Swarthmore has long been recognized as one of the nation’s top 10 educational institutions for placing students in the best business schools in the country, from where they go on to become successful entrepreneurs around the world. With a tendency to attract students who have already demonstrated in high school traits such as natural leadership, [...]
There is no shortage of accolades when it comes to the six individuals who make up the 2013 class of the Garnet Athletics Hall of Fame. They will be inducted on Friday, Oct. 4, during the College’s annual Garnet Homecoming and Family Weekend.
The second class to enter the Garnet Athletics Hall of Fame includes one [...]
On warm spring days, students strolling along Parrish Walk might think the “greatest show on earth” has come to campus. But the performers are not from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey. They’re Swat Circus members, gathering weekly to practice everything from juggling to balancing on a rolla bolla board. Or they could tightrope walk [...]
June 2 dawned brilliantly blue as 374 seniors moved in a serpentine line along Parrish Walk and into the secluded, woodsy setting for their rite of passage. Some students had decorated their caps: bright yellow daisies; “2013” in shiny, red studs; and unable to relinquish academics quite yet, stacks of books. After inspiring speeches by [...]
As Swarthmore College celebrates its 150th anniversary, there will be no shortage of meaningful events to herald the occasion. In December, the College will kick off more than a year of events with publication of Swarthmore College—A Community of Purpose. In January 2014, all alumni will be mailed a copy of the book, which charts [...]
This spring, a flurry of complaints by college students across the nation contended that, with respect to sexual assault policies and practices, their schools are in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. They also filed [...]
In his Political Theory class, Ben Berger, associate professor of political science, likes to illuminate the themes of philosophical texts by pairing them with five modern films. Movies, he believes, are a familiar art form that can provide comfortable entry points to complex philosophical discussion.
This spring, Berger further enriched his course by enlisting Philadelphia-area screenwriters, [...]
That Swarthmore College was an early proponent of peace and conflict studies should come as no surprise to those familiar with the College’s dedication to Quaker values. However, the recent discovery of an article published 125 years ago indicates the College was the first college or university to offer an actual peace-studies course.
Lee Smithey, associate [...]
What in the world can actor Robert de Niro, writer Annie Dillard, actress Sally Field, senator and astronaut John Glenn, singer/songwriter Bruce Springsteen, and folk singer Pete Seeger possibly have in common with Swarthmore’s Alexander Aleinikoff ’74, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot ’66, Jed Rakoff ’64, and Phyllis Wise ’67?
Until quite recently, probably little to nothing. However, when [...]
In May, several alumni were appointed to the College’s Board of Managers.
There are five new term managers. S. Leslie Jewett ’77 is chief financial officer of California First National Bancorp, president and director at California First National Bank. June Rothmann Scott ’61 is a recently retired professor and chair of the microbiology and immunology department at [...]