Dec 21, 2022
A Moment to Remember
By Imane Halal ’23 Alumni, faculty, staff, and students joined together to celebrate the dedication of the Portlock Black Cultural Center during Rivalry…
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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
Sep 7, 2022
The Portlock Black Cultural Center
Ongoing activities in the PBCC include student organization meetings, art exhibits, workshops, dinners for campus guests, alumni events, guest speakers…
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…
Jan 24, 2022
Q&A with Sherryta Freeman, Lafayette Director of Athletics
In 2018, Sherryta Freeman became the first woman of color to serve as director of athletics at Lafayette College. The former senior associate athletic…
Jan 21, 2022
Going Boldly Toward Higher Frontiers
By Stella Katsipoutis-Varkanis “In any circumstance, you get out of life what you put into it.” It’s a lesson David N. Miller Jr. ’93 first learned…