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The Raven's Claw Society was founded in 1896, making it the first society unique to Dickinson College and one of the oldest in the country. The society prides itself in serving the Dickinson College and Carlisle, Pennsylvania communities through discreet service activities. [1] While the members of the group are known, the majority of their ...
Dickinson College is a private liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.Founded in 1773 as Carlisle Grammar School, Dickinson was chartered on September 9, 1783, [5] making it the first college to be founded after the formation of the United States.
A collegiate secret society makes a significant effort to keep affairs, membership rolls, signs of recognition, initiation, or other aspects secret from the public. Some collegiate secret societies are called "class societies", which restrict membership to one class year. Most class societies are restricted or limited to senior class members ...
The Clarke Center is an organization at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA, which organizes campus lectures, symposia, and events. A gift from trustee Henry D. Clarke, Jr. helped establish the Center in 1994. Clarke Center programming typically focuses on interdisciplinary issues and aims to enrich students' academic experiences ...
The Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching (ASWPL) was a women's organization founded by Jessie Daniel Ames in Atlanta, Georgia in November 1930, to lobby and campaign against the lynching of African Americans. [1] The group was made up of middle and upper-class white women. While active, the group had "a presence in every ...
Durden was a mentor for the American Council on Education Fellows Program, the premier higher education leadership development program in the US. He was the mentor for 2004-2005 ACE Fellow Michael B. Brown (now associate dean of the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences at East Carolina University). In 2007-08, Durden served as chairman ...
The Dickinsonian is a student-run newspaper published by students of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The newspaper is distributed free of charge on campus and to subscribers for a cost. The Dickinsonian is funded by the College and revenues from advertising and subscriptions.
Charles Nisbet was born in Haddington, Scotland on January 21, 1736, the son of William Nisbet (physician) and Alison Hepburn. [1][2] His father was a schoolteacher at Long Yester near Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. By 1754, Charles Nisbet had completed studies at both the High School and the University of Edinburgh and had entered ...