Mar 1, 2023
Update from the co-chairs
Dear McDonogh Network members: In 2026 when Lafayette College celebrates its bicentennial, the McDonogh Network will also celebrate its 20-year anniversary…
Update from the co-chairs
Feb 28, 2023
A New Home Away From Home
By Teresia Sami ’23 My first impression of Portlock Black Cultural Center is that it encapsulates a rich history, further cementing the importance…
Feb 28, 2023
A conversation with Jermaine F. Williams ’01
By Bryan Hay Dr. Jermaine F. Williams ’01 was inaugurated as the 11th president of Montgomery College Feb. 28, 2022, bringing to Maryland’s premier…
Feb 24, 2023
The Magic of Community
By Stella Katsipoutis-Varkanis The very moment Bryan Washington—late associate professor emeritus of English—entered the classroom for his Black Writers…
Oct 11, 2022
Update from the co-chairs
Dear McDonogh Network Members, The energy and enthusiasm at Lafayette College is back! Students have returned to campus, and the Quad is bustling with…
Oct 11, 2022
Intimate African artwork to grace Portlock Center
By Bryan Hay For Africans and African Americans, attention to hairstyles and manipulation of hair represent a cultural richness and a deep, abiding trust…
Oct 11, 2022
It takes a village
By Jill Spotz As a child, Louise Frazier, associate director of admissions and coordinator of student success, would pass a prep school on her daily treks…
Oct 11, 2022
Discovery and unity on College Hill
Naomi Ganpo-Nkwenkwa ’22 is making the STEM field more inclusive for students
Jan 26, 2022
Helping the World Outside His Window
By Shannon Sigafoos Outside the window of his Baltimore-based office at the Social Security Administration (SSA), Kenya Allen ’02 can see the people…
Jan 25, 2022
Working for the Common Good
By Bryan Hay In his sixth year as director of the Cathedral Scholars Program at Washington National Cathedral, Joseph Peralta ’09 derives daily inspiration…