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Select Story Pluck & Luck: Paul Reed Smith on the business of making music American Studies Institute at WC gives young Muslims a taste of democracy Professor Terry Scout offers business students a guided tour of Amsterdam Alumni Snapshot: Publishing for Peace, Richard Creighton '73 Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele welcomes freshmen Hurricane Isabel hits Custom House Search committee narrows field of candidates for presidency College establishes partnership with South Korea's finest university Adam Goodheart directs a revitalized Literary House Press Trustee honored for oyster restoration Campaign reaches $94 million mark Kappa Alpha Order earns national award C.V. Starr Center aids teaching initiative Graduation rates rise among athletes Sailing team blows away competition Field Hockey scores historic win Taylor wins second championship Faculty/Staff Achievements Portfolio: College community celebrates President Toll's 80th birthday Alumni Update: New alumni director launches student programming Class Notes Currents: Senior Fellow Townsend Hoopes on democracy in Muslim nations THE REPORTER: C. V. Starr Center Aids Teaching Initiative On beautiful weekends, Chestertown is teeming with tourists who enjoy absorbing the rich American history so much in evidence—from the Georgian homes lining leafy, brick-paved sidewalks and the replica British schooner Sultana moored near the foot of High Street, to Washington College, the first college founded in the new United States of America. A federally- funded teaching initiative involving the College's C. V. Starr Center, the Sultana Projects, Inc. and Kent County Public Schools seeks to instill that same sense of appreciation in local schoolchildren by first inspiring their teachers. The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a three-year, $951,909 Teaching American History grant to create an professional development program for primary- and secondary-level American history teachers. The program, to be known as the Washington's Legacy Project, is targeting a coalition of Eastern Shore school systems, including Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot and Worcester counties. "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," notes College President John Toll, "so that, individually and collectively, they can be fully involved, engaged and informed citizens as adults."

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