What makes your journey Epic?
The Epic Journey is an intentional four-year framework that includes mind-stretching academics, unparalleled experiences around the globe (from internships or research opportunities to semester-long study-abroad programs), future-ready skills development and intensive career coaching. We provide the framework and opportunities for reflection (and, in many cases, the funding!). From there, you choose the hands-on experiences that best align with your vision for a successful future. The result? You’ll graduate with the experience to thrive — personally and professionally — in your life and career.
What fuels your fire?
Engineering to make communities better? Socially responsible entrepreneurship? Improving lives through better healthcare? Whether you’re into sustainability, philosophy, music, history, biochemistry, politics, business or computer science, you’ll be surrounded by a community of students and faculty who are always ready to dive deeper into your favorite subjects. Settle in and explore our programs to see what feels right for you.
Our do-gooders are doing well.
“Outcomes.” Chances are you’ve seen the word a few times on college sites like these. But what are they, really? Outcomes are a way for us to measure the success of our students in whatever medium, industry or field they find it. In true Earlhamite fashion, there are countless career paths and journeys our students take — even rocket science, like Sascha Deri ’93. Where might your journey lead?
35 Questions with Heather Lerner
Dr. Lerner’s research on Hawaiian honeycreepers is textbook biology. (Literally—it’s in a textbook). At Earlham, you’ll just call her Heather. Get to know how Heather got into museum studies, the best compliment she’s ever received, and what she’s currently teaching her dog.
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What’s Up On Campus
Earlhamites win $10,000 Project for Peace and Earlham Peace Prize Awards
Two Earlham College students have been selected for $10,000 grants to develop innovative responses to challenges facing communities in Mozambique and South Africa. Gina Mariana Magno Manhica will assist with energy assets in her home country of Mozambique, while Mbali Mhlongo will work to bring sexual health and education to South Africa.
Students selected for inaugural Earlham-Ullberg Prize
Two Earlham College students have been selected for the inaugural Earlham-Ullberg Prize for Environmental Innovation in 2025. Momoko Nakata and Jenny Yakarta Perez Alejandres will both receive $12,000 and use it to learn how to address inequities in food systems and the fashion industry in bold, innovative ways.
Earlham Biochemistry Faculty Member Earns $461,575 NSF Grant
Lexie Kuzmishin Nagy, assistant professor of biochemistry at Earlham, is a recent grantee of a $461,575 National Science Foundation grant in support of research that will deepen the world’s understanding of how bacteria sense and respond to their environment. The grant was funded by NSF’s BRC-Bio, or Building Research Capacity within the Biological Sciences Program….
Margaret Hamilton ’58 to receive honorary Doctor of Science at Commencement
Margaret Hamilton, Earlham College Class of 1958, will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (honoris causa) during this year’s commencement in recognition of her groundbreaking contributions to science, technology, and space exploration.
Learning to Let Go for Success
Oftentimes, college isn’t just about classes or picking the right major. It’s also about growing as a person. Sydney Schmitt, an environmental sustainability major and four-time Distinguished Scholar on Earlham’s NCAA field hockey team, can personally attest to this.
Scaling glaciers to save the world
Vela Mkhonta has been active in shaping his future at Earlham, double majoring in physics and pre-engineering. “I’m currently looking to go into engineering school,” says Mkhonta when asked what his post-Earlham plans are, “but if that’s not possible then probably something pursuing renewable energy development. Material science also interests me.”