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Wilson College will be able to digitize its archived collection of print editions of its student newspaper, The Billboard, thanks to a $6,000 grant from the Council of Independent Colleges. The CIC grant was made possible by a contribution from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation recently awarded Wilson College a $720,000 grant to fund scholarships for students with financial need through the Stabler Scholarship Endowment.

Wilson College has received a $4,500 grant from F&M Trust. The grant will augment the existing F&M Trust Scholarship Endowment, which provides scholarships for Wilson adult students (those who earned their high school diplomas or completed their G.E.D. at least four years ago) with financial need.

Wilson College and Hagerstown Community College have reached an agreement guaranteeing qualified HCC students admission to Wilson bachelor’s degree programs and allowing them to transfer all credits earned with a grade of C or higher.

The Office of the Chaplain has been awarded a $6,000 grant to allow Wilson students to continue partnering with a central Pennsylvania Presbyterian relief organization, Lend A Hand, to undertake disaster relief trips in 2019.

Wilson College senior Wendy Arispe will host her capstone art exhibition from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 13, at the Bogigian Gallery in Lortz Hall on the Wilson campus. Admission is free and open to the public.

The John Stewart Memorial Library at Wilson College is hosting the "Glass Room Experience" - a portable, pop-up exhibition on data and privacy - through Dec. 10. The exhibition, which uses art objects to raise awareness about technology and its impact on our lives, is free and open to the public.

Las Posadas, a Mexican Christmas tradition, will return to Wilson College on Thursday, Dec. 6, beginning at the Brooks Science Complex. Free and open to the public, the event will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Wilson College will host the 9th annual Handmade for the Holidays event from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, in Lenfest Commons.

The Wilson College Choir will hold its annual Christmas concert, "Happy, Happy Holidays" at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, in Thomson Hall's Alumnae Chapel.