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Washington College, Maryland’s premier small college, enrolls approximately 1,000 undergraduates from more than 39 states and territories and 23 nations. Washington is known for outstanding academics in more than 50 academic programs. With an emphasis on experiential learning opportunities across the disciplines, ranging from internships and research to international study and civic engagement, Washington prepares students for successful careers and lives after graduation. The College is home to nationally recognized centers of excellence in the environment, history, and writing as well as the 5,000-acre river and field campus which provides unique research opportunities for students and faculty. Learn more at www.washcoll.edu. 

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Washington College, Maryland’s premier small college, enrolls approximately 1,000 undergraduates from more than 39 states and territories and 23 nations. Washington is known for outstanding academics in more than 50 academic programs. With an emphasis on experiential learning opportunities across the disciplines, ranging from internships and research to international study and civic engagement, Washington prepares students for successful careers and lives after graduation. The College is home to nationally recognized centers of excellence in the environment, history, and writing as well as the 5,000-acre river and field campus which provides unique research opportunities for students and faculty. Learn more at www.washcoll.edu. 

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Spring 2025 Dean's List

Washington College congratulates the 450 students who were named to the Spring 2025 Dean's List. In order to earn this academic honor, a student must achieve at least a 3.50 GPA for the semester. "Making Dean's List is the mark of academic excellence," said Kiho Kim, provost and dean of Washington College. "We celebrate these students and their dedication to greatness this past semester. Their efforts in the classroom will indeed set them on the path for a bright and successful future."
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Dean's List - May 22

2024 Fall Dean's List

Washington College congratulates the 487 students who were named to the Fall 2024 Dean's List. In order to earn this academic honor, a student must achieve at least a 3.50 GPA for the semester. "Making Dean's List is the mark of academic excellence," said Kiho Kim, provost and dean of Washington College. "We celebrate these students and their dedication to greatness this past semester. Their efforts in the classroom will indeed set them on the path for a bright and successful future."
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Dean's List - Jan 17

2023 Fall Dean's List

Washington College congratulates the 474 students who were named to the Fall 2023 Dean's List. In order to earn this academic honor, a student must achieve at least a 3.50 GPA for the semester. "Making Dean's List is the mark of academic excellence," said Kiho Kim, provost and dean of Washington College. "We celebrate these students and their dedication to greatness this past semester. Their efforts in the classroom will indeed set them on the path for a bright and successful future."
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Dean's List - 2024 Jan 8

Dean's List

Washington College congratulates the 461 students who were named to the Spring 2022 Dean's List. In order to earn this academic honor, a student must achieve at least a 3.50 GPA for the semester. "This is a notable achievement that marks an excellent academic performance by these students," said Dr. Michael Harvey, Provost and Dean of Washington College. "We are very proud to celebrate such fine academic work from the past semester, which is a teriffic indication of their very bright futures."
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Dean's List - 2022 Jun 15

2025 Washington College Explore America Internship Placements

26 students are embarking on career building summer internships at prestigious posts across the nation through the Starr Center's Explore America Program.
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Achievement (Other) - May 14

Washington College Announces 2024 Summer Internships with CES and Partners

Washington College congratulates the six students who are spending the 2024 summer interning with CES and several nationally known partners whose work aligns with CES's mission of cultivating the next generation of problem solvers to tackle environmental problems and issues.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Jun 5

2024 Explore America Summer Internships

Washington College congratulates the 2024 Explore America Summer Internship awardees. This summer students will be heading to nationally renowned organizations, museums and institutions including the Library of Congress, the Apollo Theater, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the U.S. House of Representatives, the National Constitution Center, the New-York Historical Society, and the Society for Women's Health Research, among others. Sponsored by the Washington College Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, the Explore America Summer Internship program is one of the most exciting and distinctive opportunities available to Washington College students - and characteristic of the hands-on learning that sets Washington College apart from other liberal arts institutions. The program matches students with full-time, fully paid summer internships at an array of leading cultural institutions and non-profits. In addition to providing paid jobs (awardees are granted a $6,000 summer stipend for 10 weeks of full-time work) and valuable experience, Explore America Internships introduce students to mentors who can change the course of their lives.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 May 7

Washington College SGA Hosts Leadership Summit

The Washington College Student Government Association (SGA) hosted representatives of its peer organizations from three other Centennial Conference schools for a Mid-Atlantic Student Government Leadership Summit on Saturday, Sept. 30. The nearly three dozen students heard from Deputy Secretary of State Michael Lore and others with leadership insights and engaged in workshops around leadership styles, communication, shared governance, and benchmarking with their peers. Reaction to the event was positive from both the Washington SGA organizers and attendees from the other schools - Gettysburg, Muhlenberg and Ursinus colleges - each noting the nearly universal benefit of learning from one another through discussing their own unique approaches as well as the similar issues faced by all.
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Club or Organization - 2023 Oct 11

2024 Spring Deans List

Washington College congratulates the 463 students who were named to the Spring 2024 Dean's List. In order to earn this academic honor, a student must achieve at least a 3.50 GPA for the semester. "Making Dean's List is the mark of academic excellence," said Kiho Kim, provost and dean of Washington College. "We celebrate these students and their dedication to greatness this past semester. Their efforts in the classroom will indeed set them on the path for a bright and successful future."
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 May 31

Omicron Delta Kappa Celebrates New Members

Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, welcomed 1,869 new initiates from 78 universities during April 2023. Students initiated into the Society must be sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduate/professional students in the top 35% of their class, demonstrate leadership experience in at least one of the five pillars, and embrace the ODK ideals. Fewer than five percent of students on a campus are invited to join each year.
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Accepted - 2023 May 15

Spring 2022 Commencement

Washington College congratulates the 247 students who received their academic degrees on May 22, 2022.
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Graduation - 2022 May 23
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