Campus Events

You are invited to a Festival of Nine Readings and Carols. 

Featuring the Cumberland Valley Chorale, Brassworks, organist John Angle, pianist Diana Reinert, and readers from Wilson College and the Chambersburg community. 

The Orr Forum is an academic event featuring topics on the wide and shifting interests in religion studies in America.

“Immortality and its Discontents: Greek Gods and the Modern Search for Eternal Life"
If it wasn't good enough for the Greek gods, why do we think it will be good enough for us?
Presented by Deborah Lyons, Professor of Classics, Miami University
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 11 a.m.
Lenfest Learning Commons in John Stewart Memorial Library, Wilson College

The Common Hour is dedicated to fostering inquiry and conversation across the campus community about pressing issues and big questions. All Common Hour events are free and open to the public. 

On Tuesday, February 13,  Ela Rossmiller, Assistant Professor of Political Science and The Louise Howell ’38 Faculty Research Fund Winner (Summer 2023) will present "Framing Reparations in Poland". It will be held in Lenfest Learning Commons on the first floor of John Stewart Memorial Library on the Wilson College campus.

Join us for Artivism 101, February 12 at 1pm in Lenfest Learning Commons (lower level of the Library near the Help Desk). Creating innovative solutions in today's social climate is no small feat. Join us for a workshop presented by Sir Dominique Jordan, centered around getting acclimated and involved in grassroots movements as well as finding one's purpose through storytelling and spoken word poetry.

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Join us for a conversation about the experience of being black at Wilson and explore the Hankey Center exhibit celebrating black alumnae of the College. 

Light refreshments provided. 

Located in the Hankey Center for the History of Women's Education - big yellow house in the Hankey lot. 

Wilson will hold a reception at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, to mark the opening of the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. The show, presented by Arts at Wilson, will continue through April 21 in the Bogigian Gallery on the second floor of Lortz Hall.

The theme for the Fall 2022/Spring 2023 Common Hour is Honorable Leadership. We are excited to share the schedule for the Spring 2022 Common Hour series with the sub-topic, Access to Healthcare. We will explore what that means by digging into a different issue each month, and engaging with speakers that bring diverse perspectives and experiences.

The theme for the Fall 2022/Spring 2023 Common Hour is Honorable Leadership. We are excited to share the schedule for the Spring 2022 Common Hour series with the sub-topic, Access to Healthcare. We will explore what that means by digging into a different issue each month, and engaging with speakers that bring diverse perspectives and experiences.

The theme for the Fall 2022/Spring 2023 Common Hour is Honorable Leadership. We are excited to share the schedule for the Spring 2022 Common Hour series with the sub-topic, Access to Healthcare. We will explore what that means by digging into a different issue each month, and engaging with speakers that bring diverse perspectives and experiences.

The theme for the Fall 2022/Spring 2023 Common Hour is Honorable Leadership. We are excited to share the schedule for the Spring 2022 Common Hour series with the sub-topic, Access to Healthcare. We will explore what that means by digging into a different issue each month, and engaging with speakers that bring diverse perspectives and experiences.

Wendell Smith, Associate Professor at Wilson College
“Service Learning in the Dominican Republic”

For more information visit: https://www.wilson.edu/common-hour