Student-Athlete
Cross Country Receives All-Academic Honors
The men’s and women’s cross country teams have earned all-academic status from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Lafayette’s men combined for a 3.18 cumulative grade-point average, while the women posted a 3.23 GPA. To qualify for USTFCCCA team honors, the squad must have had a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 [...]
Political Newcomer Travis Hutson ’07 Takes Seat in Florida House of Representatives
Elected in November, Travis Hutson ’07 will begin his term as District 24 representative in the Florida legislature in mid-January. A resident of Elkton, he is well known throughout St. Johns County where he received the Character Counts Award as a high school senior. As a businessman, he has served on the HandsOn Jacksonville board of [...]
Spotted on Campus With…Gwen Turner ’12
Softball player Gwen Turner ’12 (Danville, Va.) discusses her work with economic development, her role in the My Easton publication, and the importance of teamwork. What do you enjoy about your majors? Economics has always been a challenge, which I enjoy. I have really liked the upper-level electives, Economic Development, and my Economic Healthcare classes. [...]
Meghan Cicchi ’11 Excels in the Classroom and on the Field
Chemistry major and field hockey player has published research in an academic journal and received numerous athletic honors Chemistry major Meghan Cicchi ’11 (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) has had many successes during her college career including publishing her research in an academic journal and receiving the Patriot League’s Field Hockey Rookie of the Year Award. Cicchi [...]
Jennifer Czochor ’10 Takes a Close Look at Grad School
Biochemistry major and Division I athlete writes about her externship with Alyssa Picchini ’04, a doctoral candidate at Columbia University in New York City This experience was very beneficial for me because I am hoping to go to graduate school next year to focus on biomedical research. The externship gave me a really good idea [...]
Matt Ferber ’10 Looks at the Economics of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Economics and business major and varsity football player writes about his externship with Vince Petitto ’89 at Pfizer in New York City My externship experience at Pfizer headquarters in New York City exceeded all of my expectations. Vince had a very detailed schedule prepared for Mark and me, which allowed us to meet a lot [...]
Student-Athletes Participate in Advanced Research
10 seniors take part in honors projects in a wide range of majors Lafayette offers its students numerous opportunities; among them is the chance to participate in Division I sports and perform an honors research project. Students who decide to do an honors project are individually guided by a faculty member. In many cases, the [...]
An Art Major’s Real-World Projects
Amanda Smith ’10 writes about her digital design work with Lew Minter, director of the media lab Amanda Smith ’10 (Henderson, Nev.), a double major in economics & business and art, has been working with Lew Minter, director of the art department’s media lab, on a number of professional digital imaging projects this semester as [...]
Bringing All the Parts Together
Amanda Leone ’10 writes about her diverse experience as political director of the College’s live election broadcast As a double major in art and government & law, Amanda Leone ’10 (Easton, Pa.) combines both fields in her role as political director of the upcoming student-run Election Night Broadcast on Nov. 4. Leone is also a [...]
Exploring the Earth’s Changing Climate
My summer research with Professor Kira Lawrence. By Hilary White ’10 Geology major Hilary White ’10 (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.) spent her summer researching the evolution of North Atlantic Ocean temperature during the Pliocene epoch with Kira Lawrence, assistant professor of geology and environmental geosciences. White is also a member of the women’s swim team. One of [...]
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