Alumni
Photo Gallery: Alumni Perform in First Lafayette Choral Reunion
More than 60 alumni from around the country came back to campus last weekend to perform in a multi-generational concert celebrating the many years of choral music at Lafayette College. The first-ever Lafayette Choral Reunion brought together former choristers from the 1950s through the 2010s. The event was organized by Jennifer Kelly, assistant professor of [...]
Award-Winning Poet Anthony Caleshu ’92 Mines Experience, Research for Prose
By Kevin Gray Translating inspiration into art involves a bit of magic, says Anthony Caleshu ’92. “For a poem to be outstanding, I’ll echo Harold Bloom’s idea that there has to be a ‘strangeness’ about it,” says Caleshu, professor of poetry and manager of the master’s program in creative writing, University of Plymouth, England. “An [...]
Joe Maddon ’76 Baseball Tour Returns
For the second straight year, Friends of Lafayette Baseball has announced that Joe Maddon ’76, manager of the Tampa Bay Rays, has donated his four tickets to select Rays games throughout the 2013 Major League Baseball season. Friends of Baseball will hold a silent auction for tickets spanning 27 dates and 16 different Major League [...]
Photos and Video: Students and Alumni Celebrate Founding of Lafayette
Students and alumni from around the globe celebrated the 187th anniversary of the founding of Lafayette College this month. Alumni gathered in 25 U.S. locations and seven other countries March 9 to take part in Wine 3/9: A Coast to Coast Toast to Lafayette. President-Elect Alison Byerly greeted alumni chapters with the following message: A [...]
Bill Bennett Jr. ’78 Advances Mission of Compassion
By Andrew Faught After more than 30 years as a successful business executive, R. William “Bill” Bennett Jr. ’78 was struck by an intriguing question: “If I were given a week to live, how would I feel about my life?” At the time, he was a division president for FranklinCovey, the Utah-based management firm cofounded by [...]
Monica Girardi ’14 and Andy Muñoz ’15 Explore Executive Search Industry with Barry Bregman ’77
Andy Muñoz ’15 (New York, N.Y.) and Monica Girardi ’14 (Scarsdale, N.Y.) learned the intricacies of the financial world and the executive search industry with Barry Bregman ’77, vice chairman of financial services at CTPartners in New York City. During the externship, Girardi and Muñoz researched companies for recruiting and sourcing; observed interviews, client meetings, [...]
Lafayette Leadership Institute Prepares Students for the Future
Every February for nearly the last two decades, students, faculty, staff, and alumni come together for the Lafayette Leadership Institute. This year’s institute, themed “Pards in Progress: Leadership Under Construction,” allowed more than 200 first-year and sophomore “emerging” student leaders to learn about the successes and failures of some of the best and brightest people [...]
Virginia Logan ’81 Connects Arts and Nature at Brandywine Conservancy
By Lori Burke As a college student, Virginia Logan ’81 encountered the rich connection between art and nature in a 19th-century gristmill in the Brandywine Valley. The Brandywine River Museum sparked her lifelong interest in the region and its influence on the area’s cultural heritage. Now, as the recently named executive director of Brandywine Conservancy, Logan [...]
Watch Commencement Live Online
Lafayette’s 178th Commencement will be broadcast live online Saturday, May 25. A link on the Lafayette homepage will provide a view of the ceremonies for those who can’t make it to campus. In addition, Commencement will be recorded and made available on the College’s YouTube channel. A link to the video also will be available [...]
Brian Peacock ’12 Launches FastFig Scientific Research Tool
Brian Peacock ’12 won three national awards for research while at Lafayette. So, when he saw a need for an improved mathematical tool optimized for scientific exploration, he launched FastFig, a cloud-based solution. Visit the FastFig website “I was inspired to create FastFig from my combined research experiences at Lafayette, abroad in New Zealand, and at [...]
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