Student Opportunities
As a history major, you explore your interests inside and outside the classroom, taking a deeper dive into areas that interest you, and answering questions that fascinate you. You will learn how to address people in the field, communicate effectively, and market yourself and your skills. Here are just some of the opportunities to build your skill set, and your résumé, at Washington College. Scholarships, including Quill and Compass for incoming students interested in history, political science, and American studies, are available.
Find the Perfect Opportunity
Internships
- Participate in an internship with local partners, including the Kent County Historical Society. Those interested in pursuing their teacher certification in history can also intern at either Kent County High School or Kent County Middle School.
- Work with the Chesapeake Heartland Project, whose mission is to preserve, digitize, interpret, and make accessible materials related to African American history and culture. There are several internships available through the project relating to oral histories, digital archiving, family history and black ancestors research, public humanities research, and research assistantships.
- Arrange your own internship experience through your own connections, or by tapping into the Center for Career Development's extensive network.
Research
- Work with faculty on their research. Students have assisted faculty with compiling
the indexes for their books, among other things.
Familiarize yourself with original historic materials and artifacts. - Attend a professional conference, like the American Historical Association. Students have presented their research at some professional conferences, and at the Phi Alpha Theta national history honor society conference, where Washington students regularly win awards for the papers presented.
- Receive funding for your independent research. The Guy Goodfellow Scholars Program and Conrad M. Wingate '23 Memorial Fellowship each provide funds to offset the cost of research or experiential learning opportunities, including travel or the purchase of research materials.
- Complete a Senior Capstone Experience (SCE), a year-long research project in the form of a written thesis.
- Create your own research project. Support, financial or otherwise, is available across campus, including through the Hodson Collaborative Research Program or the Cater Society for Junior Fellows.
To get started thinking about what research you might be able to do at Washington College, review our faculty's areas of expertise.
Get Involved
Build your résumé and expand your social circle simultaneously by joining clubs, honor societies, and more that help you connect with folks with similar interests.
- Hodson Collaborative Research Program
- Libby and Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Honor Society: Phi Alpha Theta
- Clubs: Pegasus Digital Yearbook, The Elm (newspaper), College Democrats, College Republicans
Isabelle Farber '26
Middletown, Maryland
MAJORS AND MINORS
- History Major
- Education Studies
LEARN BY DOING
- Dramaturg, Theatre Department
- Social Media Manager, Radio Free George
- “Everybody in college grows into a different person, which I think is fantastic. The way that the College supports you and helps you grow into that person is very important. I think the most valuable thing I've learned here is to give myself grace and time to work through things. It's okay to take a step back and take a moment and come back to what you need to do. Sometimes college can be very overwhelming and very stressful. Being able to give yourself your own time to take a deep breath is very important. That's really hard to learn and do. But I think this campus has a really great support system for that. The professors are very understanding of that here.”