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Earlham Peace Prize recipient poised to ‘heal hearts’ of immigrant communities in New York

April 22, 2019Aishat Sadiq’s ’19 “Healing Hearts and Building Bridges” proposal has been selected for the $10,000 Earlham Peace Prize in 2019. The Neuroscience major’s project will support New York’s immigrant communities.

Meet Katelyn Goodpaster ’23, Earlham’s latest Lilly Scholar

April 16, 2019Katelyn Goodpaster ’23 of New Castle, Indiana, fell in love with Earlham in a flash but her college search has lasted practically a lifetime. She has been awarded a prestigious Lilly Scholarship.

Davis Projects for Peace awards $10K for Earlham students' Pak-Afghan menstrual hygiene initiative

April 11, 2019A new peacebuilding initiative by Earlham College students Maida Raza ’22 and Summia Tora ’20 aims to break the stigma associated with menstruation in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Three Earlhamites selected for prestigious Fulbright awards

April 02, 2019Three Earlhamites — Jacob Harris ’18, Tyler Tolman ’18 and Nicole Gruszka ’19 — have been chosen for prestigious Fulbright Awards during the 2019-20 academic year as part of the United States’ flagship government exchange program.

Jay Roberts named American Council on Education Fellow

March 28, 2019Jay Roberts, Ph.D., associate vice president for academic affairs at Earlham, has been named an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for the 2019-2020 academic year.

Earlhamites study urban violence, affirmative action in Brazil

March 28, 2019Paloma Collazo-Vargas ’19 grew up in a Santa Cruz, California, household where higher education and air travel were seemingly out of reach. That all changed when colleges started showing interest in her.

1,500 applied, but this Earlhamite got the job

March 19, 2019Giorgi Kharshiladze ’19 won’t have to cut his teeth in an entry-level job or slowly climb the so-called corporate ladder to earn his dream job out of college. He already has it.

Arish Mudra Rakshasa '19 is Earlham's next Watson Fellow

March 15, 2019Arish Mudra Rakshasa ’19 has been selected as one of just 41 undergraduates from around the country to receive the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship in 2019.

New campus organization established for underrepresented students pursuing careers in health professions

March 12, 2019In collaboration with Earlham’s Center for Global Health, two students have established a new organization in support of underrepresented students pursuing careers in health professions.

Earlhamites to showcase solution for poverty in Ethiopia at Hult Prize’s Boston event

March 08, 2019A team of Earlham College students wants to improve unemployment and pollution in one of the world’s poorest countries by redefining how they look at garbage and waste management.

Matthew Hisrich named Vice President of Earlham and Dean of Earlham School of Religion

March 07, 2019Matthew Hisrich, D.M., has been named Vice President of Earlham and Dean of the Earlham School of Religion (ESR) by Interim President Avis Stewart.

Transgender Singing Voice Conference returns to Earlham on March 30-31

March 01, 2019A two-day workshop and celebration of the transgender and non-binary singing community is returning to Earlham College. The second biannual Transgender Singing Voice Conference takes place on March 30-31 at the College’s Center for the Visual and Performing Arts.

EC basketball coaching great Del Harris to receive lifetime achievement award

February 25, 2019Former Earlham basketball coaching great Del Harris will receive the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame later this year.

E-sports added to Earlham’s slate of club teams

February 22, 2019The latest club sport available to Earlham College students won’t be played on a grassy field or a hardwood court. These students will be competing on couches in front of television screens and computer monitors.

Andrew Williams ’85: ‘Earlham is where my passion for social justice sparked’

February 18, 2019Andrew Williams ’85 works with undergraduate students seeking intellectual, political and artistic work in support of movements for social justice, peace, and environmentally sustainability.

Earlham Selects Anne Houtman as President

February 13, 2019Anne M. Houtman, a distinguished educator, scientist, author, and higher education leader, will become the 20th president of Earlham College and the Earlham School of Religion. She will take office on July 1, 2019.

Earlhamites leading 2019 Midwest Outdoor Leadership Conference on campus

February 11, 2019More than 100 outdoor educators will visit Earlham College for a three-day student-led conference. Jordan Lehman ’19 and Morgan Bailey ’20 are co-organizers of the 2019 Midwest Outdoor Leadership Conference (MWOLC) taking place across campus on Feb. 15-17.

Earlham Receives $1M in Memory of an Exceptional Teacher

February 08, 2019Earlham College has received an anonymous gift of $1 million in memory of Robert F. Southard, a professor of history and Jewish studies, who died in 2007.

Earlham among nation’s best returns on investment in higher education, Princeton Review says

January 31, 2019Earlham College has once again been recognized as one the nation’s best returns on investment in higher education, according to The Princeton Review, a leading educational services company.

Two Earlham teams place in the top five of annual Michigan math competition

January 31, 2019Earlham had two teams place in the top five of the Michigan Autumn Take Home (MATH) Challenge, a team-oriented math competition. Seventy-one undergraduates from 27 liberal arts colleges and universities across the country participated in this year’s event.

Presidential Search Committee invites four candidates to campus

January 28, 2019Earlham's presidential search committee has invited four candidates to participate in on-campus interviews during the first week in February 2019.

Grant to fund massive digitization of Joseph Moore Museum’s bug collection

January 08, 2019New funding secured by Earlham College’s Joseph Moore Museum will support a three-year project resulting in a digital database of the museum’s 35,000 insect specimens in its collection.

Earlham Takes a Big Step Towards Financial Sustainability

December 21, 2018Earlham College took an important step towards financial sustainability when its Board of Trustees approved resolutions to reduce expenses and create a new plan to envision the future of the College.

New partnership resulting in scholarships for Japanese students to study at Earlham

December 20, 2018Earlham College and the Grew Bancroft Foundation in Tokyo have formed a new partnership to provide scholarships to Japanese students to earn degrees at Earlham.

Global management students earn spot in selective case competition in Chicago

December 18, 2018Three Global Management majors from Earlham College will comprise one of just eight teams invited from around the United States to compete in the regional round of the 2019 APICS Case Competition on February 15-16 in Chicago.

Earlhamites have better access to internships, off-campus study than most undergraduates

November 29, 2018Earlhamites are more likely to engage in high-impact learning practices than their peers at other colleges and universities, according to a survey of undergraduates in the United States and Canada.

Committee to Consider Future for Earlham Football

November 13, 2018Interim President Avis Stewart announced today that Earlham College will suspend its football program for the 2019 season and has authorized a review of the program.

Earlham worthy of imitation, new national ranking says

November 12, 2018Earlham College is a national leader for making programs and initiatives that are worth imitating, emulating and spreading far and wide, according to College Consensus’ “50 Most Underrated Colleges Doing Great Things.”

Alan Price Appointed Director of JFK Presidential Library

November 09, 2018Former Earlham President Alan Price ’88 has been appointed Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston. The institution is a federal institution and is part of the National Archives and Records Administration.

A new role for Nick Johnson

November 08, 2018Nick Johnson has decided to step down from his position as Earlham College’s Head Football Coach at the end of the season in order to better attend to the needs of his family.

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