When Lafayette College alumnus Samuel Martin Jordan 1895 embarked on a missionary appointment to Alborz College in Persia, now Iran, the following 41 years of involvement would capture the minds of the...
In an ever-changing technological environment, Lafayette College created an integrative engineering degree in 2019 to give students “the opportunity to study in interdisciplinary fields” and to intersect...
When moving through the halls of Pardee Hall, students are walking past history.
In its first floor lobby, one can find a mural of the first English professor in America, a timeline of the first Black...
By Allison Stein, Assistant Culture Editor
• February 14, 2025
Over fifty years after they first met at Lafayette College, the couple named on the bench outside of South College is still sitting together.
The bench reads, “Gerry Carmelich Jaffé ‘78 and Rich...
Textbooks, evolution and pirates: these were the topics of a scandal marking the only other time the question of a presidential no-confidence vote was raised at Lafayette College over a century ago.
On...
Greek life has long been a hot topic at Lafayette, both on and off anonymous social media platforms. It has a long — and complicated — history, but an equally interesting architectural past on campus.
At...
Greek life is popular at Lafayette College, but did you know that its most famous chapter isn’t a social organization at all? Alpha Phi Omega, commonly known as APO, is a co-ed service fraternity and...
While Lafayette has several vibrant opportunities for students to involve themselves in theater, the Lafayette faculty used to performed their own play, too — one entirely written and designed by them.
The...
By Kristen Vincent, Assistant Culture Editor
• March 22, 2024
Since 1984, The Lafayette has celebrated April Fools' Day by publishing an edition consisting of satirical articles now known as The Scoffayette.
The first April Fools' edition of The Lafayette was...
Susan Trotter considers herself a pioneer. Along with Joyce Cohen ‘74, an Easton native, she was the first woman to submit her enrollment deposit for Lafayette College – just three days after she was...
Before students could study in the Leopard’s Lair, grab lunch at Lower and pick up their mail in the post office, Lafayette’s student center looked a little different. In April 1988, the college's...
The President’s House has stood on Cattell Street for over 150 years, but it hasn’t always been occupied by the college president.
Prior to 1884, most presidents lived either in their own residences...
