Presidential Transition

Alison Byerly, president-elect of Lafayette College, gives a greeting to alumni for Wine 3/9, an event celebrating the founding of the College.

President-Elect Alison Byerly was on campus this week for a series of meet-and-greet events with students, faculty, and staff and administrators. She was also interviewed, along with Lafayette President Daniel H. Weiss, at halftime on the Lafayette Sports Network broadcast of the men’s basketball team’s home win against Colgate. Byerly was announced as the 17th [...]

Lafayette’s next president, Alison Byerly, and Lafayette President Daniel H. Weiss were interviewed at halftime on the Lafayette Sports Network broadcast of the men’s basketball team’s home win against Colgate.

Today, Lafayette hosted the first of several events introducing Alison Byerly to the campus community as the 17th president of the College. After brief comments by Edward W. Ahart ’69, chair of the Board of Trustees, and Trustee Alan Griffith ’64, chair of the Presidential Search Committee, Byerly made her first address as president-elect. Other [...]

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