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Wilson College will host the 2019 Orr Forum on Monday, April 15, in the John Stewart Memorial Library. The forum will feature guest lecturer Nora Rubel, Ph.D., of the University of Rochester in New York. 

Rubel, who is the Jane and Alan Batkin Professor in Jewish Studies, associate professor and chair of the Department of Religion and Classics at the university, teaches and writes on a wide variety of topics related to gender, race and ethnicity in American religion, particularly in relation to food and popular culture.

On Saturday, Wilson College, local elected officials, baseball fans and well-wishers gathered under sunny skies  for a celebration dedicating  historic Henninger Field as the official home of the college’s new baseball team.

Wilson College President Dr. Barbara K. Mistick will step down from her post after the end of the 2018-19 academic year, as announced in a letter to the college community today.

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller today visited the Single Parent Scholar Program at Wilson College to learn about the acclaimed program and discuss opportunities to expand post-secondary education and training options for single-parent families.

Wilson’s dance ensemble, Orchesis, will present its annual spring performance in Laird Hall at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, with a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m.

The crack of the bat and cheers of the crowd have returned to Chambersburg’s iconic Henninger Field, now home of the Wilson College baseball team. On Saturday, April 6, college, state and local officials and guests will dedicate the field and celebrate the team’s inaugural season, as well as officially open an 18-month commemoration of Wilson’s 150th anniversary.

The Wilson College Veterinary Medical Technology Club will host dog washes from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, April 6 and 7, in the college veterinary building near the main entrance to campus. The dog washes are open to the public.

Wilson College will hold a reception from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in Lortz Hall's Bogigian Gallery to mark the opening of the college's Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will continue through April 26.

The show, which provides a venue for Wilson students to share their work with the community, will feature drawings, paintings, prints, ceramics, photographs and mixed-media artwork with a wide array of subject matter and content.

In recognition of Women’s History Month in March, Wilson College will host a book talk on America's first ladies on Tuesday, March 26. Wilson Associate Professor of Political Science and author Jill Abraham Hummer will discuss First Ladies and American Women at 2 p.m. in Laird Hall's Patterson Board Room, with a reception to follow. The lecture is free and open to the public

The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning recently awarded the Wilson College Child Care Center the highest possible rating in its Keystone STARS program—a STAR 4.