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2005 Press Releases

January

1/03/05 - New Tools for Teaching: Washington College Given Marine "ROV" For Underwater Archaeology Program

1/19/05 - Statement From President Tipson On The Recent Tsunami Tragedy In Southeast Asia

1/12/05 - Concert Series Welcomes Chiara String Quartet with Pianist Simone Dinnerstein, February 4

1/14/05 - Paul Reed Smith & Band To Play Prince Theatre, February 4th; Admission Free for All WC Students with ID

1/17/05 - Martin Luther King Memorial Celebrates Civil Rights Leader's Life Through Art, Performance, Jan. 31

1/17/05 - Racism And Reconciliation in America Topic of Play A Killing in Chocktaw, January 27

1/17/05 - Down From the Mountaintop: One-Man Play Portrays Life of African-American Activist James Baldwin

1/17/05 - Scholar Examines Winslow Homer's Enigmatic Masterpiece, The Gulf Stream, at February 8th Lecture

1/19/05 - Washington College Appoints Elizabeth Herman to Head Development and Alumni Relations

1/19/05 - Natty Nation brings genre bending vibe to WC, Feb. 4

1/19/05 - The Washington Center for Internships Information Session, Feb. 3

1/26/05 - Washington College Receives $100,000 from Sea Grant for Two-Year "Visioning Rural Communities" Project

1/26/05 - Poet Ann Neelon To Read From Her Works, February 10

February

2/03/05 - Careers in Art: The Getty Museum's John Harris Discusses Editing Art History, Feb. 28

2/03/05 - Washington's Birthday Convocation Honors C-SPAN's Brian Lamb, Feb. 19

2/03/05 - Tea & Talk Lecture Tackles Satire, Syphilis, and France's War of Religion, Feb. 14

2/07/05 - A New Look at an "OK" President: Legacy of Martin Van Buren Topic of New Bio by Ted Widmer

2/08/05 - Black History Month Lecture: Poet Denise Low Discusses the Early Life of Langston Hughes, Feb. 17

2/10/05 - WC Alum Wins National Award for Undergraduate Essay on Milton's Paradise Lost

2/11/05 - Bias & Beyond: Reporter Stephen Hayes Looks at the New World of Politicized Journalism, February 24

2/15/05 - Sandra Gilbert, Leading Scholar of Feminist Literary Criticism, Examines the Poetry of Sylvia Plath, Feb. 22

2/16/05 - Which George W. Would Americans Elect? Nation's First President Wins By 20 Points in New National Survey

2/17/05 - College Establishes Washington Fellowship at Boston Athenaeum, Home of George Washington's Personal Library

2/21/05 - Washington College Announces Creation of $50,000 Book Prize to Honor George Washington

2/22/05 - Author Discusses Living with Bipolar Disorder, Talk March 2

2/22/05 - Before Seneca Falls: The History of Women's Rights in the Early American Republic, Talk March 2

2/22/05 - Tea & Talk with Eastern Shore Playwright Mary Wood, March 1

March

3/03/05 - C. V. Starr Center Creates Frederick Douglass Fellowship Program to Support Research in Minority Studies

3/03/05 - Concert Series Welcomes the Flute and Harp Duo, Sparx, to the Tawes Theatre, March 20

3/04/05 - Second Annual Janson-La Palme Lecture Addresses the Spanish Palace as Mirror of Spanish History, March 31

3/07/05 - ABC News Correspondent Betsy Stark on Covering the Broadcast Business Beat, March 21

3/07/05 - The New Yorker's Alistair Reed on Translating Neruda and Borges, March 16

3/09/05 - Sophie Kerr Weekend Brings Author Christine Lincoln '00 and Musical Poets Brady's Leap to Campus, March 18

3/16/05 - Board of Visitors and Governors Approves Tuition Increase for the 2005-2006 Academic Year

3/20/05 - Coffeehouse Mraz-Amatazz: Singer/Songwriter Jason Mraz Plays WC's Lifetime Fitness Center, April 8

3/20/05 - Harwood Lecture Presents Presidential Advisor Karl Rove on Politics and the Polarized Press, April 18

3/22/05 - Free Spring Events: Community Invited to Learn More About the Resources of the College's Miller Library

3/28/05 - British Scholar Shares European Perspectives on the War on Terrorism, March 30

3/31/05 - Writer, Editor Robert Stewart Discusses Poet William Stafford and the Inner Life of Writing, April 11

April

4/04/05 - Richard Nixon and the Rise of Conservatism, Topic of April 13th Lecture

4/04/05 - Scholar Examines French Politics in the Arab World, April 7

4/04/05 - Lectures Commemorate Chesapeake Voyages of John Smith, April 19 at Washington College

4/07/05 - Washington College Student Arts Festival Showcases Poetry, Theater, Music, April 14-17

4/09/05 - Eastern Shore Author Nancy Taylor Robson To Read From Her Work, April 12

4/09/05 - WC Gospel Choir To Hold Spring Concert, April 24

4/11/05 - Reading To Feature Shore Poetry Contest Winners & Pulitzer-Nominated Poet Sue Ellen Thompson

4/14/05 - Summer Field School Offers Forays Into Native American & African-American Archaeology, June 6-July 15

4/14/05 - Mammoth Hunters: Archaeology Club Hosts Third Annual Atl Atl Throw, April 23

4/18/05 - John Eisenhower, Kweisi Mfume To Be Honored at Washington College's 223rd Commencement, May 22

4/18/05 - College Receives $100,000 Scholarship Grant from Mid-Shore Community Foundation

4/21/05 - Scholar Explores Author Susan Glaspell and the First Greenwich Village Avant-Garde, April 27

4/24/05 - Francis Poulenc Trio To Play Washington College's Tawes Theatre, April 29

May

5/03/05 - Fishing Secrets of the Dead: Shore Poet Debuts First Collection of Verse

5/08/05 - Historian Ron Chernow Awarded First Annual George Washington Book Prize for Alexander Hamilton

5/17/05 - Maryland College To Award Nation's Largest Undergraduate Literary Prize, May 22

5/22/05 - Maryland College Awards Nation's Largest Undergraduate Literary Prize at 223rd Commencement

June

6/06/05 - "Fish for All" Advocate Tapped to Head College's Center for Environment and Society

6/06/05 - Novelist Benjamin Anastas Named to Literary House Post

6/07/05 - Starr Center Sponsors Essay Contest

6/22/05 - Deckman Co-authors Study of the Political Attitudes, Activism of America's Women Clergy

July

7/08/05 - In Memoriam: Helen Gibson, Former First Lady of Washington College

7/18/05 - Fall 2005 Graduate Courses in English, History and Psychology

7/19/05 - Latin American Political History, Reform Topics of WC Professor's Latest Book

7/21/05 - Author Richard Brookhiser to Address Incoming Freshmen, August 25

August

8/12/05 - Author Ron Chernow Examines Alexander Hamilton, "The Man Who Imagined Modern America"

8/13/05 - A Moment in Gonzo History: Hamilton Versus Burr (audio)

8/16/05 - The Congo in African-American Literature and Visual Arts, Talk September 13

8/16/05 - Poetry Reading: Meredith Davies Hadaway Explores the Inner Landscape of the Eastern Shore, September 7

8/25/05 - Washington College Named to Princeton Review's Top Northeastern Colleges 2006

8/31/05 - Prudent—and Imprudent—Choice in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Lecture September 19

8/31/05 - Philosopher to Explore Freedom Versus Occasionalism, September 8

September

9/01/05 - Statement from President Tipson on the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

9/02/05 - WC Offers Fall 2005 Semester Enrollment without Charge to College Students Affected by Katrina

9/08/05 - Expert on International Law and Strategic Planning to Speak on September 13

9/14/05 - WC Drama Department Announces Schedule of Fall 2005 Stage Productions

9/15/05 - WC Presents Duchamp Redux September 29, 30 and October 1

9/15/05 - How Words Get into Print: Free Seminar Presents an Insider's Guide to Book Publishing

9/15/05 - Free Speech in the Digital Age: Constitution Day Web Cast, September 16

9/19/05 - Liberty on the Waterfront: Historian Explores America's Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution, September 29

9/21/05 - Subversive Satire and Antiheroes: Novelist Benjamin Anastas Reads from His Fiction, October 6

9/22/05 - Eminent Curator Examines Girodet's Portrait "Black Apollo" at October 20 Lecture

October

10/05/05 - Tea & Talk at the Lit House: Chaucer and the Anti-Feminist Tradition, October 25

10/10/05 - October 23 Banquet Supports Washington College's Newly Chartered Ducks Unlimited Chapter

10/10/05 - Houston Chronicle's Michael Hedges on Contemporary Journalism, Good and Bad, October 21

10/11/05 - Leading Expert in Native American Culture Examines Tensions during Jamestown's Settlement, October 27

10/11/05 - A Marshland Chronicle: Washington College Welcomes Acclaimed Nature Writer William Sargent, October 26

10/17/05 - Prominent Neuroscientist to Speak on the Potential Therapeutic Utility of Stem Cells, October 19

10/17/05 - Dashboard Confessional to play Washington College's Lifetime Fitness Center November 5

10/17/05 - Creation, with a Twist: Drama Department Presents The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, October 21 and 22

10/19/05 - Charitable Giving: New End-of-Year Tax Opportunities for Donors

10/20/05 - Washington Post Columnist David Broder Asks "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" at November 1 Talk

10/24/05 - Quake Shakes Washington College Stage, October 28 & 29

10/25/05 - WC's Nu Delta Alpha Honor Society Steps out for Community Dance

10/26/05 - Philosopher Sheds Light on the Postmodern Ego, November 3

10/26/05 - Cloak & Dagger, Written by Senior Brian Cornelius, Premieres on the WC Stage, November 4 and 5

10/27/05 - Art Scholar Investigates Turner's Slave Ship, November 9

10/28/05 - A Color-Blind Society: Myth or Reality? Discussion November 3

10/28/05 - Where the Wild Things Are: Renowned Nature Artist to Speak on Painting in the Great Outdoors, November 9

10/26/05 - Tea Party Crashers? Professor's Course, Student's Research Raise Historical Questions

November

11/01/05 - There's No Place Like Home: Writer Explores Her Past at November 8 Reading

11/01/05 - Artists' Estates: Reputations in Trust, Lecture November 16

11/02/05 - College Announces Creation of President's Medal and Distinguished Service Award: Deadline for Nominations November 30

11/04/05 - Journey Behind the Trenches with the Washington College Drama Department, November 11 and 12

11/04/05 - Chaos and Creation: Scholar Offers New Perspectives on Renaissance Art, November 18

11/04/05 - An Award-Winning Photojournalist's Look behind the Front Lines in Afghanistan and Iraq, November 14

11/04/05 - In Memoriam: William O. Baker '35, Former President of Bell Labs and Presidential Science Adviser

11/07/05 - Lyric Brass Quintet in Concert at Washington College's Tawes Theatre, November 17

11/07/05 - Washington College Celebrates International Week 2005, November 14-18

11/07/05 - Past Obsessions: Reflections on the End of World War II, Lecture November 17

11/08/05 - Fragile Living, Rugged Land: Explore Fogo Island's Architecture with Robert Mellin, November 15

11/08/05 - WC Collegiate Programmers Take on Region's Best in the 30th Annual "Tech Olympics," November 12

11/08/05 - Washington College Professor Awarded Gilder Lehrman Fellowship

11/08/05 - Bookworms of the World, Unite! Share an Evening with NPR's Maureen Corrigan, November 20

11/09/05 - Activist on Leading Edge of International Women's Issues and U.S. Foreign Policy Speaks, November 22

11/11/05 - Bias and Beyond: Reporter Looks at the New World of Politicized Journalism, November 28

11/15/05 - Book Prize Partners Awarded National Humanities Medal, November 10

11/18/05 - WC Students Contribute to New Book Celebrating 300 Years Here on the Chester

11/21/05 - Drama Department Concludes Fall Season with Mamet's Oleanna, December 1, 2, and 3

11/21/05 - Worlds in Collision: NPR's Adam Davidson on Covering the Global Beat, November 30

11/23/05 - George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation

December

12/01/05 - Bookstore Hosts Twelve Days of Christmas

12/05/05 - Hodson Trust Awards $2.5 Million to Washington College for Science Scholarships, American History Center

12/07/05 - Distinguished Statesman, Senator Birch Bayh, Joins Washington College's C.V. Starr Center

12/14/05 - 635 Years and Counting: Annual Luncheon Honors Staff and Faculty for Long Years of Service to Washington College

12/15/05 - $1 Million Gift Establishes New Endowed Chair in Art and Art History at Washington College

12/15/05 - Washington College Announces Spring 2006 Graduate Courses in English, History, and Psychology

12/22/05 - Mela Dutka Appointed New Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs

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