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The Lafayette. News. Ad hoc faculty committee for evaluation of college academic finances passed. By Selma O'Malley, Managing Editor • November 1, 2024. The Lafayette College faculty passed the creation of a new ad hoc committee dedicated to gathering faculty perspectives on the college's financial resources for academics in a 92-43 vote ...
2024 Election Day live updates – The Lafayette
15 hours ago · This page will receive regular live updates throughout the day as part of The Lafayette’s 2024 election coverage. 6 a.m. – Welcome to our coverage of Election Day Swing state, bellwether county, district that “can decide the election.”. Those phrases may be ones you’ve heard throughout the past months as the election ramped up in...
News – The Lafayette
Northern lights put on stunning show at Lafayette. By Andreas Pelekis, News Editor • October 11, 2024. The sky above Lafayette College was lit by an aurora borealis on Thursday night. More commonly known as the northern lights, the bands of pink and green first appeared in Easton just after 7 p.m., according...
Students – The Lafayette
Lafayette Votes reports high number of student voter registrants. By Kate SantaMaria, Staff Writer • October 25, 2024. An estimated 745 Lafayette students applied to register to vote in Pennsylvania, according to voter registration data compiled by Lafayette Votes. The organization observed higher student engagement than...
Lafayette Votes reports high number of student voter registrants
Oct 25, 2024 · An estimated 745 Lafayette students applied to register to vote in Pennsylvania, according to voter registration data compiled by Lafayette Votes. The organization observed higher student engagement than in previous years. “For the first time, people were coming up to us,” said Chelsea Morrese, who has been the director of Lafayette’s Landis Center for …
Students help produce local election broadcast – The Lafayette
4 days ago · Two Lafayette College classes partnered this semester with PBS39, the Lehigh Valley’s public broadcasting services station, to produce two 30-minute episodes on the upcoming presidential election. Both episodes — “Democracy at the Edge of AI” and “Campus Crossroads: Battle of the Ballot” — aired to up to 3.5 million households on ...
Second-highest number of applications on record, college plans …
Apr 21, 2023 · The college received 9,866 applications for the class of 2027, the second-highest number of applications on record. The number comes as a slight drop from the class of 2026 when 10,495 applied, yet it still represents a five-year applicant increase of 10 percent. “Lafayette trends show, historically, we will have a one-year spike to a record ...
Enrollment applications for class of 2026 passes 10,000 marking …
Feb 4, 2022 · Lafayette’s class of 2026 is already breaking records, shattering the number of applications received by over one thousand. Lafayette has three ways to apply for admission. Early Decision I, which is due in November, and Early Decision II, offered in January, are both binding and require enrollment if admission is granted. Decisions for regular admission...
College combines fall traditions into one weekend – The Lafayette
Oct 4, 2024 · Parth Mahajan ’27 contributed reporting. This year, three major college traditions – Family Weekend, Fall Fest and Homecoming – have been combined into one weekend, straying from their previous dispersed schedule. The events, together named “Fall Weekend,” will take place on Oct. 25 and Oct. 26. Last year, Fall Fest and Homecoming ...
Walter Snipes announced as incoming dean of students
Aug 30, 2024 · Walter Snipes will join Lafayette College as the dean of students on Oct. 1, becoming the first to permanently occupy the position since Brian Samble’s departure from the college last academic year. “I hope to learn, grow, and lead with the amazing Lafayette community as we support students,” Snipes wrote in an email, deferring detailed comment...