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Juan Williams Speaks at 173rd Commencement
College awards 599 degrees to 578 graduating seniors and honorary doctorates to four distinguished leaders
Two Alumni Elected to Board of Trustees
J.B. Reilly '83 and Sylvia Daniels Weaver '75 were elected May 23 and will begin five-year terms July 1
Trustee Riley K. Temple '71 Elected to Emeritus Status
He will be recognized at the 173rd commencement
Students and Faculty Honored for Promoting Diversity
Award ceremony celebrates individuals who are making a difference on campus and in the community
Juan Williams to Speak at 173rd Commencement
One of America's leading journalists, he is senior correspondent on NPR's Morning Edition and panelist on Fox News Sunday
Experimental Printmaking Institute Featured in Film Honoring Artist David Driskell
Footage will be shown at African American Museum in Philadelphia's third annual Heritage Gala Feb. 29
Lafayette Places 12th Among Top Liberal Arts Colleges for Black First-Year Enrollment
Rankings appear in The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Lafayette Ranks Fifth among Leading Liberal Arts Colleges in Percentage of African American Faculty
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education ranked the nation's top 50 liberal arts institutions
First Lafayette African American Graduate Featured in National Media
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education spotlights David Kearney McDonogh, Class of 1844
Sermon of the Rev. Peter J. Gomes at 172nd Baccalaureate Service
"My hope is that each of you will find that which is worth the doing and will do it with joy, and that in doing it with joy you will meet some of this world's great needs."
Lafayette Awards Honorary Doctorates to Five Distinguished Leaders at 172nd Commencement
Honorands include The Rev. Peter J. Gomes of Harvard University and artist and author Faith Ringgold
Danielle Weaver '07 Explores History of African Americans at Lafayette
Art major worked under the guidance of Diane Shaw, special collections librarian and College archivist
Students and Faculty Honored for Outstanding Contributions to Lafayette
Annual Aaron O. Hoff Awards were held April 29
Students and Faculty Honored for Dedication to Diversity
Awards ceremony celebrates people who are making a difference in the community
Remembering David K. McDonogh 1844
Experimental Printmaking Institute engages renowned artist Melvin Edwards to create a campus sculpture commemorating the College's granting of a degree to McDonogh, a slave, in 1844
Fine Art Print Honors Lafayette's First African American Graduate
Produced by master printmaker Curlee Raven Holton, it celebrates and supports the creation of a campus sculpture commemorating the granting of a degree to David Kearney McDonogh, a slave, in 1844
Experimental Printmaking Institute Celebrates 10 Years of Creativity, Achievement
A year-long celebration showcases EPI's work and reflects its stature in the forefront of African American art and culture nationally and internationally under the direction of Curlee Raven Holton
Celebrating the Legacy of Aaron O. Hoff
Two scholarships and a community grant are being awarded, and a library in Portlock Black Cultural Center is being established in Hoff's name
Lafayette Will Grant Four Honorary Degrees at 171st Commencement
Honorands include John Hope Franklin, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History at Duke, and Mulgrew Miller, internationally renowned jazz pianist
15th Annual Hoff Awards Honor Outstanding Contributions to Lafayette
Students, faculty, staff, administrators, and community member recognized
Song Celebrates '48 Football Team's Stand Against Racism
1948 football team turned down a Sun Bowl bid because David Showell '51 was barred from playing
Trustees Salute the Late Roland M. Brown '49
"As an alumnus and trustee, he was an inspiring pioneer and an exceptional role model for the African-American students who followed him to Lafayette"
Skillman Library Acquires Works Documenting Slavery Debate
Collection provides context for College's early efforts to educate African-Americans
Lafayette Hosts Conference on Paul Robeson
It will inaugurate series of major Lafayette events on history and culture of civil rights and civil liberties
Lafayette Will Grant Four Honorary Degrees at 169th Commencement
Honorands include LaSalle D. Leffall Jr., Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery at Howard University College of Medicine
Lafayette Will Grant Four Honorary Degrees at 168th Commencement
Rev. Fred Davis Sr., pastor of Easton's Shiloh Baptist Church, will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
Skillman Library's Lafayette and Slavery Exhibit Posted Online
Exhibit looks at role played by the Marquis de Lafayette in international anti-slavery movement.
Lafayette Will Grant Four Honorary Degrees at 167th Commencement
Aaron O. Hoff (1808-1902), Lafayette's first African American student, will be posthumous honorand
Campus Community Meets for Conversation about Racial Profiling
Led by Bryan Washington, associate professor of English, the event was the sixth in an expanded series of Campus Conversations addressing issues related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
Lafayette's Association of Black Collegians Will Hold Inaugural Student-Alumni Banquet
ABC will honor Roland M. Brown '49 and Riley K. Temple '71 and faculty member Rexford A. Ahene. The guest speaker will be Jeffrey D. Robinson '80
Lafayette Will Dedicate David A. Portlock Black Cultural Center
The late associate dean of the College established the cultural center, the Association of Black Collegians, and other organizations
Maya Angelou Speaks at 164th Commencement
She urges graduates to remember their forebears' trials and "knock down the walls" for generations yet to come
Flying for Freedom
Roland Brown '49 and David Showell '51 served with the Tuskegee Airmen
Cloud over the Sun Bowl
Game's organizers barred David Showell '51 from playing because of his race
Bill Cosby Speaks at 161st Commencement
College confers honorary doctorate on Delano Eugene Lewis, president of National Public Radio
 
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