Community Outreach
Zachary Winthrop ’13 Wins George Wharton Pepper Prize, Will Speak at 178th Commencement
Zachary Winthrop ’13 (Philadelphia, Pa.) is the recipient of the George Wharton Pepper Prize, awarded annually to the senior “who most nearly represents the Lafayette ideal.” The prize was established in 1923 by George Wharton Pepper H’22, a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, attorney, and founding member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. In his gift, Pepper [...]
Lafayette Serves Communities in Easton and around U.S. for Lafapalooza
Hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and alumni helped community organizations in Easton and cities across the country in April during Lafapalooza ’13: Lafayette’s National Day of Service. View more images of student and alumni projects on Flickr Students in the Easton Community On April 27, students volunteered for projects benefiting Easton Area Neighborhood Center, Easton [...]
Photo Gallery: Students Share Passion for Reading During Literacy Day
Local children took part in a variety of activities to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ 109th birthday last weekend in Farinon College Center during Lafayette’s 13th annual Literacy Day. Organized by the College’s America Reads-America Counts team, the program promotes enthusiasm for reading and includes a teen conference in Kirby Hall of Civil Rights. Literacy Day is [...]
Lafayette Serves the Community during Lafapalooza
Hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and alumni helped community organizations in Easton and cities across the country last month (April 21) during Lafapalooza ’12: Lafayette’s National Day of Service. View and share more images of Lafapalooza on Flickr Students in the Easton Community Students volunteered for projects benefiting Easton Area Community Center, Easton Area Neighborhood [...]
Landis Center Allows Students to Work with Communities Locally and Around the World
The Landis Community Outreach Center hosts dozens of programs and organizations dedicated to helping local, national, and international communities. Students can participate in one-time service opportunities, co-curricular service-learning programs that run on a weekly basis, and through an academic course with an integrated service component. Volunteer opportunities include Hunger and Homelessness Week, America Reads America [...]
Lafayette Serves the Community during Lafapalooza
Hundreds of Lafayette students, faculty, staff, and alumni helped community organizations in Easton and cities across the country last weekend for Lafapalooza ’11: Lafayette’s National Day of Service. Hosted by the College’s Landis Community Outreach Center, students volunteered for projects benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Easton, ProJeCt of Easton, Habitat for Humanity, the [...]
Global Service Learning: Morgan West ’13 and Student Team Work with Shaur People of Amazon Rainforest
Waking up every morning sore, blistered, and bitten may not sound like that much fun, but for Morgan West ’13 (Huntington Beach, Calif.) it was the experience of a lifetime living among the indigenous Shaur people of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador. Through Lafayette’s chapter of Alternative School Break (ASB), West led an interdisciplinary team [...]
Campus Will Fight Hunger and Homelessness Nov. 12-19
Students, faculty, and staff will take part in the fight against poverty in America and around the world during the College’s Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week activities Nov. 12-19. The activities, which are organized by the Landis Community Outreach Center, will include students sleeping outside in a hut on the Quad, making and delivering sandwiches [...]
Weaving Together Art and Understanding: Students and Female Inmates Learn From Each Other
Through the Landis Community Outreach Center’s Journey Home program, Lafayette students and female inmates from Northampton County Prison held an informal discussion group and put the finishing touches on a rug made of recycled Lafayette T-shirts. The activity was held at Landis’ new Center for Public Dialogue and Conversation on North Second Street. Journey Home [...]
Monica Manglani ’13 Starts Baking Business to Support Poor Children and Was Nominated for a Pepsi Refresh Grant
An eye-opening experience on a school break trip has inspired Monica Manglani ’13 to spend her other breaks from school raising funds to help children. In June, Manglani (Woodbury, N.Y.) went to the Dominican Republic on an Alternative School Break trip to work with a group called Orphanage Outreach. During her week there working with [...]
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