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President Daniel H. Weiss Honored by Posse Foundation
President Daniel H. Weiss will be honored as a Posse Star at the Posse Foundation’s annual Gala Wednesday, May 22, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The gala will be emceed by 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl, with a special appearance by actor John Leguizamo. Posse is a national nonprofit that identifies public high [...]
Photo Gallery: Author Martin Amis Visits Campus
Lafayette presented “An Evening with Martin Amis” Feb. 26 in Colton Chapel. Called “Britain’s greatest living English author” by some and “the current father of English letters” by others, Amis is the author of 13 novels, two collections of stories, five collections of non-fiction, and a memoir. Amis read from and discussed his work, as [...]
Photos and Video: Dancing the Night Away at the Presidential Ball
Hundreds of students, faculty, and staff got down to the music of the Soulsystem Orchestra during the annual Presidential Ball. Held in the Bergethon Room of Marquis Hall, the Lafayette tradition began in 2006. Check out a photo gallery and video of the fun. View and share more images of the ball on Flickr
Lafayette Presidential Search Committee Members Named
Edward W. Ahart ’69, chair of Lafayette’s Board of Trustees, announced the membership of a committee formed to conduct a search for the next president of Lafayette. Trustee Alan R. Griffith ’64 will chair the Presidential Search Committee, which is made up of six trustees, all of whom are graduates of the College; three faculty [...]
Photo Galleries of Vice President Joe Biden’s Visit to Campus
United States Vice President Joe Biden gave the 2011-12 Lives of Liberty Lecture at Kirby Sports Center May 2, “Charting Our Economic Destiny: The Pursuit of American Innovation.” Biden also visited the library in the Kirby Hall of Civil Rights to examine records of his great-grandfather Edward Francis Blewitt, Class of 1879, and his great uncles Arthur [...]
President Daniel H. Weiss Announces He Will Conclude His Service to Lafayette in 2013
Lafayette President Daniel H. Weiss informed the campus community today that he will complete his service as president at the conclusion of the 2012-13 academic year, having served eight years in the position. He will become the president of Haverford College July 1, 2013. The College’s Board of Trustees had been informed about the decision [...]
President Weiss Announces He Will Conclude His Service to Lafayette in 2013: A Message to the Campus Community
President Daniel H. Weiss sent the following message to the campus community today: Dear Friends and Colleagues: It is with mixed emotions that I write to inform you of my decision to complete my service as president at the conclusion of the 2012-13 academic year. On July 1, 2013, after eight years of service at [...]
Lafayette Concludes Its National Conference on the Liberal Arts
Lafayette concluded its national conference on “The Future of the Liberal Arts College in America and its Leadership Role in Education around the World” after three days spent analyzing the state of higher education. Talks from the final day focused on finding better ways to define the value of a liberal arts education, changes in [...]
Second Day of Liberal Arts Conference Explores Issues Facing Higher Education
The second day of Lafayette’s national conference on “The Future of the Liberal Arts College in America and its Leadership Role in Education around the World” included thoughtful and candid discussions on many of the issues facing higher education today. Consultants and presidents from firms and colleges across the country presented talks focusing on four [...]
Lafayette’s Liberal Arts Conference Featured in National Media
Lafayette’s conference on “The Future of the Liberal Arts College in America and Its Leadership Role in Education Around the World” has been featured three times in The Chronicle of Higher Education and once in Inside Higher Ed. In The Chronicle, “A President Surveys the Future of Liberal Arts Colleges” provides highlights from the opening [...]
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