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2007 Press Releases

January 2007

1/11/07 - Clay Selected As 2007 Recipient of Frederick Douglass Fellowship

1/18/07 - WC Literary House Director Shenk Presents "What I See"

1/18/07 - Dynamic Duo (Guitar Duo, That Is) to Wow the Crowd at Washington College, January 27

1/19/07 - Washington College's Oldest Alumna Dies at 102

1/19/07 - Poet Campion to Present Reading at Washington College, January 30

1/22/07 - "Shattered Dreams" and a Portrayal of Dr. King at Washington College, January 30

1/22/07 - What Happened To The Maya? Dr. Seidel Explores The Latest Evidence, January 26

1/26/07 - Washington College Joins Distinguished Ranks As Part of Presidential Fellowship Program

1/31/07 - Channeling Thelonious: 'Blue Monk' At Washington College, February 13

1/31/07 - Poet Arnold, "Quiet In Tone ... Gem-Hard In Observation," February 15

February 2007

2/01/07 - An Exploration of Biodiversity and Conservation, February 6

2/01/07 - Kenneth Miller Discusses 'A Dangerous Set Of People,' February 8

2/02/07 - President + Congress = 'Rivals For Power,' February 13

2/07/07 - Heflin Presents Enviro-Lecture On 'Protecting The Bay,' February 12

2/09/07 - A 'Quartet For The New Millennium' At Norman James Theatre, February 21

2/09/07 - WC Drama Department's "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" Vivifies Late Peace Activist, February 15, 16 And 17

2/15/07 - Mount Vernon's James C. Rees Presents 'George Washington's Leadership Lessons,' February 20

2/15/07 - EnviroPanel Discussion on Sustainability Features Alumni Speakers, February 21

2/15/07 - Joan Smith Appointed George Washington Book Prize Coordinator

2/16/07 - Digital Video Challenge Winner Receives Honorable Mention at 2006 Communicator Awards

2/19/07 - Washington College Announces $50,000 Book Prize Finalists

2/19/07 - Authorized 'Inconvenient Truth' Presentation At Washington College, February 26

2/19/07 - An Examination of Arctic Climate Change, February 22

2/23/07 - Career Week 2007, February 26 - March 2

2/27/07 - Art Historian Maxwell Presents 'Castles,' March 1

2/28/07 - WC Drama Department's "According To Goldman" Performed, March 2, 3

March 2007

3/05/07 - A Literary Evening: Annual Freshman Reading at O'Neill House, March 6

3/05/07 - $1.05-Million Gift Funds Historic House Purchase by Washington College

3/07/07 - Annual Washington College Career Fair, March 21

3/07/07 - WC's Professor Knight Awarded Wilson Fellowship

3/07/07 - Washington College Chosen for Inclusion in 'The Best 366 Colleges,' Princeton Review College Guide

3/09/07 - Summer Field School Offers Forays Into Native American And Early Colonial Archaeology, May 21-June 29

3/14/07 - Professor Nancy Ruth Tatum Dies at 76

3/14/07 - Library of Congress' Eubanks to Present Reading at Washington College, March 19

3/14/07 - Best-Selling Author Mary Karr Kicks Off Sophie Kerr Weekend at Washington College, March 23

3/14/07 - Novelist Mallon Previews 'Fellow Travelers' at Washington College, March 27

3/14/07 - Abu Khalil, Levy Discuss Israel-Lebanon Conflict, March 28

3/19/07 - Renowned Oceanographer to Discuss the "Blue Revolution" at Washington College, March 29

3/21/07 - Washington College's Adam Goodheart Wins Emmart Award

3/21/07 - Lancelot and Gareth: The High-Water Marks of Malory's Morte Darthur, March 22

3/22/07 - Noriko Murai discusses 'Okakura's Way of Tea,' March 28

3/22/07 - Andrew Mehdizadeh Selected As Washington College's First Presidential Fellow

3/22/07 - Dr. John Girvin Presents 'Artificial Vision,' March 29

3/22/07 - WC Drama Department's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? to Rouse Audiences, March 23, 24

3/22/07 - A Day of Dance: 'Steps to the Future' at Washington College, March 31

3/23/07 - Award-Winning New York Quintet Performs At Washington College, March 31

3/28/07 - Washington College Hosts Phi Alpha Theta History Conference, March 31

April 2007

4/02/07 - University of Virginia's Paul Barolsky Discusses Ovid and Art, April 12

4/03/07 - From L.A. To WC: Poet Jim Natal Presents Reading, April 5

4/03/07 - Globalization from a Central American Perspective, April 10

4/05/07 - Research Scientist Discusses Developmental Brain Disorders, April 11

4/05/07 - Laughs along the Chester: Lit House, Washington College Stage First-ever Humor and Satire Festival

4/06/07 - Metropolitan Museum of Art Curator Explores 'History in Houses,' April 19

4/10/07 - One Earth, One Climate—Pedal with a Purpose, April 14

4/10/07 - Washington College Dance Company Presents Spring Concert

4/12/07 - Culture Night 2007: Sights, Sounds and Tastes from around the World, April 21

4/12/07 - Celebrate Earth Day with Washington College, April 21

4/13/07 - Rachel Kousser Explores Roman Art, Iconoclasm, April 18

4/13/07 - Mysteries of Autism Explored, April 19

4/13/07 - Washington College Announces Summer 2007 Graduate Courses in English, History and Psychology

4/16/07 - Message from President Tipson about Virginia Tech

4/19/07 - Psyches Analyzed in WC Drama Department's Psychopathia Sexualis, April 20, 21

4/20/07 - Annual Student Art Exhibition, 'Materiality and Meaning,' Opens April 20, Runs Through April 28

4/23/07 - Al Fresco Afternoon Theater with WC Drama Department's Dancing at Lughnasa, April 27, 28

4/23/07 - WC Talent on Display in Second Annual Music Video Challenge

4/24/07 - Harold Pinter's Political Plays Staged by the Riverside Players, April 27, 28

May 2007

5/01/07 - Giving Thanks for Locally Grown Food in George Goes Green Competition

5/03/07 - Second Annual Georgie Awards Honor WC's Best Multimedia Productions

5/05/07 - Pioneering Ecologist Wes Jackson to Address College's 225th Graduating Class, May 20

5/09/07 - WC Student Researchers Win Awards at Regional Psychology Conferences

5/10/07 - Maryland Preservation Month at WC Kicks off with Tax Credit Seminar, May 10

5/11/07 - Underwood Donates $1.5 Million to Renovation of Washington College's Performing Arts Center

5/20/07 - Washington College Awards Nation's Largest Undergraduate Literary Prize at 225th Commencement

5/22/07 - $50,000 George Washington Book Prize Awarded to Charles Rappleye for Sons of Providence

5/24/07 - Shore Heritage Showcased at Annual Maryland Preservation & Revitalization Conference

5/29/07 - James Manaro Appointed New Senior VP for Finance and Administration

June 2007

6/01/07 - Archaeologist John Seidel Appointed Director of Washington College's Center for the Environment and Society

6/01/07 - Christalyn Janee Frison Named 2007 Recipient of Vincent Hynson Scholarship at Washington College

6/12/07 - Historian Jill Ogline Appointed Associate Director of C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience

6/21/07 - Heather Spurrier Joins Washington College Development Team

6/29/07 - C.V. Starr Center Embarks on 'A Chesapeake Journey: from Slavery to Freedom'

July 2007

7/09/07 - Washington College President Tipson Joins Nationwide Effort, Signs Climate Commitment Pledge

7/12/07 - Washington College Establishes Scholarship in Honor of Sheryl V. Kerr

7/31/07 - Hodson Trust, Washington College Award Scholarships to Veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan Conflicts

August 2007

8/09/07 - Washington College Foursome's Continent-Crossing Bike Trek Concludes Sunday

8/15/07 - Entries Sought for 1st Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta

8/16/07 - Fall Convocation Welcomes 326 Freshmen, Honors Senator Miller, Philanthropist Griswold, August 23

8/23/07 - Washington College's Rose O'Neill Literary House Explores Blogosphere

8/24/07 - Princeton Review Ranks Washington College among America's Best

8/27/07 - Boat Building Demo, August 30

8/28/07 - Poetry, Film Noir and a Pulitzer Winner: Washington College's 2007-2008 Sophie Kerr Series Announced

8/31/07 - Cell Phones + Audience = Interactive Performance Artistry at Washington College

8/31/07 - 'Latin American Populism' At Washington College

September 2007

9/5/07 - 'Interrogation Palace' Poet Wojahn to Give Reading at Washington College

9/10/07 - Washington College Rallies Support for Relay for Life

9/12/07 - Washington College Hosts Two-Day Book Prize Celebration September 27, 28

9/14/07 - Concert Series Opens with Adaskin String Trio

9/14/07 - President + Congress = 'Rivals For Power,' September 25

9/20/07 - Hardboiled Hero: Author James M. Cain's Legacy Celebrated at Washington College

9/21/07 - '[sic],' a Comedic Look at Modern Manhattanites, Staged at Washington College

9/21/07 - Novelist Frank Bergon Presents 'Toughest Kid We Knew' at Washington College

9/21/07 - You Don't Say So! Fact, Fiction and Environmental Futures on September 26

9/21/07 - Cardboard Boats Highlight the 225 Anniversary Waterfront Festival

9/21/07 - National Endowment for the Humanities Awards Major Federal Grant to Washington College

9/27/07 - Washington College Unveils New Home Page, October 1

9/27/07 - Tropicante Brings Latin Beats to Washington College

9/27/07 - Early Adulthood in the Early '80s: 'This Is Our Youth' Staged at WC

October 2007

10/01/07 - The Art of Photography Meets the Age of Globalism at Washington College

10/02/07 - Dr. Fredrika J. Teute, Prominent History Scholar, Accepts 2007-8 C.V. Starr Fellowship

10/04/07 - A Grim Legacy Explored: Author Discusses History of Eastern Shore Lynchings

10/09/07 - Five U.S. Senators Gather at Washington College for Bipartisan Conversations on Politics and History

10/10/07 - Washington College Welcomes Its First-Ever Mary Wood Fellow: Author/Editor Hannah Tinti

10/10/07 - Underwater Filmmakers Present 'Sharkwater' Screening at Washington College

10/11/07 - Senatorial Colloquy Continues at Washington College with Sens. Bayh, Laxalt

10/16/07 - Beauty in the Wood: Von Voss Presents 'Tree-Talk'

10/19/07 - Guitar Virtuoso Alex de Grassi to Perform at Washington College

10/24/07 - Senatorial Colloquy Continues at Washington College with Sens. Bayh, Bumpers

10/24/07 - Cold War History from the Soviet Side: 'Failed Empire' Author Zubok Visits Washington College

10/25/07 - Rose O'Neill Literary House Launches New Series of Community Meetings

10/26/07 - Crime, Comedy Combine as Lonergan's 'Lobby Hero' Staged at Washington College

10/27/07 - Internationally Renowned Multi-Media Artists Hill, Quasha Discuss 'Singular Times' at Washington College

November 2007

11/02/07 - Senatorial Colloquy Continues at Washington College with Sens. Bayh, Lugar

11/02/07 - 'World's Room' Poet Weiner to Give Reading at Washington College

11/04/07 - WC's Olsen Presents 'Literature Before the Book'

11/06/07 - Washington College Celebrates French Week with Variety of Offerings

11/06/07 - Environmental Lecture Explores 'Endocrine Disruption' Threat

11/06/07 - Afro-Cuban Ensemble in Concert, November 7

11/07/07 - Washington and Lee President Discusses 'Leadership and the Liberal Arts,' November 8

11/08/07 - 100-Voice Choir Gospel Concert Set to Raise Spirits, Honor Alumnus Rev. Vincent Hynson '87, November 17

11/12/07 - 'Peace and Interfaith Dialogue in the Middle East,' November 13

11/12/07 - WC Celebrates Children's Book Week With "Blog-Blog" Launch

11/13/07 - 'The Two Worlds of Captain John Smith,' November 29

11/13/07 - Screening of "Estamos Aquí: We Are Here," with Filmmaker, November 14

11/15/07 - WC in USA Today Article about Veterans' Scholarships

11/17/07 - In Memoriam: Patrick C. McGrath

11/21/07 - Washington College Author/Professor Presents 'Two Lives of Sally Miller'

11/21/07 - Congressman Gilchrest to Lead Public Discussion on Iraq War at Washington College

11/30/07 - Washington College's Dr. Lauren Littlefield Wins 2007 Maryland Psychology Teacher of the Year Award

December 2007

12/04/07 - Exhibition of Artworks by WC's Ray Noll on View in Pennsylvania Capital

12/05/07 - WC's Dr. Kathryn Moncrief Is Co-Editor of Newly Published Book on English Drama

12/05/07 - Hodson Trust Awards More Than $4.5 Million to Washington College

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