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 Gene Hambrick
Gene Hambrick is an Earlham alum — Class of ’73 — and an absolute music nerd with a fighting spirit who teaches business and leads the College’s Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity. At Earlham, you’ll call him Gene. Get to know how he turned around two businesses and a Fortune 500 company, what brought him back to Earlham and more.
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Revitalize Richmond: 5 historic downtown properties to be restored
Earlham College’s Revitalize Richmond, in partnership with the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) of Wayne County, the City of Richmond, and AP Development LLC, has announced a transformative $30 million redevelopment effort in the city’s downtown.
$1M Gift from Jeff May ’75 and Karen Crossen ’76 to restore vibrancy to Runyan Center
Thanks to a $1 million gift from Jeff May ’75 and Karen Crossen ’76, Earlham College will restore Runyan Center as a more vibrant and welcoming hub for student life.
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.