Parents & Families
HBO WWII Miniseries Nominated for 24 Emmy Awards; Professor Donald Miller Served as Consultant
The Pacific, for which Professor Donald Miller serves as a consultant and writer for accompanying historical material, has been nominated for 24 Emmy Awards, including outstanding miniseries and outstanding directing and writing for a miniseries, movie, or dramatic special. The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards will be Aug. 29 on NBC. Miller, John Henry MacCracken Professor [...]
Professor Rosie Bukics Honored for Her Book Reading, Writing, and Thriving
Rose Marie L. Bukics, Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Professor of Economics, was honored by the American Educational Publishers Association for her book Reading, Writing, and Thriving: How to Make The Wall Street Journal a Key Part of Your Business Curriculum. The book offers faculty at the nation’s colleges and universities insights on integrating [...]
Student-Faculty Team Promotes Economic Development in Honduras
An interdisciplinary team of students and faculty has recently returned to campus after spending a week working on an economic development project in the rural village of Lagunitas, Honduras. For the past two years, members of the College’s Economic Empowerment and Global Learning Project have helped the villagers build a 30,000-plant coffee plantation. The first [...]
Art Ambassador of Nigeria Presents Exhibition and Works Hands-on with Students
Over the past few months, Nigerian painter Ibiyinka Alao has taught students at Lafayette and area schools about the art of Nigeria and his art-making process. Alao, a Lafayette visiting artist and the honorary Art Ambassador of Nigeria, has worked hands-on with students through a series of workshops. As part of a residency sponsored by [...]
Lafayette Provides the Keys to Success
Despite a challenging job market, members of the Class of 2009 have found employment at top organizations and been accepted into prestigious graduate programs Hannah Fink ’09 believes the academic and professional preparation she received at Lafayette has been vital to her success in the Ph.D. program in toxicology at University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). [...]
Growing the Faculty
Lafayette is increasing the overall size of the faculty by nearly 20 percent over the next five years without expanding student enrollment Lafayette is increasing the overall size of its faculty by 35 positions (approximately 20 percent) over the next five years without increasing the size of the student body. “This ambitious initiative, a key [...]
New Web Site Provides College Information in Simple Terms
U-CAN makes college search easier for prospective students and parents Today, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) launched a first-of-its-kind web site putting information from over 600 participating private colleges and universities, including Lafayette, at the fingertips of prospective students and parents. Lafayette’s profile The University and College Accountability Network (U-CAN) is [...]
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