Secretary Bunch gives a fitting tribute to this successful community-campus collaboration — one that still reverberates today with Chesapeake Heartland: An African American Humanities Project. Our Washington College students and @SumnerHall21620 friends continue to make history together!

This week's Intern Spotlight: Jamie Morris ’21 is a double-major in history and business management. Joining the Starr Center in the fall of 2018, Jamie began as a researcher for an exhibit on the Port of Chestertown. Currently, she serves on the Multi-Media Production Team!

Join us! Ezra Greenspan, the 2019-2020 Patrick Henry Writing Fellow, will talk about his half-century career as a student, writer, and professor. He will also discuss his new book project Frederick Douglass’ People: A Family Biography on October 15th!

Intern Spotlight: Paris Mercier works to develop an oral history of the African American experience in Kent County through the Chesapeake Heartland Project. Paris would go back to the Black Power Movement to join the ranks of women who challenged gender inequity in the movement.

Intern Spotlight: #ChesapeakeHeartland team met to develop ideas on the preservation of African American history+culture in the region. Students discussed how their research can provide a more inclusive historical narrative of Kent County. #BlackHistory #WashingtonCollege

Intern spotlight: Elizabeth Cassibry is well acquainted with all the secrets and stories of the Custom House after serving as a tour guide for 3 years! Elizabeth recently joined the Chesapeake Heartland Project to help unearth more about African American history in the region.

Mark your calendars for NOVEMBER 21st! Award winning author Greg Grandin will speak at Washington College as part of the Starr Center’s “Crossing Cultures Series.” He will discuss his new book, “The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America.”

Since our students are awesome, we'll do our spotlights twice a week! Ana Reynoso is a double-major in sociology and Hispanic studies with psychology minor. She's currently interning with the Local Management Board of Kent County working on various community outreach projects.

Katy Shenk is on the National Homefront working on the new education project. The project was inspired by Katy’s Explore America internship at The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in NYC. Her time there prompted ideas about how to best utilize our collection of oral histories to educate students!

Spotlight! Braxton Berry is a new student intern with the Chesapeake Heartland Project. Braxton enjoys bringing African American history to light. He not only wants to highlight the past struggles of African Americans but also their collective victories and triumphs.

Spotlight! Caroline Draper wanted to work at the Starr Center because it was a great opportunity to use her skills in the real world. She interns on the National Homefront Project! Caroline loves sitting down with people who lived through WWII and listening to their experiences!

Join us Thursday Nov. 21 for an exciting and enlightening lecture!!

Mari Mullane is working as archival intern for the William Hubbard Collection. She loves this project because of the opportunity to create a finding aid for a new collection that will be useful for researchers of American history from the mid 19th through the late 20th centuries.

HAPPY DECISION DAY!! Let us know why YOU chose WC. Gus can’t wait to welcome our amazing class of 2022 to campus in August (or during summer advising!). Enroll now: washcoll.edu/enroll #wacluv #wac2022