Wilmington College History Program

The History Horrorfest has returned! Come join us Quakers tonight at 630 in 148 CSA.

Congratulations to the Class of 2023! Rain soaked chaos made a full group picture impossible, but here is a shot of some of the History Program’s newly minted alumni!!!

Congratulations to Shannon Browning for winning the Best Poster Project for the Humanities Area at the Research Showcase!

Congratulations to the 2023 History Major Award Winners AJ Houseman and Hanna Satterfield!

Seniors Honored for Academic Excellence - Wilmington Top Students in Various Academic Programs Earn Accolades Wilmington College recognized those whom Interim President Corey Cockerill described as “among our best and brightest” Sunday (April 23) at the 43rd […]

Wilmington College History Program updated their phone number.

The Wilmington College History Program would like to invite you to our First Annual History Horrorfest! We will be screening a series of historically relevant horror films (with expert guest commentary) over the course of October! Please join us!

Note: Because of the graphic nature of some of the films we will be limiting admission to ages 18+.

Congratulations to History majors AJ Houseman and Corinne Somers for their induction into the Green Key Honor Society!

Green Key Honor Society Inducts 2022 Members - Wilmington Honorary Recognizes Upperclassmen’s Superior Scholarship Green Key, Wilmington College’s honor society founded in 1951, has 68 new members after Monday’s (April 25) 41st Annual Honors Convocation and Senior Recognition Awards ceremony. PICTURED: President Trevor Bates congratulates Lucy Enge u...

This year senior History majors won the Major Academic Awards in THREE different majors! Samuel Reinhart received the History Major Award, while Melanie Taylor won the Adolescent-Young Adult Education award, and double major Tristan Reiley won the Political Science major award.

Students Honored for Academic Excellence - Wilmington Departments Give Top Student Recognition Wilmington College recognized those whom Provost Erika Goodwin described as “among our best and brightest” Monday (April 25) at the 41st annual Student Honors Convocation. PICTURED: President Trevor Bates congratulates senior Brittany Chrisman for being s...

Update: History professor Keith Orejel's mini-lecture will be at 1:30PM.

Join us to learn more about the economics, mathematics, ethics, culture, and HISTORY of employee compensation at Wilmington College.

Join us at the Carillon on Wednesday as Wilmington faculty continue the long tradition of peaceful activism on campus!

Today students in HI353G - The Early Modern World with Professor Anne Daniels visited the Cincinnati Art Museum. The field trip focused on comparing East Asian and European art from the 14th to 18th centuries. Here they're analyzing Chinese influences on 1700s English pottery.

Following in the footsteps of intellectual giants like Larry Gara and Ed Agran, the History Program at Wilmington College will always support the right of students to express dissent through peaceful protest. As anyone who has joined Professor Keith Orejel on the college's Civil Rights Movement trip knows, sit ins are a great American protest tradition that have advanced the causes of social justice and equality in our nation.

Check out HI342 offered this fall at Wilmington College!

History Center director also new Wilmington College adjunct prof - Wilmington News Journal WILMINGTON — The Clinton County History Center is pleased to share that Executive Director Shelby Boatman has been hired as Adjunct Professor of Publ

Great profile of Wilmington College History Major (and Writing Center tutor for History classes) Shannon Browning!

We are back after the holiday break to introduce PRC/QHC student staff Shannon Browning! Shannon grew up in a rural area of Scioto and Adams County, Ohio. She is a junior at Wilmington College, double majoring in Biology (Environmental Science) and History with a minor in English. While on campus she works as a tutor for English, History, and Writing.

With her love of history, she enjoys working at the Quaker Heritage Center and Peace Resource Center, while gaining important museum and archives experience. Whenever she gets the chance, she travels to different historical locations mainly focused on the U.S. Revolutionary and Civil wars.

Outside of college, she loves to spend time hiking and exploring with her family, along with involvement in two very important organizations: the FFA through her Alumni membership and the Friends of the Scioto Brush Creek (FSBC). Shannon was one of the 35 Wilmington students to receive their American FFA Degree in 2020.

Shannon is currently serving as a board member and scholarship coordinator for the Friends of the Scioto Brush Creek, an environmental conservation organization. Shannon was the FSBC's first scholarship recipient, and initiated a plan to continue the scholarship for others into the future. She has served on the board since age 18, and is currently the board's youngest member. Additionally, she is involved with FSBC's educational programs, such as teaching a class of 7th graders how to test and monitor water quality.

One of the Wilmington College Quaker values that is most important to her is the value of equality because she likes to see all people--no matter their backgrounds--as equals. She believes that the best way to see all others as equals is to think about one's own path in relation to others and to value difference. Every human should be able to make their own path and be treated with equality no matter who they are. Wilmington College

This past week, Assistant Professor Keith Orejel, wrote a piece for the Washington Post's Made By History series. The essay examines the long history of the Rust Belt vs. Sun Belt divide. The link can be found below.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/05/20/house-map-changes-geographical-pattern-shaping-american-life-remains/?fbclid=IwAR27SemG-V0KLRT6xXTrFG1Vu9bKoAX3qNWF_MgIzJWEBAsYjS9UV-ATxSw

Perspective | Political power keeps shifting from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt. Here’s why. Census data reveals a continuation of a half century long shift driven by deindustrialization and savvy recruitment.

Mikaela Prescott with the poster for her History senior thesis "Kirk and Colonization" - WINNER of the Public Choice Award and President's Choice Award at today's Student-Faculty Research Forum.

Research posters are traditionally associated with scientific research, but Mikaela's creative, communicative poster showed off what Historians are capable of adding to the genre. This is one of the best showings by a Humanities poster ever in the history of this college-wide event. Congratulations Mikaela!

History majors and minors are always well represented at the Senior Awards ceremony and this year was no exception.

Five History majors were inducted into the Green Key Honor Society in recognition of their superior academic success, including Kylie Miracle, Triston Moore, Tristan Reiley, Ariana Riccardi, and Melanie Taylor, joining Jenna Fawcett who was inducted last year as a junior.

History majors Jenna Fawcett and Ariana Riccardi and History minor Sam Stanley received Quaker Impact Awards, given to students who have demonstrated exceptional community involvement and leadership potential.

Ariana was honored with a variety of service awards, including recognition for serving as Student Body President, the SGA Distinguished Service Award, Karen Couch Residence Life Award, Reynolds Influence Award, and the Robert E. Lucas Leadership Award.

And Jenna won not just the History Major Award but the Political Science Major Award, too!

Congratulations Seniors!

History Major Ariana Riccardi CLEANED UP at this week's Student Honors Convocation. Check out this article recognizing her ENORMOUS accomplishments over the past four years.

Ariana Riccardi Captures Motherlode of Student Life Awards - Wilmington Super Senior Receives Robert E. Lucas Leadership Award A leader of student government, residence life and nearly two-dozen organizations both on and off-campus, Ariana Riccardi “has literally done it all during her time at Wilmington College.” PICTURED: President Trevor Bates presents Ariana Ric...