Community Connections

We’re taking a look back at some of our favorite moments from the 2024-25 year—moments where Lafayette faculty and staff shared their expertise, opportunities when student-athletes inspired the next generation, and connections that brought our campus and our community closer together.

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2024-25 highlights

Roary the Leopard mascot high fives young fans in Kirby Sports Center during School Day Game

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Easton Area School District fifth and sixth graders were welcomed to campus in January for School Game Day 2025, thanks to a partnership with Wells Fargo.

 

16

Connected Classrooms engaged Lafayette professors and students to share their expertise with a partner class in the Easton Area School District.

A Lafayette student stands outside Skillman Library with a group of EASD students for the Pen Pals program

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Landis student volunteers mentored or tutored K-12 students each week through Landis Center for Community Engagement’s programs, including LafKid Connect, Pen Pals, GenX, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters.

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employers hosted on campus during fall and spring Gateway Career Center’s Career Fairs.

Dean of the Faculty Lauren Anderson is pictured in front of a chalkboard with an image of a car as she leads Girl Scouts through an automotive engineering session

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Girl Scouts visited campus for first Girl Scout Badge Day.

3 Lafayette students teach a group of younger EASD students in a classroom

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weekly civic leadership programs coordinated by students at the Landis Center alongside local community partners

 

More than 5 tons

of new and gently-used items were collected during Green Move Out. Items were sorted, donated to community partners, purchased at the West Ward Sale, or sent to the campus thrift store.

Lafayette College Libraries co-sponsored Easton Book Festival’s Young Adult Fest, a voter mobilization event with the Boys and Girls Club of Easton and local NAACP, and hosted visits from Moravian Academy students

 

A pair of hands is shown holding sweet potatoes dug fresh from the ground at LaFarm.

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pounds of LaFarm produce donated to local food banks and Easton-area nonprofits; 2,165 pounds sold to Kellyn Foundation, which increases access to fresh food by selling produce at a reduced rate.

 

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free community programs offered through The Arts at Lafayette—35 workshops and discussions; 24 concerts; 13 screenings; eight exhibitions; and one week-long arts festival.

17

courses across a variety of disciplines built community engagement into their syllabi.

 

Inside the gym in Kirby Sports Center, Lafayette student-athletes work with young kids on form and technique for a variety of sports. In this photo a young girl learns to serve a volleyball

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camps and clinics offered by Lafayette Athletics.

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municipalities and two municipal authorities across seven Pennsylvania counties assisted in 2025 by the Meyner Center Government and Civic Services Program.

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community events and programs sponsored through Lafayette’s Community Engagement Council | Lehigh Valley Space Fest, Forks Community Days, Easton Winter Village, Easton PRIDE, LVACA, Heritage Day, and many more.

Students, staff, and neighbors sit in chairs on the quad to watch a movie set up on an inflatable screen

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free movies shown in summer 2025 during Movies on the Quad.

 

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