What will you find during Founders’ Week?
Give our namesake and our founders the celebration they deserve with the new, extended Founders’ Week, coming special for the Bicentennial in March 2026…
News and Features
Honoring history, guiding the future: A look at 2025
Revisit some of Lafayette’s most memorable moments and stories from 2025.
Mar 10, 2026
History, memories, and transformation through rephotography
Bicentennial rephotography project offers insights into campus history
Mar 9, 2026
Adrienne Françoise de Noailles receives warm welcome to Lafayette College
Lafayette College welcomes highly anticipated bronze sculpture of the Marquis de Lafayette’s wife
Mar 4, 2026
Bringing Adrienne to life: Audrey Flack’s last major work
Take a look behind the scenes at the artists, faculty, and staff who gave Adrienne de Noailles a home on campus
Mar 2, 2026
An education in inquiry
Brad Lewis ’87 found his inquisitive edge at Lafayette, learning that success often lies outside one's comfort zone
Feb 27, 2026
Author, Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks to deliver keynote speech at Lafayette’s 191st Commencement
One of the world’s leading experts on happiness, Brooks travels the world to teach others how to build a fulfilling life
Feb 27, 2026
Celebrating Lafayette’s Bicentennial across America: Miami, Fla.
The Lafayette community came together in support of baseball and recognition of faculty mentorship as part of “Students, Faculty, and the Power of &”
Feb 26, 2026
Celebrating Women’s History Month
Panel discussions, film screenings, and more will be offered throughout March
Feb 26, 2026
The power of Lafayette: A.J. Miller ’11 and Prof. Susan Averett
Mentorship keeps growing in this story of a Lafayette student-turned-coach and the adviser he now works alongside
Feb 25, 2026
Prof. Tamara Carley to deliver Jones Faculty Lecture
For the March 10 Jones Faculty Lecture, Prof. Tamara Carley will explore the young volcanoes that lie beneath retreating ice in southeastern Iceland
Feb 24, 2026
Bill Nye chosen as 2026 Founders’ Day speaker
Science educator and television personality will address the Lafayette community March 30