May 9, 2023

Celebrating 2023

Enjoy stories and photo galleries celebrating the Class of 2023 and the end of the academic year at Lafayette

188th Commencement Ceremony

Lafayette celebrates more than 600 students at 188th Commencement

Enjoy photos and videos in celebration of Lafayette's Class of 2023.

Celebrating excellence

From Honors Convocation to the PARDees, students were recognized by the Lafayette College community. Enjoy photo galleries and recaps from some of these special events.

2023 Hoff Award recipients recognized

Highlighting the achievements of students, employees, and student organizations.

View photos from the ceremony.

Student-athletes celebrated at 2023 PARDees

See who took home the night's most prestigious senior honors.

More than 100 endowed and department awards presented during annual College ceremony

Watch a video of the ceremony.

Special features

Lafayette College’s Class of 2023 seriously rocks. Enjoy features highlighting and celebrating their accomplishments and memories of their college careers.

What's next for the Class of 2023?

Read about their plans after Lafayette.

Feels like home

Pepper Prize nominees share why they call Lafayette 'home.'

Read their stories.

Many thanks to our mentors

Seniors share gratitude for mentors who have mattered most in their Lafayette careers.

To the Lafayette Class of ’23: Congratulations, you did it!

Will Johnson '02 , CEO of The Harris Poll, shares sneak peek of poll about college graduates nationwide.

Student spotlight

Fatimata Cham ’23 helps young women ‘center their voices’

Mackenzi Berner ’23 and Maria Bossert ’23 earn Fulbright Grants

Rachel Hurley ’23 awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Meet the 2023 valedictorians

In the media: Lafayette grads talk about college experience with WFMZ

Fatimata Cham '23 and Natalia Baez '23 shared their plans for the future.

Watch the video.

Scholarship stories

Celebrate other Lafayette Leopards who have recently received scholarships and fellowships.

Event photo galleries

Lafayette celebrates achievements of LGBTQIA+ students within our College community

View photos from the celebration.

Celebrations of support, love at College ceremony

View photos from the ceremony.

Lafayette welcomes Olympian Laurie Hernandez

View photos from the April 25 event.

About commencement

Commencement Day

Lafayette's 188th Commencement Day is scheduled for Saturday, May 20, 2023, and will be held on the Quad.

Learn more.

Where to eat in Easton Commencement weekend?

From savory brunches to celebratory dinners and sweet treats for the road trip home—Easton’s got everything you’re looking for.

Beth Mowins ’89 to deliver keynote speech

The pioneering play-by-play broadcaster and sports journalist made history in 2017 when she became the first female broadcaster to call a nationally televised NFL game.

Lafayette to award two honorary degrees

Distinguished attorneys Leslie F. Muhlfelder ’81 and Daniel E. Cohen ’65 to receive honorary Doctor of Laws degrees.

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