Lafayette’s top stories of 2023

In November, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that Lafayette College will host the 2024 vice presidential debate.

This year, Lafayette was recognized as the 30th best National Liberal Arts College in the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report rankings.

As part of its commitment to making college more accessible and inclusive for students, Lafayette College announced:

We celebrated the commencement of the Class of 2023 . . .

From capturing photos and videos of Commencement day, to recognizing 2023’s valedictorians and Pepper Prize nominees, to celebrating seniors’ next journeys after Lafayette, this collection of stories honored the talented Class of 2023.

. . .And we welcomed the College’s newest class of Leopards.

We welcomed new faculty members to the Lafayette community. . . 

. . . And celebrated the promotion of current faculty.

This academic year, five faculty members were newly named to endowed positions, three professors were promoted from associate professor to professor, and eight faculty members were promoted to associate professor with tenure.

Alumni gathered by the twilight’s glow in front of old Pardee at Reunion.

We introduced new spaces to campus.

We celebrated stellar students.

We shared stories about their experiences at Lafayette.

And, of course, we beat that other school.