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2003 Press Releases

January

1/06/03 - Concert Series Hosts Violinist Jennifer Koh January 17th

1/06/03 - War With Iraq? Former UN Inspector Scott Ritter To Speak At Washington College January 30

1/07/03 - Your Move: Speaker Teaches Life's Lessons Through Chess

1/10/03 - Stirring The Mud And The Mind: Author Explores Landscapes And Human Imagination February 5th And 6th

1/17/03 - College Equestrian Team Hosts First Intercollegiate Horse Show In Chestertown March 2

1/17/03 - Martin Luther King Service

1/21/03 - Speaker Explores The Rich Cultural Contributions Of Her Enslaved Ancestors February 4

1/22/03 - College To Honor Science, Liberal Arts And Public Service Accomplishments At 2003 Washington's Birthday Convocation

1/23/03 - Pre-Civil Rights Era Remembered At Washington College Martin Luther King Day Ceremony

1/28/03 - Poet And Editor To Discuss Poetry And The Challenges Of Small Press Publishing February 27

1/29/03 - Art Historian To Discuss Climate Change And Winter Landscapes In Flemish And Dutch Paintings

February

2/04/03 - Have We Gone Too Far? ACLU President On National Security Vs. Civil Liberties At Washington College

2/04/03 - President Of Verizon Maryland To Speak About Developments In The Telecommunications Industry April 9

2/05/03 - Lecture Explores The Consequences Of Global Warming And The Impact Of Rising Sea Levels April 25

2/05/03 - In Memoriam: Dr. Stephen N. Jones, Trustee Of Washington College

2/10/03 - Will Japan Go Ballistic? O'Neill Literary House Launches Spring Tea & Talk Series February 25

2/12/03 - Father Of A Nation: College Hosts Public Exhibit Of Washington Art And Artifacts February 13-28

2/12/03 - Speaker Tells Of Lincoln's Struggle With Depression February 12

2/20/03 - Washington College Concert Series Hosts The Lyric Brass Quintet March 3rd

2/25/03 - Washington College To Launch New Transdisciplinary Program in Geographic Information Systems

2/25/03 - Speaker To Discuss The 2000 Presidential Election And The Context Of American Suffrage March 4

2/27/03 - Washington College Capital Campaign Poised To Surpass $90 Million

2/28/03 - College Equestrians To Host IHSA Show

March

3/04/03 - Photography Exhibit Explores The Living Character And Personality Of The Inanimate

3/04/03 - Photo Exhibition At Custom House Features Works By Students From Washington College, Corcoran College Of Art And Design, And University Of Delaware

3/05/03 - Alexander Stille, Acclaimed New Yorker Writer, To Speak On "The Future Of The Past" March 31

3/07/03 - Washington College Hosts Alternative Futures Weekend April 4-5

3/07/03 - Author Chris Bolgiano To Speak On Appalachian Forests March 19, Read From Her Works March 20

3/07/03 - Sophie Kerr Weekend March 21-22: Novelist Tim O'Brien To Speak March 21

3/11/03 - New College Guide Lauds Washington College

3/12/03 - Speaker Explores The Political And Cultural Symbolism In American Mapmaking

3/13/03 - Strings Attached: Tea & Talk Series Welcomes Poet & Harpist Meredith Hadaway March 18

3/13/03 - College Announces Tuition Increase For 2003-2004 Academic Year

3/17/03 - Political Analyst Kevin Phillips Explores Wealth, Politics And American Democracy April 1

3/20/03 - Take Three! Concert Series Brings Chris Brubeck's Triple Play To Washington College May 1

3/21/03 - Primate Planet: Conservationist To Discuss The World Of The Orangutan April 24

3/24/03 - Second Annual Chester River Film Festival April 3-5

3/28/03 - Speaker To Discuss Choices And Challenges Faced By Minority Business Women

3/28/03 - Voyage Of Discovery: Author Nathaniel Philbrick To Discuss First U.S. Scientific Sailing Expedition April 15

3/28/03 - Whose Line Is It Anyway? TV Comedy Trio To Perform At Washington College April 13

April

4/01/03 - Author Kees De Mooy To Present "John Adams In His Own Words" April 17

4/01/03 - College Hosts Free Chinese Dance Workshops

4/01/03 - Symposium To Honor Washington College Chemist

4/03/03 - Atlatl: Anthropology Club To Demonstrate The Ancient Art Of Spear Throwing April 12

4/04/03 - A Brighter Day: Washington College Gospel Choir To Hold Annual Spring Concert April 12

4/08/03 - Custom House Exhibit: Camera Paintings Of Home April 4-18

4/15/03 - American Icon: National Portrait Gallery Director On George Washington And Gilbert Stuart, April 23

4/15/03 - Washington College To Award Nation's Largest Undergraduate Literary Prize May 18

4/15/03 - College To Honor Author William Warner, April 18

4/15/03 - CNN's Woodruff And WSJ's Hunt To Discuss Media Coverage Of American Politics, April 30

4/17/03 - Shore Poetry Contest Winners To Be Honored April 24 At Washington College's O'Neill Literary House

4/21/03 - Washington College To Honor Actress Linda Hamilton, Alumnus Roy Ans At 221st Commencement, May 18

4/21/03 - Washington College Announces Summer 2003 Graduate Courses In English, History And Psychology

4/23/03 - Washington College Announces 2003 Summer Field School In Archaeology

4/23/03 - Washington College Announces Summer 2003 Graduate Education Course Offerings

4/23/03 - Washington College Announces Recipients Of 2003 Schottland Business Leadership Awards

May

5/06/03 - WC Professor Frank Creegan To Help Lead $1.5 Million Nsf-Funded National Chemistry Education Project

5/18/03 - Maryland College Awards Nation's Largest Undergraduate Literary Prize At 221st Commencement Ceremony

5/21/03 - Four Retiring Faculty Honored May 14 At Hynson-Ringgold House

June

6/16/03 - Twenty-One Muslim Students To Participate In First-Ever American Studies Institute At Washington College

6/18/03 - John S. Toll Announces Plan To Step Down As President Of Washington College

6/20/03 - Washington College Hosts Charity Croquet June 29

July

7/01/03 - WC History Professor's Research To Be Featured In New PBS Series

7/08/03 - Eleanor Shriver Magee '93 Appointed To Head Alumni Office

7/10/03 - New Trustees Appointed At Washington College

7/16/03 - Arthur Vining Davis Gift Pushes Campaign To $92 Million

7/21/03 - Construction Underway On New Science Center

7/25/03 - 52nd Concert Series Brings Exciting Mixture Of Jazz, Medieval, Classical String And Vocal To Washington College

7/28/03 - College Convocation Honors Lt. Governor Michael S. Steele, Welcomes Class Of 2007

August

8/05/03 - ACLU President Nadine Strossen

8/08/03 - Into the Streets: 360 Incoming Freshmen to Volunteer Throughout Mid-shore Community, August 22

8/25/03 - Princeton Review's Best Mid-Atlantic Colleges Guide To Feature Washington College

8/25/03 - Washington College Among Top National Liberal Arts Colleges In 2004 U.S. News & World Report Rankings

8/28/03 - Chiara String Quartet To Perform At Washington College

8/28/03 - "Does The Left Hate America?" Washington College Republicans Sponsor Talk, September 9

8/28/03 - Tea & Talk Series Opens September 2 With A Reading From 1985 Sophie Kerr Winner And Local Novelist Sandy Hiortdahl

September

9/93/03 - John S. Toll, Washington College Named First Recipients Of J. Mckenny Willis, Jr. Community Service Award

9/16/03 - Hurricane Isabel Preparedness Plan: College Closed Sept. 18 & 19

9/17/03 - 3 Doors Down Plays Washington College, October 18

9/17/03 - Guitar Maker Paul Reed Smith And Band To Rock Washington College's Town Hall, October 17

9/29/03 - Eyes In The Sky: BAI Aerosystems To Demonstrate Unmanned Aerial Vehicles At Washington College, October 22

9/29/03 - From The Right: Cnn's Robert Novak Previews The 2004 Presidential Prospects, October 21 At Washington College

9/29/03 - Where The Past Meets The Present In Maryland's Suburban Landscape, Talk October 7

9/30/03 - Three Jerusalem Women Speak Out: Washington College Hosts Panel Discussion On Peace In The Mid-East, October 30

October

10/06/03 - Washington College, Public Schools Partnership Wins Nearly $1 Million Federal Grant To Improve Teaching Of American History

10/08/03 - Washington College To Host Collegiate Computer Programming Contest, November 8

10/08/03 - French Actor, Director, Poet Pierre Chabert, October 13

10/09/03 - The Nuts & Bolts: WC Prof's New College Writing Guide Emphasizes Clarity Over Clutter

10/13/03 - Scholar To Discuss Maoist Terrorism And Guerrilla Wars In Peru And Nepal, October 23

10/13/03 - Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet W.D. Snodgrass To Read At Washington College, October 16

10/13/03 - Tea & Talk Series Hosts Prof. Tom Cousineau Speaking On The Tragic Tradition In Western Literature

10/14/03 - Historian To Discuss The Underground Literature Of 18th Century France, October 23

10/20/03 - Speaker Explores The Political And Cultural Symbolism In American Mapmaking, November 5

10/20/03 - Have We Gone Too Far? Aclu President On National Security Vs. Civil Liberties, November 6

10/21/03 - Reflections On Landscape And Life: British Naturalist Richard Mabey To Discuss The Environments Of His Native Land, Oct. 29

10/23/03 - Science, Politics, And The Struggle To Save The Bay

10/23/03 - Poet Suzanne Cleary To Read At Washington College, Oct. 30

10/23/03 - Hands Out For Halloween! WC Students To Collect Canned Goods For The Needy, October 31

10/24/03 - Speaker Explores The Legacy Of Ralph Bunche, First African-American Nobel Peace Prize Winner, November 10

10/27/03 - C.V. Starr Center Presents Vanity Fair's Sam Tanenhaus On Buckley And Mccarthy, November 4

10/31/03 - International Week, November 10-14: Washington College Celebrates Cultural Diversity And Understanding

November

11/03/03 - Concert Series Welcomes Medieval Music Ensemble To The Tawes Theatre, November 18

11/04/03 - Tea & Talk Series Welcomes Professor Richard Deprospo On Literary Naturalism In The U.S., Nov. 17

11/04/03 - Ugandan Legislator Discusses Women's Rights, Aids In Africa, November 13 At Washington College

11/05/03 - Dutchman, His Demons And America: Art Historian Examines De Kooning's "Woman I" At November 19th Lecture

11/05/03 - Washington College Gospel Choir To Hold Annual Holiday Concert, November 22

11/05/03 - Scholars Discuss War And Peace In Contemporary Africa, Nov. 20

11/11/03 - Ruskin And Turner: The Art Of Ekphrasis, November 12

11/12/03 - Challenges With Elephants: The Future Of Maryland Politics Lecture November 18 At Washington College

11/14/03 - Start The Presses! Endowment Revives Washington College's Literary House Press

11/17/03 - $22 Million Ahead Of Goal, Washington College's Five-Year Capital Campaign Tops $94 Million

11/17/03 - New Study Abroad Program: Partnership With South Korea's Yonsei University Announced

11/19/03 - Dr. Wayne Bell, Alumna Jill Brewer Take Successes Of Grassroots Rural Community Leadership To Thailand, Nov. 18-21

December

12/02/03 - Washington College Announces Spring 2004 Graduate Courses In English, History And Psychology

12/04/03 - New Online Admissions Guide Recognizes Washington College As A College Of Distinction

12/04/03 - WC English Lecturer Erin Murphy Nominated For Prestigious Pushcart Literary Prize

12/22/03 - Development and Alumni Relations Welcome New Director Of Major Gifts & Assistant Director of Alumni Relations

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