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2001 Press Releases

January

01/03/01 - College Presents "Black History is American History"

01/09/01 - Washington College Campaign Reaches $64 Million

01/09/01 - College Co-Sponsors Environmental Speakers Series

01/10/01 - Biographer Paints Intimate Portrait of the Young Abraham Lincoln

01/18/01 - Concert Series Hosts Classical Crossovers

01/26/01 - Decker Commits $1 Million for Natural Sciences Chair

01/29/01 - Talk to Address New Era of U.S.-China Strategic Relations

February

02/05/01 - Author Richard Ben Cramer to Speak at Convocation

02/07/01 - Oliver Sacks to Speak on Creativity and the Brain

02/09/01 - Novelist Donald Antrim to Read February 19

02/12/01 - Sophie Kerr Winner Receives $135,000 Advance for First Book

02/16/01 - Hemenway to Discuss Hurston, Harlem Renaissance at Washington College

02/23/01 - Cornel West to Speak on Race Matters

March

03/02/01 - The Goldstein Program in Public Affairs Schedule for Ramon Daubon

03/02/01 - Mahlman to Explore the Facts, Fictions and Implications of Global Warming

03/02/01 - New Scholarship Slated for Premed Students

03/02/01 - Author of Nappy Hair to Speak on the Contexts of Women's Beauty

03/02/01 - Talk to Address the Civil War in the American Memory

03/02/01 - College To Host Dialogue on Bay Restoration

03/02/01 - Journalist James Fallows Examines How the Media Undermines Democracy

03/02/01 - Concert Series Hosts Amsterdam Guitar Trio

03/02/01 - Bob Faw to Speak on the Future of Network News

03/02/01 - In Memoriam: Richard Harwood

03/02/01 - Biehls to Speak on Justice and Empowerment in South Africa

03/02/01 - Poet Gerald Barrax to Read from his Works March 28

03/02/01 - Ciulla Explores 'The Heart of Leadership'

03/02/01 - Ecologist to Speak on Balancing Human and Natural Systems

03/02/01 - International Relations Club Presents 2001 Culture Night April 21

03/02/01 - Grasses for the Masses Workshop Set for April 17

03/02/01 - Wingate Lecture Examines Martin Luther and the German Nation

03/02/01 - College Announces 2001-2002 Tuition Increase

April

04/04/01 - Dinshaw to Speak on Gender and Queer Studies

04/04/01 - College Hosts Irish Poet Paul Muldoon on April 17

04/09/01 - 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' Comic Wayne Brady to Perform April 26

04/17/01 - Lecture to Address Fraud in Psychiatric Legal Testimony

04/17/01 - College Establishes Sigma Xi Chapter

04/20/01 - Pianist Rachel Franklin to Perform May 3

May

05/03/01 - Washington College Establishes Equestrian Club

05/10/01 - Sophomore Catharine Clarke Wins Prestigious St. Andrew's Scholarship

05/10/01 - University Names Building in Honor of Dr. John Toll

05/16/01 - College Names Academic Resources Center in Honor of Jessie Ball duPont

05/16/01 - Lammot duPont Copeland Professorship, Goldstein Hall Push College Campaign Beyond $66 Million

05/16/01 - Winner of $62,000 Literary Prize to Be Announced May 20

05/17/01 - Pulitzer-Honored Alumnus to Address Class of 2001

05/20/01 - WC Awards Nation's Largest Undergraduate Prize at Commencement Ceremony

05/31/01 - College Receives Half-Million Dollar Gift

05/31/01 - WC Women's League Honors Helen Gibson

June

06/03/01 - Dr. Wayne Bell to Co-Chair International Conference on Enclosed Coastal Seas

06/10/01 - Learn to Research Your Family Tree

July

07/02/01 - In Memoriam: Dr. Margaret W. Horsley

07/17/01 - Country Crooner Eddy Arnold to Be Honored at College's Fall Convocation

07/17/01 - Senior Maliha Hashmi one of Nation's Top 20 College Women

07/25/01 - Coming to Washington College October 13, 2001...

August

08/06/01 - Pianist Inna Faliks to Perform September 23

08/08/01 - Speakers Series Focuses on Region's Sense of Place

08/10/01 - College to Honor Country Legend Eddy Arnold and L. Clifford Schroeder at Fall Convocation

08/14/01 - Over 400 New Students to Participate in Day of Service

08/27/01 - College Opens Nationwide Tour for Sophie Kerr Prize Winner

08/27/01 - Computer Science Program Receives Grant from National science Foundation for Advanced Mathematical Research

September

09/04/01 - Environmental Writer Melds History, Place and Nature

09/05/01 - Washington College Welcomes New Faculty and Second Largest Freshman Class

09/11/01 - A Message from President Toll

09/13/01 - Words from Dean Scholz

09/14/01 - President Toll on National Day of Prayer and Remembrance Ceremony

09/20/01 - Shields and Gigot on Campus to Discuss America's Sea Change and The Politics of the New War on Terrorism

09/26/01 - Lecture to Address Antebellum Racism in Antonio Canova's Statue of George Washington

October

10/01/01 - Washington College Welcomes Pamela Chamberlain, New Director of Alumni and Parent Relations

10/03/01 - Sigma XI Hosts Panel Discussion on Women in Science October 17

10/08/01 - College Hosts Christopher Tilghman, Author of Mason's Retreat, October 18

10/09/01 - Great Pumpkin Party to Launch Riverkeeper Initiative October 20

10/15/01 - College Hosts Symposium on National Missile Defense and Security in the 21st Century

10/18/01 - Washington College Campaign Reaches $70.5 Million

10/18/01 - Bohemian Rhapsody: Alumni to Discuss Careers in the Arts during Fall Family Day

10/22/01 - Why Robert Carter Freed His Slaves: Talk to Address Misunderstood American Revolutionary

November

11/06/01 - Chemistry Meets Art during National Chemistry Week

11/07/01 - See the Chesapeake through Ebony Eyes: Chantey Singers Share the Black Heritage of the Bay

11/08/01 - Washington College Hosts Conversation with NAACP President Kweisi Mfume November 29

11/09/01 - Dr. Wayne Bell Emphasizes the Environment in Science Education at International Coastal Seas Conference

11/24/01 - College Announces Recipients of 2001-2002 Fine Arts Scholarships

11/26/01 - Goodfellow Lecture to Explore the Friendship of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

11/27/01 - Gospel Choir Hosts Christmas Concert December 6

11/30/01 - Burkholder to Address Pfiesteria and Coastal Water Quality Issues

December

12/04/01 - College Announces Spring 2002 Graduate Courses in English, History and Psychology

12/10/01 - Ted Turner, Richard Holbrooke to be Honored at College's Washington's Birthday Convocation

12/13/01 - Hodson Trust Awards $2.5 Million to Washington College

12/17/01 - College Honors Staff, Faculty for Years of Service

12/23/01 - A Message from President Toll: Professor of Physical Education Penny Fall Killed in Automobile Accident

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