09/00 - Concert Series Hosts Award-Winning Lyric Soprano

11/13/00 - Former Denver Bronco to Speak at Washington College

11/17/00 - President Toll Honored As Distinguished Marylander

11/28/00 - Amick Selected For Who's Who Among America's Teachers

December

12/08/00 - Author Ray Bradbury to Speak at 2001 Commencement

12/08/00 - Susan Stobbart Shapiro Named Alumni President

12/11/00 - College Programming Team Vies With The Best in Regional Collegiate Computing Competition

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