Lafayette College

March 1826

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46 states; 48 countries

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Bachelor of arts degrees in 37 fields; bachelor of science in 14 fields including 4 in engineering

Ahart Family Arts Plaza; Buck Hall; 248 N. Third; Williams Visual Arts Buidings

Opened 2010; Award-winning open-air arts plaza; spans Bushkill Creek; venue for events, performances, exhibits. Architect Spillman-Farmer; walls and roof removed leaving central timber truss and steel columns; allows for view of water; connects space to natural environment Dedicated in honor of Ed Ahart '69 (chair bd of trustees) and his wife Catherine Ahart P'97'03

Phase 2 of Wms Arts Campus project. Opened fall 2016; 18,000 sq ft; black box theater; state-of-the-art cinema; classroom spaces; dressing rooms, scene and costume shops; supports LC programs in theater and film and media studies. Space allows for longer funs of shows. Made possible by William C. Buck '50 and his wife, Laura.

Named for former Lafayette president and his wife; 18,000 sq ft; Seating can be reconfigured for each show and allows students to gain experience performing in and designing for a variety of spaces.

Named in honor of John W. Landis '39 and Muriel T.S. Landis; 180 seats

Opened 2001; 23,500 sq ft facility dedicated to visual arts; professors' personal studios interwoven with open teaching areas; MAC workstations; large format inkjet printers; slide and flatbed scanners; connection to the Experimental Print Institute. Houses painting, sculpture, drawing, and photography studios; Grossman Gallery; Lafayette's community-based Teaching Program. Major support from Charles K. Williams II and Joan Williams Rhame, children of Morris and Josephine Williams (Wms Ctr for Arts)

Exhibitions by visiting artists, Lafayette faculty and students, high school students, and regional artists complemented by lectures, panel discussions, publications, and workshops.

Home to film and media studies program and theater department. T.V./shooting studio, advanced editing suites, media labs, a studio theater ...

Gateway between Easton and Lafayette. $10 million lead gift from the Morris R. Williams '22 family. During their lifetimes, Morris and his wife, Josephine Chidsey Williams, provided the funding for the Williams Center for the Arts, which opened in 1983. Facilities increase College's space for the arts by nearly 50%

Private liberal arts college. Campus in NYC and Easton Original charter calls for religious equality amongst professors, students, and staff Founded 1826 but first classes held in 1832 Named after General Lafayette, who toured the U.S. in 1824-25, as a \"testimony of respect for [his] talents, virtues, and signal services ... in the great cause of freedom.\" Lafayette-Lehigh football rivalry since 1884--most played rivalry in the history of college football with 152 meetings. 1970 first official co-educational classes, which included 146 women (123 freshmen; 23 transfers) Formally affiliated with the Presbyterian Church but not a member of the Assoc. of Presby Colleges and U's. Alison Byerly college's 17th and first female President; Penn alum. Took office January 16, 2013 replacing Daniel Weiss (now pres and coo of the Met) 340 acre campus as well as 230 acre athletic campus

James Madison Porter, son of General Andrew Porter, and citizen of Easton.

Funds provided by Morris R. Williams and his wife, Josephine Chidsey Williams; opened in 1983. Houses Performance Series, the Williams Art Gallery and College Collections, Departments of Art and Music, and the student-led Arts Society. 400-seat theater/concert hall; versatile art gallery, 100-seat black box theater, classrooms and studios for music and art.

Simple, unadorned performance space with black walls and flat floor. Considered a space where pure theatre can be explored--most human, least technical elements. Versatile, easy to change.

17 Congressmen, six governors, more than 50 members of state legislatures, four Ambassadors of the U.S. ... judges, diplomats, mayors, government officials. Sarkis Acopian (inv. solar radio); Wm C. Lowe (supervised team that launched first IBM PC); James mcKeen Cattell (first prof of psych in U.S.); Frank Reed Horton (founded Alpha Phi Omega service frat); Stephen Crane (Red Badge of Courage); Jay Parini, prof and leading innovator in biographical fiction) Two Nobel Prize winners; two 4-star generals (Peyton march and George Decker); one 3-star general (Edgar Jadwin) William McMurtrie ( chemist); S. Donald Stookey (invented Corningware); Jay Weis (MacArthur Fellow and prof of psych) Eight NFL players; seven prof baseball players (including 2-time World Series champ Joe Maddon); one Olympic gold medalist ...

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