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The new endowed professorship was influenced by the strategic plan that the Lafayette College Board of Trustees approved in December.

New interdisciplinary professorship to emphasize power of ‘and’

By Stuart Rumsey, Contributing Writer March 7, 2025

Lafayette College announced the creation of a new endowed professorship for interdisciplinary studies in a news release on Feb. 20. The Birle Family Endowed Professorship in Interdisciplinary Scholarship...

Strategist Kathryn Meier said her communications strategy is informed by “the different needs of different disciplines." (Photo courtesy of Lafayette Communications)

Lafayette names new VP of communications

By Elisabeth Seidel, Managing Editor February 28, 2025

Lafayette College named a new vice president for communications last Thursday, giving the communications division its first permanent leader since 2022. Kathryn Meier, currently the top strategist at Drexel...

The housing lottery for rising seniors begins on March 13.

Residence life vacancy remains as housing lottery approaches

By Mary Romashchenko, Contributing Writer February 21, 2025

Grace Reynolds, who held the role of director of residence life for more than 15 years, retired in December, leaving the Office of Residence Life without a director. This vacancy remains as the housing...

Alex Malanych is set to finish rabbinical school in three months.

Religious and Spiritual Life adds new face

By Alexandra Scott, Contributing Writer February 14, 2025

The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life hired a new assistant director and Hillel Society advisor in January to offer additional chaplaincy support at Lafayette College, doubling the office in size. In...

The college formed an artificial intelligence faculty committee in 2024.

How professors use AI in the classroom

By Connor Harris, Contributing Writer February 14, 2025

Last spring, the Lafayette College faculty implemented a policy requiring that all professors include an artificial intelligence clause in their syllabi. A year later, professors are still tweaking their...

The no-confidence vote against college President Nicole Hurd was passed at the Jan. 28 faculty meeting.

How tensions between faculty, Hurd and trustees led to a no-confidence vote

By Elisabeth Seidel, Managing Editor February 14, 2025

The successful no-confidence vote against college President Nicole Hurd came together in a matter of weeks, but the tensions that led to it were brewing for years, according to members of the faculty....

The Trump administration ordered some federal funding to be paused during its first weeks in office. (Photo courtesy of the National Park Service)

Lafayette campus uncertain over federal funding turmoil

By Clara Witmer, Assistant News Editor February 7, 2025

The future of funding at higher education institutions — such as Lafayette College — remains uncertain as President Donald Trump’s federal funding freeze saga continues. Several college staff, faculty...

College President Nicole Hurd began her tenure at Lafayette College in 2021.

Board of Trustees declares ‘complete confidence’ in Hurd

Lafayette College’s Board of Trustees unanimously declared full confidence in college President Nicole Hurd on Jan. 31, two days after the faculty passed a no-confidence motion against her. Hours later,...

College President Nicole Hurd stands outside Marquis Hall with other administrators before entering the Tuesday faculty meeting.

Hurd hit with successful faculty no-confidence vote

By Isabella Gaglione and Elisabeth Seidel January 31, 2025

Lafayette College President Nicole Hurd was the subject of a successful faculty no-confidence vote on Tuesday, a first in the college’s nearly 200-year history. The vote passed 102-86 with six abstentions,...

College President Nicole Hurd greets supporters before Tuesday's faculty meeting.

Faculty no-confidence vote sparks pro-Hurd campus demonstrations

By Isabella Gaglione, Elisabeth Seidel and Andreas Pelekis January 31, 2025

Two signs of support for college President Nicole Hurd preceded Tuesday’s faculty meeting: a student-athlete organized rally and a banner of mysterious origins. Hurd, facing a faculty no-confidence...

The planning process for the strategic plan began in the spring of 2023.

Strategic plan passed by Board of Trustees

By Selma O’Malley, Managing Editor January 31, 2025

Lafayette College’s most recent strategic plan was unanimously approved by the Board of Trustees last December. The plan was approved without faculty endorsement, a move cited in the rationale of a no-confidence...

Civil and environmental engineering professor Christa Kelleher '08 returned to teach at Lafayette in 2022.

Engineering professor wins NSF grant, plans to enhance stream research

By Stuart Rumsey, Contributing Writer January 31, 2025

Christa Kelleher ‘08, an assistant civil and environmental engineering professor and hydrologist, received $489,000 in grant funding from the National Science Foundation that will contribute to her upcoming...

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