French actor, director, poet Pierre Chabert to read at Literary House, October 13 Acclaimed French actor, director and poet Pierre Chabert will give a public reading of French poetry on Monday, October 13, at 4:30 p.m. in Washington College's O'Neill Literary House. All are invited.
Chabert was a friend of Samuel Beckett for more than 20 years and was directed by Beckett in Robert Pinget's “Hypothesis (L'Hypothèse)” and “Krapp's Last Tape (La Dernière bande).” Beckett also advised him when he played the character of Hamm in “End Game” in Paris in 1981. Since 1983, Chabert has directed several shows, including Beckett's last plays and theatrical adaptations of his novels. In addition, Chabert has re-directed most of Beckett's shows in English with the Gate Theatre in Dublin, Lincoln Center in New York, and the Barbican in London. He also has performed “Krapp's Last Tape” at various venues around the world and toured extensively, presenting lectures, readings and workshops.
Before he became a director in the 1980s, Chabert was an actor in the prestigious Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud Company, where he performed plays in classic and modern repertories. Currently, he serves as associate director of the research group on the aesthetic of contemporary arts of the CNRS (National Center on Scientific Research) and has written numerous articles on contemporary theatre as well as on his work as a director.
The event is sponsored by the College's Sophie Kerr Committee and French Club.
Wednesday, October 8, 2003
Washington College To Host Collegiate Computer Programming Contest, November 8
Annual Competition Fosters Next Generation of Technology Talent
Chestertown, MD, October 8, 2003 — On Saturday, November 8, Washington College will host a Mid-Atlantic regional elimination round of the 2004 Association of Computing Machinery's International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC). The contest is being organized by the College's Department of Mathematics and Computer Science under the direction of professors Louise Amick and Austin Lobo.Washington College will field three teams of students coached by Professors Michael McLendon and Foster McGeary. They will be pitted against nine other teams from the U.S. Naval Academy, Drexel University, Rowan University, and the University of Delaware. In the contest, each three-member team is given five hours and one computer to solve eight programming problems. The problems are so challenging that getting two correct is considered to be good. Scoring is based not only on correctness but also on the number of minutes taken to devise a solution. Many teams fail to get even a single problem correct. The entire contest is conducted electronically with submissions made to a central site for independent judging. The Mid-Atlantic region with 163 teams is the largest in the United States and third largest in the world.
This is the second year for Washington College to be a regional host site, to the credit of the College's state-of-the art computing facilities. Increasing enrollments in mathematics and computer science have allowed the expansion from two teams last year to three teams this year. “While both of our teams did very well last year, we are expecting even better results this time,” said Austin Lobo, associate professor of mathematics and computer science. “We have four seasoned veterans from last year's competition who are returning to represent us.”
The nine students representing Washington College this year are Jay Van Der Wall, senior from Wilmington, DE, and double-major in mathematics and computer science; Sunipa Saha, senior from Jos, Nigeria, and double-major in biology and computer science; Walker Dowling, senior from Chestertown, MD, and major in computer science; Hanh Nguyen, senior from Hanoi, Vietnam, and major in mathematics and computer science; Amanda Feigley, senior from Quakertown, PA, and major in mathematics; David Earle, junior from Annapolis, MD, and double-major in mathematics and computer science; Christopher Hayden, junior from Owings, MD, and double-major in physics and mathematics; Stephen Reaves, sophomore from Washington, DC; and Reid Cohn, sophomore from Chesapeake City, MD.
Now in its 28th year, the ACM-ICPC competition is partly sponsored by the IBM Corporation. Over the next three months, 1,300 universities from 68 countries will compete in regional contests held around the globe. Of these, 72 teams will be selected to compete at the 2004 World Finals, to be held from March 28-April 1, 2004, in Prague, The Czech Republic.
Monday, October 6, 2003
Washington College, Public Schools Partnership Wins Nearly $1 Million Federal Grant To Improve Teaching Of American History
Chestertown, MD, October 6, 2003 — Kent County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Bonnie Ward announced today that Kent County Public Schools will lead a coalition of Eastern Shore school systems (including Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot and Worcester counties) in partnership with Washington College's C. V. Starr Center and the Sultana Projects, Inc. to create an innovative professional development program for primary- and secondary-level American history teachers. A three-year $951,909 Teaching American History grant from the U.S. Department of Education will fund the program, to be called the Washington's Legacy Project.
“Helping students understand our past will ensure a vibrant democratic future for our community and our nation,” said Dr. Ward. “We are excited about the project because teaching American History is so crucial to perpetuating the democratic ideals set forth by our nation's founders, none of whom is more well known than George Washington. This project has the potential to inspire approximately 250 teachers and the 25,000 students in their classrooms in eight counties across the Eastern Shore. It will create a network of resources, both collegial and institutional across our rural region. Until now, that rural nature made it difficult to access top American history scholars and provide teachers with high-level professional development experiences. The Eastern Shore is rich in revolutionary and African American history, we now have the partnerships in place to take full advantage of these rich aspects of our regional and national history.”
“Clearly there is no better partner for the Washington's Legacy Project than Washington College, which lists our first president as a founding patron,” said Dr. Ward. “We have a history of strong partnerships with Washington College through our Professional Development Schools, which are helping train the teachers of tomorrow. Those teacher interns will also benefit from the professional development provided through the Washington's Legacy Project. We also have an established partnership with Sultana Projects, Inc., which has become a living history classroom for our students.”
Washington College President Dr. John Toll said: “The Washington's Legacy Project promises to be a significant step toward ensuring that our young people have a deep and abiding understanding of our nation's past so that—individually and collectively—they can be fully involved, engaged and informed citizens as adults.”
“Through five decades in higher education, and eight years as the president of this historic institution, I have witnessed how education transforms young people into active citizens concerned with the future of their communities, their nation and the world,” said Dr. Toll “Teachers of history give our young people a deep understanding of the past that enriches their present and inspires their dreams for the future. It is here that the Washington's Legacy project will make a difference for hundreds of teachers and tens of thousands of students in our region.”
“The Project partnership of the C. V. Starr Center, Kent County Public Schools and the Sultana Projects has secured a grant of nearly $1 million from the Department of Education to fund high-level professional development for teachers of American history in eight counties on the Eastern Shore. In fact, this is the largest grant given in Maryland for this type of program,” said Dr. Toll.
Dr. Joan Buffone, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction at Kent County Public Schools, said: “The federal government began sponsoring Teaching American History grants three years ago. Through the project public and private school American History teachers from the participating counties will be able to enroll in a number of unique professional development experiences. These will include an annual Teaching American History conference for Eastern Shore Teachers. The project will also provide a graduate course in Teaching American History, summer institutes and Saturday seminars. Professional development activities will be held at the C. V. Starr Center, aboard the Schooner Sultana (a historically accurate replica of a 1768 British schooner), at Mount Vernon home of George Washington and at the Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture.”
“There is clear evidence that teacher training improves student performance in learning American History,” added Dr. Buffone. “Bringing history to life for our teachers through high quality professional development, will enable them to provide authentic learning experiences for their students.”
The Washington's Legacy Project is based on extensive educational research. It will create a multi-layered resource network for Eastern Shore history teachers. At the first level is the partnership between the public schools and higher education. In addition, there is a layer of community partners including the C. V. Starr Center, Sultana Projects, Inc., Mount Vernon and the Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture. An additional resource layer is created by the many opportunities for collegial networking between teachers who will have access to a professional website to talk with history scholars and colleagues to exchange ideas and share successful teaching techniques and classroom best practices.
Kent County Public Schools provides public education to the student's of Maryland's smallest county. The small county has been cited for innovative programs by the Learning First Alliance in its case study “Beyond Islands of Excellence: What Districts Can Do to Improve Instruction and Achievement in All Schools.” Last year, Kent County Public Schools won a Gold Maryland Quality Award for its application of the Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for Excellence in Education.
The C. V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience is an innovative forum for new scholarship about American history. Drawing on the special historical strengths of Washington College, the Center explores the early republic, the rise of democracy, and the manifold ways in which the founding era continues to shape the fabric of American culture. The Center is interdisciplinary, encouraging the study of traditional history alongside new approaches, and seeking to bridge the divide between the academic world and the public at large. For more information about C. V. Starr Center events and programs, visit the Center online at http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu, or call
410-810-7156
.
Sultana Projects, Inc., based in Chestertown, is the non-profit organization that raised money to build and maintain the Schooner Sultana and the educational programs conducted aboard this reproduction of a 1768 Royal Navy vessel. The modern Schooner Sultana functions as a teaching facility for experiential education programs focusing on colonial American history and environmental science. More than 5,000 students and their teachers experience these programs aboard the Sultana each year.
“Helping students understand our past will ensure a vibrant democratic future for our community and our nation,” said Dr. Ward. “We are excited about the project because teaching American History is so crucial to perpetuating the democratic ideals set forth by our nation's founders, none of whom is more well known than George Washington. This project has the potential to inspire approximately 250 teachers and the 25,000 students in their classrooms in eight counties across the Eastern Shore. It will create a network of resources, both collegial and institutional across our rural region. Until now, that rural nature made it difficult to access top American history scholars and provide teachers with high-level professional development experiences. The Eastern Shore is rich in revolutionary and African American history, we now have the partnerships in place to take full advantage of these rich aspects of our regional and national history.”
“Clearly there is no better partner for the Washington's Legacy Project than Washington College, which lists our first president as a founding patron,” said Dr. Ward. “We have a history of strong partnerships with Washington College through our Professional Development Schools, which are helping train the teachers of tomorrow. Those teacher interns will also benefit from the professional development provided through the Washington's Legacy Project. We also have an established partnership with Sultana Projects, Inc., which has become a living history classroom for our students.”
Washington College President Dr. John Toll said: “The Washington's Legacy Project promises to be a significant step toward ensuring that our young people have a deep and abiding understanding of our nation's past so that—individually and collectively—they can be fully involved, engaged and informed citizens as adults.”
“Through five decades in higher education, and eight years as the president of this historic institution, I have witnessed how education transforms young people into active citizens concerned with the future of their communities, their nation and the world,” said Dr. Toll “Teachers of history give our young people a deep understanding of the past that enriches their present and inspires their dreams for the future. It is here that the Washington's Legacy project will make a difference for hundreds of teachers and tens of thousands of students in our region.”
“The Project partnership of the C. V. Starr Center, Kent County Public Schools and the Sultana Projects has secured a grant of nearly $1 million from the Department of Education to fund high-level professional development for teachers of American history in eight counties on the Eastern Shore. In fact, this is the largest grant given in Maryland for this type of program,” said Dr. Toll.
Dr. Joan Buffone, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction at Kent County Public Schools, said: “The federal government began sponsoring Teaching American History grants three years ago. Through the project public and private school American History teachers from the participating counties will be able to enroll in a number of unique professional development experiences. These will include an annual Teaching American History conference for Eastern Shore Teachers. The project will also provide a graduate course in Teaching American History, summer institutes and Saturday seminars. Professional development activities will be held at the C. V. Starr Center, aboard the Schooner Sultana (a historically accurate replica of a 1768 British schooner), at Mount Vernon home of George Washington and at the Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture.”
“There is clear evidence that teacher training improves student performance in learning American History,” added Dr. Buffone. “Bringing history to life for our teachers through high quality professional development, will enable them to provide authentic learning experiences for their students.”
The Washington's Legacy Project is based on extensive educational research. It will create a multi-layered resource network for Eastern Shore history teachers. At the first level is the partnership between the public schools and higher education. In addition, there is a layer of community partners including the C. V. Starr Center, Sultana Projects, Inc., Mount Vernon and the Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture. An additional resource layer is created by the many opportunities for collegial networking between teachers who will have access to a professional website to talk with history scholars and colleagues to exchange ideas and share successful teaching techniques and classroom best practices.
Kent County Public Schools provides public education to the student's of Maryland's smallest county. The small county has been cited for innovative programs by the Learning First Alliance in its case study “Beyond Islands of Excellence: What Districts Can Do to Improve Instruction and Achievement in All Schools.” Last year, Kent County Public Schools won a Gold Maryland Quality Award for its application of the Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for Excellence in Education.
The C. V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience is an innovative forum for new scholarship about American history. Drawing on the special historical strengths of Washington College, the Center explores the early republic, the rise of democracy, and the manifold ways in which the founding era continues to shape the fabric of American culture. The Center is interdisciplinary, encouraging the study of traditional history alongside new approaches, and seeking to bridge the divide between the academic world and the public at large. For more information about C. V. Starr Center events and programs, visit the Center online at http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu, or call
410-810-7156.Sultana Projects, Inc., based in Chestertown, is the non-profit organization that raised money to build and maintain the Schooner Sultana and the educational programs conducted aboard this reproduction of a 1768 Royal Navy vessel. The modern Schooner Sultana functions as a teaching facility for experiential education programs focusing on colonial American history and environmental science. More than 5,000 students and their teachers experience these programs aboard the Sultana each year.
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Three Jerusalem Women Speak Out: Washington College Hosts Panel Discussion On Peace In The Mid-East, October 30
Chestertown, MD, September 30, 2003 — Washington College's Goldstein Program in Public Affairs presents “JERUSALEM WOMEN SPEAK: THREE WOMEN, THREE FAITHS, ONE SHARED VISION,” a panel discussion on peace in the Middle East, Israel and Palestine, Thursday, October 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the College's Hynson Lounge. The event is free and the public is invited to attend.
Organized by Partners for Peace, a non-profit organization which seeks to educate the American public about key issues in the quest for peace and justice in the Middle East, the “Jerusalem Women Speak” discussion brings together three panelists from Israel and Palestine: Yehudit Keshet, co-founder, Machsom Watch;
Rawan Damen, activist, writer and film maker; and Mai Nassar, professor of English, Bethlehem University. Designed to bring directly to Americans the voices of women from the Jerusalem area who live in the midst of the conflict, “Jerusalem Women Speak” tours have sought to reach the general public through World Affairs Councils, interfaith gatherings, universities and colleges, retirement communities, youth centers, and business and professional clubs since 1998.
Yehudit Keshet is a Jewish Israeli and co-founder of Machsom Watch, a women's human rights group committed to witnessing and documenting acts of abuse against civilians by Israeli soldiers at police and military checkpoints. She is currently writing a book on her experiences with this group. Born in South Wales, she is the daughter of Jewish refugees who fled Nazi Germany in 1939. In 1958 Ms. Keshet left home to be a “pioneer” in Israel, but has lived in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. West Jerusalem became her permanent residence in 1974. Ms. Keshet's employment experience includes four years at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and seven years at the Israeli Institute of Talmudic Publications. From 1989-1993, she worked as regional director for a major immigration organization, the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel. In 1984, she founded The Tradition Center, a cooperative, multi-cultural puppet theater that works with sources common to Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions. Regarding the conflict, she believes “the only lasting solution can come when Israel recognizes the equal rights of Palestinians to self-determination, statehood and dignity.”
Rawan Damen, a resident of Ramallah, is a Muslim Palestinian, and at age 24, works as a children's rights activist, a documentary film maker, and author. Her film on Easter in Jerusalem, Waiting for Light (2001), was entered in the Milano, Chicago and IAMHIST Film Festivals in 2003. Her published books are Palestinian Children Before 1948 (1994), Expulsion in the Memory of Children (1997), and Our Schools in the Court of Justice: The Students Ring the Bell (2000). Damen obtained her M.A. in communication studies, with distinction, from Leeds University, UK, in 2003, and her B.A. in media and sociology from Birzeit University, West Bank, in 2001. Damen and her sister acted on their hopes for peace in 1995 by studying Hebrew with Jewish adults in Israel. They were the only adolescents, the only Muslims, and the only Palestinians enrolled.
Mai Nassar is a Christian Palestinian who was raised in the West Bank town of Beit Jala, where her family has lived for centuries. During the 1948 war her family fled to Jordan. They returned to their land years later, but parts of it were taken for building Jewish settlements following the 1967 war. During the past three years, Ms. Nassar's home in Beit Jala has been bombarded several times during battles between the Gilo settlement and Beit Jala. She and her family have managed to avoid physical harm during these skirmishes, but much of their personal property has been lost. Ms. Nassar has been a professor of English at Bethlehem University in the West Bank for 13 years. In 1995, she participated with Israeli and Palestinian educators in a program at Ohio University sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency. She also took part in an exchange program in conjunction with George Mason University in the summers of 1996-1998. The program explored the possibility of implementing a Conflict Analysis and Resolution program at Bethlehem University. She writes of the conflict, “We need different types of education for both groups [Israeli and Palestinian] in order to make both accept and adjust to having their two states live peacefully on one land.”
“Jerusalem Women Speak” is sponsored by Washington College's Goldstein Program in Public Affairs, established in honor of the late Louis L. Goldstein, 1935 alumnus and Maryland's longest serving elected official. The Goldstein Program sponsors lectures, symposia, visiting fellows, travel and other projects that bring students and faculty together with leaders in public policy and the media.
Organized by Partners for Peace, a non-profit organization which seeks to educate the American public about key issues in the quest for peace and justice in the Middle East, the “Jerusalem Women Speak” discussion brings together three panelists from Israel and Palestine: Yehudit Keshet, co-founder, Machsom Watch;
Rawan Damen, activist, writer and film maker; and Mai Nassar, professor of English, Bethlehem University. Designed to bring directly to Americans the voices of women from the Jerusalem area who live in the midst of the conflict, “Jerusalem Women Speak” tours have sought to reach the general public through World Affairs Councils, interfaith gatherings, universities and colleges, retirement communities, youth centers, and business and professional clubs since 1998.
Yehudit Keshet is a Jewish Israeli and co-founder of Machsom Watch, a women's human rights group committed to witnessing and documenting acts of abuse against civilians by Israeli soldiers at police and military checkpoints. She is currently writing a book on her experiences with this group. Born in South Wales, she is the daughter of Jewish refugees who fled Nazi Germany in 1939. In 1958 Ms. Keshet left home to be a “pioneer” in Israel, but has lived in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. West Jerusalem became her permanent residence in 1974. Ms. Keshet's employment experience includes four years at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and seven years at the Israeli Institute of Talmudic Publications. From 1989-1993, she worked as regional director for a major immigration organization, the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel. In 1984, she founded The Tradition Center, a cooperative, multi-cultural puppet theater that works with sources common to Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions. Regarding the conflict, she believes “the only lasting solution can come when Israel recognizes the equal rights of Palestinians to self-determination, statehood and dignity.”
Rawan Damen, a resident of Ramallah, is a Muslim Palestinian, and at age 24, works as a children's rights activist, a documentary film maker, and author. Her film on Easter in Jerusalem, Waiting for Light (2001), was entered in the Milano, Chicago and IAMHIST Film Festivals in 2003. Her published books are Palestinian Children Before 1948 (1994), Expulsion in the Memory of Children (1997), and Our Schools in the Court of Justice: The Students Ring the Bell (2000). Damen obtained her M.A. in communication studies, with distinction, from Leeds University, UK, in 2003, and her B.A. in media and sociology from Birzeit University, West Bank, in 2001. Damen and her sister acted on their hopes for peace in 1995 by studying Hebrew with Jewish adults in Israel. They were the only adolescents, the only Muslims, and the only Palestinians enrolled.
Mai Nassar is a Christian Palestinian who was raised in the West Bank town of Beit Jala, where her family has lived for centuries. During the 1948 war her family fled to Jordan. They returned to their land years later, but parts of it were taken for building Jewish settlements following the 1967 war. During the past three years, Ms. Nassar's home in Beit Jala has been bombarded several times during battles between the Gilo settlement and Beit Jala. She and her family have managed to avoid physical harm during these skirmishes, but much of their personal property has been lost. Ms. Nassar has been a professor of English at Bethlehem University in the West Bank for 13 years. In 1995, she participated with Israeli and Palestinian educators in a program at Ohio University sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency. She also took part in an exchange program in conjunction with George Mason University in the summers of 1996-1998. The program explored the possibility of implementing a Conflict Analysis and Resolution program at Bethlehem University. She writes of the conflict, “We need different types of education for both groups [Israeli and Palestinian] in order to make both accept and adjust to having their two states live peacefully on one land.”
“Jerusalem Women Speak” is sponsored by Washington College's Goldstein Program in Public Affairs, established in honor of the late Louis L. Goldstein, 1935 alumnus and Maryland's longest serving elected official. The Goldstein Program sponsors lectures, symposia, visiting fellows, travel and other projects that bring students and faculty together with leaders in public policy and the media.
Monday, September 29, 2003
Where The Past Meets The Present In Maryland's Suburban Landscape, Talk October 7
Chestertown, MD, September 29, 2003 — Washington College's Anthropology Club and campus chapter of the Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honor Society present “The Suburban Landscape: Where Past Meets Present,” a talk by Julie Ernstein, lecturer in anthropology, Tuesday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the College's Hynson Lounge. The lecture is free and the public is invited to attend.
A specialist in landscape archaeology, Ernstein will address the question “What's so interesting about the mid-century suburban landscape of Maryland?” In an illustrated update on her ongoing research into the Levitt-built suburbs of Maryland, Ernstein will connect the dots between the eighteenth-century, Colonial Revival, Populuxe, and late twentieth-century components associated with Belair Mansion in Bowie, MD. Come and learn why the suburban landscape is a whole lot more interesting than you think and what the integration of historical archaeology, oral history, and documentary research reveals about the suburban landscape as the deliberately fuzzy—but no less real—border between past and present.
A specialist in landscape archaeology, Ernstein will address the question “What's so interesting about the mid-century suburban landscape of Maryland?” In an illustrated update on her ongoing research into the Levitt-built suburbs of Maryland, Ernstein will connect the dots between the eighteenth-century, Colonial Revival, Populuxe, and late twentieth-century components associated with Belair Mansion in Bowie, MD. Come and learn why the suburban landscape is a whole lot more interesting than you think and what the integration of historical archaeology, oral history, and documentary research reveals about the suburban landscape as the deliberately fuzzy—but no less real—border between past and present.
From The Right: CNN's Robert Novak Previews The 2004 Presidential Prospects, October 21 At Washington College
Chestertown, MD, September 29, 2003 — Washington College's Harwood Lecture Series in American Journalism presents “FROM THE RIGHT: A Conservative Preview of the 2004 Presidential Race” with CNN political analyst Robert Novak, Tuesday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hodson Hall Hynson Lounge. The event is free and the public is invited to attend this timely discussion.
A nationally syndicated columnist, astute political observer, and journalist with five decades of political coverage under his belt, Novak participates in CNN's popular political talk and debate forums, CROSSFIRE and The Capital Gang, and helms The Novak Zone, CNN's weekly interview show. He joined CNN during its launch-year in 1980, teaming with the late political columnist Rowland Evans to host the discussion program Evans & Novak. When Evans lost his battle with cancer in 2001, Novak went on to co-anchor Novak, Hunt & Shields before the iconic roundtable was canceled in 2002. Now on CNN's CROSSFIRE, Novak and co-host Tucker Carlson square off with their co-hosts on the left side of the political aisle, James Carville and Paul Begala. Novak also serves a political analyst on Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff.
Novak began his career as a reporter while attending the University of Illinois from 1948-1952. Following service in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he joined the Associated Press in Omaha, NE, and from there was assigned to Indianapolis, where he covered state politics. In 1957, the AP transferred him to Washington, DC, where he covered Congress. He joined The Wall Street Journal's Washington bureau in 1958 as Senate correspondent and political reporter, becoming chief congressional correspondent for the newspaper in 1961. In 1963, he teamed with Evans, then congressional correspondent for The New York Herald-Tribune, to write the political column “Inside Report,” which he continues to this day from its home base at The Chicago Sun-Times. Novak's published books include Lyndon B. Johnson: The Exercise of Power (in collaboration with Rowland Evans), Nixon in the White House: The Frustration of Power, and The Reagan Revolution. He is the 2001 winner of the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award for lifetime achievement in journalism.
The Harwood Lecture Series in American Journalism is sponsored by the Richard Harwood Endowment Fund, established to honor the distinguished career of the late Washington Post columnist and ombudsman Richard Harwood, who served as a trustee and a lecturer in journalism at Washington College.
A nationally syndicated columnist, astute political observer, and journalist with five decades of political coverage under his belt, Novak participates in CNN's popular political talk and debate forums, CROSSFIRE and The Capital Gang, and helms The Novak Zone, CNN's weekly interview show. He joined CNN during its launch-year in 1980, teaming with the late political columnist Rowland Evans to host the discussion program Evans & Novak. When Evans lost his battle with cancer in 2001, Novak went on to co-anchor Novak, Hunt & Shields before the iconic roundtable was canceled in 2002. Now on CNN's CROSSFIRE, Novak and co-host Tucker Carlson square off with their co-hosts on the left side of the political aisle, James Carville and Paul Begala. Novak also serves a political analyst on Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff.
Novak began his career as a reporter while attending the University of Illinois from 1948-1952. Following service in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he joined the Associated Press in Omaha, NE, and from there was assigned to Indianapolis, where he covered state politics. In 1957, the AP transferred him to Washington, DC, where he covered Congress. He joined The Wall Street Journal's Washington bureau in 1958 as Senate correspondent and political reporter, becoming chief congressional correspondent for the newspaper in 1961. In 1963, he teamed with Evans, then congressional correspondent for The New York Herald-Tribune, to write the political column “Inside Report,” which he continues to this day from its home base at The Chicago Sun-Times. Novak's published books include Lyndon B. Johnson: The Exercise of Power (in collaboration with Rowland Evans), Nixon in the White House: The Frustration of Power, and The Reagan Revolution. He is the 2001 winner of the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award for lifetime achievement in journalism.
The Harwood Lecture Series in American Journalism is sponsored by the Richard Harwood Endowment Fund, established to honor the distinguished career of the late Washington Post columnist and ombudsman Richard Harwood, who served as a trustee and a lecturer in journalism at Washington College.
Eyes In The Sky: BAI Aerosystems To Demonstrate Unmanned Aerial Vehicles At Washington College, October 22
Talk on Small Business Defense Contracting to Follow
BAI Aerosystems was founded in 1985 to address the needs of the emerging UAV market for lightweight, low-cost composite aircraft components. Since then, BAI's focus as a small business defense contractor has expanded to a complete line offering UAVs, flight control systems, datalinks, sensors, field support and training. Over the last 18 years, BAI has supplied UAVs for military and commercial airborne reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting and remote sensing.
BAI's president and CEO, Richard Bernstein, acquired the company in 1990 and moved it from Rockville to Easton, MD, to be nearer his home. Holding professional licenses in manufacturing management and commercial aircraft piloting, Mr. Bernstein attended the Virginia Military Institute, earned an undergraduate degree from Salisbury University, and received his MBA from Purdue University. He has more than 30 years of experience in the development and manufacturing of electronic components and sub-systems for the microwave industry. In addition to BAI, Bernstein founded K & L Microwave (now owned by the Dover Corporation) and oversees BAI's affiliates Lorch Microwave and Filter Networks. Mr. Bernstein serves on the Board of Visitors and Governors of Washington College, the Dean's Advisory Committee of Purdue University's Krannert School of Management, the Foundation Board of the Virginia Military Institute, and the national Advisory Boards of the U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Department of Commerce. He and his wife, Ellen, reside in Oxford, MD, and have eight children and five grandchildren.
The talk is sponsored by the J. C. Jones Seminar in American Business, established in honor of the late James C. Jones, Jr., a Baltimore businessman and 1947 graduate of Washington College who remained active throughout his life in alumni affairs and served on the Board of Visitors and Governors of the College.
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