The fall semester was a busy one! Reeder programming got off to a slow start due to changes in state laws governing guest speakers on campus. Still, we welcomed Andrew Och in November. Och is an author and award-winning television and multimedia producer. His presentation, “First Ladies Man,” was an interactive lecture focusing on the roles played by First Ladies in wartime.
In December, the Reeder endowment supported a student bus trip to the annual Antietam Memorial Illumination. During this special and awe-inspiring event, the battlefield is lit by 23,000 candles–one for each casualty in the bloodiest single-day battle of the American Civil War. Students enjoyed a guided tour of the battlefield, as well as a side trip to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.