Charles Center news briefs

Internship students poised to make history, engage communities
The Charles Center accepted 23 undergraduates into its summer research internship program – the largest cohort in its history.
WMSURE students, staff inspire next generation
WMSURE students and program staff joined Dr. Terainer Brown from the School of Education for an inaugural “Career Café” event for K-8 students in Newport News, Virginia, on Feb. 24.
1693 Scholar Posthumus '24 receives prestigious Chappell Award
Daniel Posthumus ‘24, a senior 1693 Scholar and government and economics double-major, was awarded the prestigious Ann Callahan Chappell Award as the year’s most outstanding initiate to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
Quark Named Sharpe Professor of Civic Renewal and Entrepreneurship
The Sharpe Community Scholars Program welcomes sociology professor Amy Quark as its new Sharpe Professor of Civic Renewal and Entrepreneurship.
Scholar songbirds gather to sing semester’s stress away
More than 25 students representing the Monroe Scholars Program, the Sharpe Community Scholars, WMSURE, and 1693 Scholars took a much-needed break from midterm studying March 5 to come together around power ballads and pop hits, old and new.
Boswell-Caracci Material Culture Study Fund
This fund provides support for W&M undergraduate and graduate students to attend programs at the Decorative Arts Trust and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA). Application deadline: rolling, until April 1, 2024!