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Alec Bernstein ’11, Erin D’Amelio ’13, Nicole Dieterich ’13, and Chris Kelly ’13 Receive Fulbright Awards
Alec Bernstein ’11, Erin D’Amelio ’13 (Mount Bethel, Pa.), Nicole Dieterich ’13 (Hewitt, N.J.), and Chris Kelly ’13 (Boyertown, Pa.) are recipients of the prestigious Fulbright award. As a Fulbright scholar, Bernstein will travel to the West Bengal region of India to assess the sustainability of water systems; D’Amelio will travel to Malaysia through an [...]
Lafayette Recipients of National and International Scholarships and Fellowships for Undergraduate and Post-graduate Study
Below is a list of recent Lafayette recipients of national and international scholarships and fellowships for undergraduate and post-graduate study. For information on applying for scholarships and fellowships, contact Julia A. Goldberg, associate dean of the College, (610) 330-5080. Undergraduate American Academy of Political and Social Science Junior Fellowship 2006-07 — Patrick Zboray ’07 [B.S. [...]
Photo Gallery: Kappa Kappa Gamma Remembers Marina Petersen ’10 With Annual Festival
The sisters of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority hosted the annual Marina Day fundraiser last weekend on March Field. The event celebrates the life of Marina Petersen ’10, who passed away in the summer of 2009. Students enjoyed volleyball games, a dunking booth, performances by campus a cappella groups, a wing-eating contest, and other games. Funds [...]
Michael Sanchez ’81 Directs DuPont’s North American Operations
By Benjamin Gleisser Thousands of people work for him. And Michael N. Sanchez ’81 wishes that he could meet each one. Sanchez is director of North American operations for DuPont, which produces dozens of products for home, automotive, farming, electronic, and packaging industries at 23 factories. Many of these facilities employ several thousand workers; others [...]
Campus Community Celebrates Unity at Equality Rally
Representatives from more than 35 academic departments, administrative offices, and student organizations celebrated unity at Wednesday’s bi-annual LGBTQ Equality Rally. Dressed in T-shirts of multiple colors representing the rainbow/LGBTQ flag, students, faculty, and staff posed for a group photo on the steps of Skillman Library. Other activities included musical performances, readings, and an open mic [...]
Video of President Jimmy Carter’s Speech and Q&A
Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, gave a lecture, “Reflections on Human Rights and Democracy,” at Lafayette College April 22. Followed by a question-and-answer session, the talk was the inaugural Robert ’69 and Margaret Pastor Lecture in International Affairs. President Carter was introduced by Pastor, with opening remarks given by Lafayette President Daniel H. [...]
Joel Vargas ’14 Receives Prestigious Beinecke Scholarship to Pursue Filmmaking
By Shehtaz Huq ’14 Film and media studies major Joel Vargas ’14 (Bronx, N.Y.) is a recipient of the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship. The award will provide $4,000 now and $30,000 when he attends a graduate school in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Vargas is one of 20 exceptional students nationwide who received the scholarship [...]
Lafayette Selects Bon Appétit as Dining Services Partner
Lafayette announced today that its Food Service Task Force recommended Bon Appétit Management Company as the College’s dining services preferred partner. Beginning this summer, Bon Appétit will manage the all-you-care-to-eat student restaurants in the Farinon College Center and Marquis Hall; other retail dining venues, including the Farinon Food Court, Gilbert’s, Simon’s, and Skillman Café; catering [...]
Rachel LeWitt ’13 and Lindsey Dier ’14 Win Annual Poetry Competitions
Lafayette celebrated National Poetry Month in April with poetry readings, lectures, and sessions recognizing the winners of the College’s annual poetry competitions. The winner of the MacKnight Black Competition is Rachel LeWitt ’13 (Berwyn, Pa.), a double major in psychology and English, for her poem “Forests for the Trees.” English major Alexandra Von Arx ’13 [...]
Professor Nandini Sikand Receives National Postdoctoral Fellowship for New Book
The American Association of University Women has awarded Nandini Sikand, assistant professor of film and media studies, a postdoctoral American Fellowship for her book project, Bodies, Bells and Borders: Choreographing a New Odissi Tradition. The work is an ethnography of how Odissi, a classical Indian dance dating from the second century B.C., has transformed from a [...]
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