As part of a newly-developed institutional partnership, three Lycoming students began their summers with an internship at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Katie de Melo ’19 (Tiverton, R.I.), Jazmin Jones ’20 (Gloversville, N.Y.), and Xiyue Yang ’20 (Beijing) each lived in Washington, D.C., and interned in various Smithsonian offices and museums from May 14-June 8.
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This spring provided excitement and adventure for many Lycoming College students as they broadened their horizons and traveled to various parts of the world for a variety of learning opportunities. Four May Term courses provided 55 students travel experiences to England, France, Spain, the Dominican Republic, and the Adirondacks.
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Cullen Chandler, Ph.D., associate professor of history and department chair, as well as director of the Scholars Program at Lycoming College, has been appointed the Donald Bullough Fellow in Mediaeval History by the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
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Several Lycoming College history students received accolades for their original historical research at conferences this spring. Additionally, the College inducted several new members into its history honor society, Phi Alpha Theta.
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Lycoming welcomes guest lecturer Peter John Brobst, Ph.D., to discuss the significance of maritime security, drawing from his ongoing book about sea power, globalism and the Anglo-American alliance during the Cold War, on April 4 on the Lycoming College campus. The lecture is free and open to the public, and begins at 7:30 p.m., in the Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall.
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Lycoming College will host Matthew Restall, Ph.D., for a special lecture entitled, “Why Everything You Thought You Knew About the Aztecs and the Conquistadors Is Wrong,” on Feb. 19th at 7:30 p.m., in the Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall on the corner of Fourth and Basin Streets. The event is free and open to the public.
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Students and members of the Williamsport and surrounding communities are invited to hear Clive Webb, Ph.D., deliver a presentation on “The Holocaust and the African-American Freedom Struggle” on Oct. 24 at 4:30 p.m. in Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall, on the Lycoming College campus. Internationally recognized, Webb’s research analyzes the history of racial violence and conflict in America. The presentation is sponsored by the Lycoming College History Department, and is free and open to the public.
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Sarah Silkey, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Lycoming College, has secured a $136,000 grant to analyze a rare Reconstruction-era collection of correspondence from a family with ties to the Ku Klux Klan. With this award, Lycoming joins Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Notre Dame, Boston College and other tier one research institutions in receiving one of only nine ACLS fellowships this year — a rare honor for an undergraduate institution.
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Maggie Slawson, a senior history student from Armagh, Pa., and Christopher Pearl, Ph.D., assistant professor of history, published stories about the American Revolution that occurred on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River.
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Sue Thompson, Ph.D., a senior lecturer at the National Security College in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, will discuss regional cooperation in southeast Asia during the cold war era at a presentation on April 10 at 7:30 p.m. The presentation, which will be held in the Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall on the corner of 4th and Basin Streets, is free and open to the public.
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Diane Sommerville, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Binghamton University, will discuss the after effects of war suffered by Civil War veterans during a presentation at 7: 15 p.m. on April 3 in the Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall, at the corner of Basin and Fourth Streets. The presentation, and a brief reception that follows, are free and open to the public.
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Seven Lycoming College students expand current understanding of personal and political dynamics in medieval and early modern times by presenting research at the Undergraduate Conference in Medieval and Early Modern Studies. The 11th annual conference was hosted at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa., on Dec. 3.
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Jacob Maneval ’19, a history major from Jersey Shore, Pa., earned the 2016 Ed Gabriel First-Year Writing and Research prize for research completed during his freshman seminar last spring. The award is given to students in any major who complete research in any field and who document their findings in a paper during their freshman year.
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For Lycoming College student Maggie Slawson, portraying a member of George Washington’s household during the summer was altogether a different experience than she expected — it was life-changing.
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Rebecca Reed, a senior American studies and history major at Lycoming College, learned details about the Civil War from nationally-known historians during a Civil War Trust conference held June 1 through 5. Reed earned one of six coveted scholarships to the annual conference held in Gettysburg, Pa.
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