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FYS Writing and Research Awards

First-Year Seminar Awards Showcase Excellent Student Writing and Research

Dickinson honors three first-year students with writing and research awards.

Promotional poster (detail) for Howard Zinn's Marx in Soho.

Dickinson College to Host Performance of ‘Marx in Soho’

Nationally celebrated touring actor Bob Weick returns to Dickinson for his fourth appearance as Karl Marx in a performance of "Marx in Soho" by Howard Zinn.

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First-Year Seminar 101

Discover what’s distinctive about Dickinson’s First-Year Seminar program.

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An Abridged Ode to My First-Year Seminar

While researching and writing the First-Year Seminar 101 article, Alexander Bossakov ’20 was inspired to pen this firsthand perspective on how his FYS influenced him.

The Waidner-Spahr Library at Dickinson has received the inaugural First Year Experience (FYE) Innovation Award for its commitment to improving the first-year experience and learning outcomes.

Innovation Honored

Dickinson's Waidner-Spahr Library earns the inaugural First Year Experience Innovation Award for its commitment to improving the first-year experience and learning outcomes.

Fake News

Faking Out Fake News

A new program helps students better navigate an increasingly complex digital landscape.

Audrey Schlimm accepts the 2017 First-Year Seminar Writing Award. Photo by Wes Lickus '17

Policy Wonks and Fever Dreams

Whether digging deep into governmental policy or decoding a literary nightmare, class of ’20 members hit the ground running. Discover what the winners of the First-Year Seminar Writing Awards learned.

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