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Lafayette College

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{{Infobox University
| image_name = Seal of Lafayette College.png
| name = Lafayette College
| motto = ''Veritas liberabit'' ([[Latin]])
| mottoeng = The truth shall set you free.<ref>{{cite web|title=Veritas Liberabit – About|url=http://sites.lafayette.edu/specialcollections/about/|accessdate=20 March 2013}}</ref>
| established = 1826
| type = [[Private school|Private]]
| affiliation = [[United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America|Presbyterian]]
| endowment = $556.9 million (2012) <ref>As of June 30, 2012. {{cite web |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2012 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2011 to FY 2012 |work=2012 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments |publisher= National Association of College and University Business Officers |url=http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2012NCSEPublicTablesEndowmentMarketValuesFinalJanuary232013.pdf |format=PDF}}</ref>
| president = [[Daniel Weiss (Lafayette College)|Daniel Weiss]]
| city = [[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton]]
| state = [[Pennsylvania|PA]]
| country = [[United States|USA]]
| undergrad = 2,382 admission rate = 33% (2012) (54% male, 46% female)<ref name="ataglance">{{cite web | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/promos/glance/index.html | title=Lafayette at a Glance | publisher=Lafayette College | accessdate=2007-03-27 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070314035212/http://www.lafayette.edu/promos/glance/index.html  |archivedate = 2007-03-14}}</ref>
| faculty = 213 full-time members<ref name="Laf at a Glance">{{cite web | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/about/lafayette-at-a-glance/ | title=Lafayette at a Glance | publisher=Lafayette College | accessdate=2012-02-14}}</ref>
| campus = [[Suburban]] <br> {{convert|110|acre|km2|sing=on}} main campus <br> and additional {{convert|230|acre|km2|sing=on}} athletic complex. <ref name="ataglance"/>
| colors = [[Maroon (color)|Maroon]] and [[white]]<br>{{color box|#800000}} {{color box|white}}
| nickname = [[Lafayette Leopards|Leopards]]
| website = [http://www.lafayette.edu lafayette.edu]
| admission rate = 33% (2012)
}}

'''Lafayette College''' is a [[private school|private]] [[coeducation]]al [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts and engineering college]] located in [[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton]], [[Pennsylvania]], USA. The school, founded in 1826 by [[James Madison Porter]], son of General Andrew Porter of [[Norristown]] and the citizens of Easton, first began holding classes in 1832.<ref name="historyoflaf">{{cite web | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/about/history/ | title = History of Lafayette College | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2007-01-22}}</ref> The founders voted to name the school after [[Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette|General Lafayette]], who [[Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States (1824-25)|famously toured the country in 1824–25]], as "a testimony of respect for [his] talents, virtues, and signal services...the great cause of freedom".<ref name="historyoflaf">{{cite web | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/about/history/| title = History of Lafayette College | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2007-01-22}}</ref>

Located on College Hill in Easton, the campus is situated in the [[Lehigh Valley]], about {{convert|70|mi|km|abbr=on}} west of [[New York City]] and {{convert|60|mi|km|abbr=on}} north of [[Philadelphia]]. Lafayette College guarantees campus housing to all enrolled students.<ref name="housinginfo">{{cite web | url=http://reslife.lafayette.edu/housing-assignments/ | title = Lafayette College Housing | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-02}}</ref> The school requires students to live in campus housing unless approved for residing in private off-campus housing or home as a commuter.<ref name="housinginfo">{{cite web | url=http://reslife.lafayette.edu/housing-assignments/ | title = Lafayette College Housing | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-02}}</ref>

The student body, consisting entirely of [[undergraduate]]s, comes from 42 [[U.S. state]]s and 37 countries.<ref name="lafayette at a glance">{{cite web | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/about/lafayette-at-a-glance/ | title = Lafayette at a Glance | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> Students at Lafayette are involved in over 250 clubs and organizations including athletics, fraternities and sororities, special interest groups, community service clubs and honor societies.<ref name="slp.lafayette.edu">{{cite web|url=http://slp.lafayette.edu/student-involvement/clubsandorgs/ |title=Clubs and Organizations · Student Life Programs · Lafayette College |publisher=Slp.lafayette.edu |date= |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref> Lafayette College's athletic program is notable for [[Lehigh-Lafayette football games (The Rivalry)|The Rivalry]] with nearby [[Lehigh University]]. Since 1884, the two football teams have met 147 times, making it the most played rivalry in the history of college football.<ref name="gwinnett">{{cite web | url=http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2006/nov/25/lafayette-lehigh-above-all-others/ | title = Lafayette-Lehigh above all others | publisher = Gwinnett Daily Post| last=Reed | first=Howard | accessdate=2007-04-02 | date=2006-11-25}}</ref>

==History==

===Founding===
[[Image:OldLaf.jpg|left|thumb|Lithograph of Lafayette College, circa 1875.]]
A group of Easton citizens led by James Madison Porter met on December 27, 1824 at White's Tavern to explore the possibility of opening a college.<ref name="Skillman"/> The recent visit of [[Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette|General Lafayette]] to [[New York]] during his [[Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States (1824-25)|grand tour of the US in 1824 and 1825]] prompted the founders to name the school after the [[France|French]] [[military officer]].<ref name="historyoflaf"/> The group also established the 35-member Board of Trustees, a system of governance that has remained at the college to this day.<ref name="Skillman">Skillman, David B. The Biography of a College Being the History of the First Century of the Life of Lafayette College. Easton, PA: Lafayette College, 1932. Print.</ref> In need of an education plan, the meeting gave the responsibility to Porter, lawyer Jacob Wagener, and [[Yale]]-educated lawyer Joel Jones.<ref name="Skillman"/> The charter gained approval and on March 9, 1826, [[Pennsylvania Governor]] [[John Andrew Shulze]]'s signature made the college official.<ref name="Skillman"/> Along with establishing Lafayette as a [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|Liberal Arts College]], the charter called for religious equality amongst professors, students, and staff.<ref>http://www.lafayette.edu/about/files/2011/09/October-2011_Statutes.pdf</ref>

The Board of Trustees met on May 15, 1826 for the election of officers, resulting with Thomas Mckeen as Treasurer, Joel Jones as Secretary, and [[James Madison Porter]] as the first President of the College.<ref name="Skillman"/> Over the next few years, the Board met several times to discuss property and funding for the college's start-up.<ref name="Skillman"/> Six years after the first meeting, Lafayette began to enroll students.<ref name="Skillman"/>

The College opened on May 1, 1829, with four students under the guidance of [[John Monteith (minister)|Rev. John Monteith]].<ref name="Skillman"/> At the start of the next year, the Rev. [[George Junkin]], a [[Presbyterian]] [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]], was elected President of the college and moved the all-male Manual Labor Academy of Pennsylvania from Germantown to Easton.<ref name="Skillman"/> Classes began on May 9, 1832, with the instruction of 43 students on the south bank of the [[Lehigh River]] in a rented farmhouse.<ref name="historyoflaf"/> In order to earn money to support the program students had to labor in the fields and workshops.<ref name="historyoflaf"/> This manual labor infused College took the place of the original Military/Civil Engineering focus on which the school was founded, and would remain part of the curriculum until 1839.<ref name="Skillman"/> Later that year, Lafayette purchased property on what is now known as "College Hill" – nine acres of elevated land across [[Bushkill Creek]].<ref name="historyoflaf"/> The College's first building was constructed two years later on the current site of South College.<ref name="historyoflaf"/> [[Image:South College at Lafayette College.jpg|thumb|right|South College is one of Lafayette's largest residence halls, housing approximately 220 students in a coeducational setting.]]

A dispute between Porter and Rev. Junkin led to his resignation of the presidency in 1841.<ref name="Skillman"/> Though still young, Lafayette was beginning to take shape, grappling with the possibility of religious affiliation for financial stability.<ref name="Skillman"/> In 1854, Lafayette College became affiliated with the [[United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America|Presbyterian Church]]. By relinquishing their control, the College was able to collect [[USD|$]]1000 a year from the Presbyterian Church Board of Education as regularly as the latter could pay it.<ref name="Skillman"/> In the time from 1855 to 1856, Lafayette experienced a new peak enrollment of 112 students, leading to the "famous class" of 1857.<ref name="Skillman"/> This close-knit class of 27 men worked in secrecy to establish charters in national fraternities, thus instating the first Greek Fraternities at Lafayette College.<ref name="Skillman"/> These Fraternities remained secret and discouraged by the authorities until 1915.<ref name="Skillman"/>

===World War I===
In preparation for [[World War I]], Lafayette announced that their current students would be awarded their degrees in absentia if they enlisted or went to work for farms to support the war effort. Professor Beverly Kunkel organized The Lafayette Ambulance United, Section 61, [[United States Army Ambulance Service|United States Army Ambulance Corps]]. During the summer of 1917, Dr. MacCracken arranged to turn the campus into a war camp for the War Department. Men trained to serve in mechanical trades. Lafayette remained a war camp until January 2, 1919 when the regular course of study was re-established at Lafayette.<ref>{{cite book|last=Skillman|first=David Bishop|title=The Biography of a College: Lafayette|year=1932|publisher=Scribner Press|location=Hoboken, NJ}}</ref>

===Lafayette in The Depression===
A drastic change in numbers of undergraduate and graduate students occurred between 1930 and 1934 during the [[Great Depression]]. The college made efforts to bolster enrollment including creation of new scholarship opportunities as well as scholarship loans. Lafayette College also founded an Engineering Guidance Conference for boys. The Conference was two weeks long and introduced twenty-one high school students to the concepts of engineering. This program continued until the outbreak of [[World War II]]. Though the College faced its own deficits, it aided the larger community by offering a series of classes to unemployed men free of charge beginning in 1932. They also made athletic facilities available to unemployed members of the community. Enrollment began to rise again for the 1935–1936 school year.<ref name="Gendebien">{{cite book|last=Gendebien|first=Albert W.|title=The Biography of a College: Begining the History of the Third Half-Century of Lafayette College|year=1986|publisher=Maple Press|location=York, PA}}</ref> [[File:Lafayette College Easton PA 68 building.jpg|thumb|left|Colton Chapel]]

===Decade of Progress campaign===
As the college moved out of the great depression, the college's new President, [[William Mather Lewis]], began what it called the Decade of Progress campaign. It started as a celebration of the 70th anniversary of Lafayette’s engineering program. President Lewis regarded this 70-year period as a period, which “covers the great development in American engineering which has now seemed to reach its peak.” The goal of this campaign was to raise $500,000 for payments on Gates hall, renovation of Van Wickle Memorial Library as well as equipment upgrades in other departments. By the time the campaign closed in 1944, the total amount received was $280,853.34.<ref name="Gendebien"/>

===World War II===
Initially, Lafayette College on the student and faculty level was committed to keeping peace in the [[Western Hemisphere]]. When [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Roosevelt]] addressed the [[Pan-American Conference|Pan-American Congress]] stating that it was America’s duty to protect American’s science, culture, freedom and civilization, thirty-seven Lafayette faculty members wired the President objecting to his sentiments. When the country was left with no other option in the wake of [[Pearl Harbor]], The College Council of Defense was organized and overseen by the [[Northampton, Pennsylvania|Northampton]] County Council of Defense. The college took official action as well. It bolstered its [[ROTC]] program and improved their facilities to prepare for air raid tests. The college continued to thrive until the draft age was lowered from 20 to 18 in November 1942. Lafayette College was one of 36 academic institutions selected to train engineering and aviation cadets by the War Department. After the war The [[G.I. Bill|Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944]] caused enrollment at Lafayette to jump dramatically peaking in 1949 with approximately 2000 students.<ref name="Gendebien"/>

===Coeducational institution===
In 1967, faculty requested that a special committee be formed to discuss making Lafayette a co-educational institution. That committee issued a formal recommendation the following year. In September 1970 Lafayette College welcomed its first official coeducational class with 146 women (123 freshmen, and 23 transfers).<ref>{{cite web|title=Lafayette: Coed in 1970|url=http://sites.lafayette.edu/coeducation/|accessdate=7 March 2013}}</ref>

===Recent history===
In 2004, a report on religious life at Lafayette College was compiled. This report recommended a review of the college's formal relationship with the [[Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)|Presbyterian church]].<ref name="chaplainposition">{{cite web | url=http://www.thelaf.com/news/chaplain-position-to-be-eliminated-upon-miller-s-retirement-this-spring-1.2516409#.UTfu-xldW2w | title = Chaplain position to be eliminated upon Miller's retirement this spring | publisher = The Lafayette | accessdate=}}</ref> To date, however, this affiliation remains in place.

In 2007, the college commemorated the 250th birthday of General Lafayette through a series of lectures and campus dedications.<ref name="marquis250">{{cite web | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/250/ | title = Marquis de Lafayette at 250 | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2007-09-24 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070827032644/http://www.lafayette.edu/250/  |archivedate = 2007-08-27}}</ref> Major festivities were held on September 6, 2007, Lafayette's birthday, and were kicked off the night before with a lecture by renowned historian [[David McCullough]]. Lafayette commemorated the recognition of the College Charter by the Pennsylvania Legislature on March 9, with a campus wide and alumni toast around the world.

The school's current president is [[Daniel Weiss (art historian)|Daniel Weiss]]. On January 16, 2013, [[Alison Byerly|Dr. Alison R. Byerly]] was announced as Lafayette's 17th and first female President. She will take office on July 1, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lafayette College picks Middlebury College professor as its 17th president|url=http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2013/01/lafayette_college_picks_middle.html|accessdate=24 February 2013}}</ref>

==Academics==
[[File:Lafayette College Easton PA 60 Skillman Library.jpg|thumb|right|Skillman Library Computer Lab]]
[[File:Lafayette College Easton PA 25 Library with tall shelves.jpg|right|thumb|Kirby Library, with its oak-paneled bookcases, cork floor, and elaborate carvings, is located in the Kirby Hall of Civil Rights.]]
[[File:Lafayette College admissions department waitlist letter.jpg|thumb|right|Admission to Lafayette is highly competitive. This is a letter waitlisting an applicant who was in the top 12% of their class at a top New Jersey high school with 790math, 800verbal, 680writing SAT scores. Admissions officers weigh factors such as demonstrated interest in Lafayette when making decisions.]]
Lafayette College offers a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in 37 fields. Lafayette also offers 14 bachelor of science (B.S.) degrees, 10 in areas of science and four in fields of engineering. The most popular majors are in the fields of Social Sciences, Engineering, Biology, English, and Psychology. It is also possible to create your own major by combining courses from different programs.<ref name="Majors">{{cite web | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/ | title = Lafayette College Majors | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref>

Lafayette College offers engineering programs within its liberal arts setting. The engineering programs offer five concentrations: Chemical, Civil, Electrical & Computer, Mechanical, and Engineering studies. In 2012, 94% of Lafayette’s candidates (currently enrolled) passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination. This is the first requirement toward getting a professional engineering license. The National average varies from 70–87% depending on the type of engineering.<ref name="Engineering">{{cite web | url=http://engineering.lafayette.edu/program/ | title = Program: Division of Engineering | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref>

Lafayette's student body consists of approximately 2,400 undergraduate students hailing from 42 [[U.S. State]]s and 37 countries.<ref name="lafayette at a glance">{{cite web | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/about/lafayette-at-a-glance/ | title = Lafayette at a Glance | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> For the class of 2014, the acceptance rate was 42%, with 44% of those accepted ranking in the top 10% of their high school classes.<ref name="LC Operating Data">{{cite web | url=http://finadmin.lafayette.edu/files/2010/12/Lafayette-College-Operating-Data_2010.pdf | title = Lafayette Operating Data | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref><ref name="classprofile">{{cite web | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/about/lafayette-at-a-glance/entering-class-profile | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20101203203013/http://www.lafayette.edu/about/lafayette-at-a-glance/entering-class-profile | archivedate=2010-12-03 | title = 2014 Class Profile | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> The middle 50% of the 2014 accepted students have [[SAT]] scores ranging from 580–680 Critical Reading and 610–710 Math.<ref name="classprofile">{{cite web | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/about/lafayette-at-a-glance/entering-class-profile | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20101203203013/http://www.lafayette.edu/about/lafayette-at-a-glance/entering-class-profile | archivedate=2010-12-03 | title = 2014 Class Profile | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> The college has 215 full-time faculty members, giving it a 10.5:1 student to faculty ratio.<ref name="ataglance"/>

In the recent years, Lafayette College students earned numerous national and international scholarships,<ref name="scholarships">{{cite web | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/about/?p=20016 | title = Recent Lafayette Recipients of National and International Scholarships... | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> including the most [[Goldwater Scholarship]]s obtained by a liberal arts college over the past six years.<ref name="goldwater">{{cite web | url=http://lafayette.edu/news.php/view/10044/ | title = Jaryd Freedman ’08 Receives Goldwater Scholarship | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2007-03-24}}</ref> For the class of 2012, Lafayette gave financial aid to 66% of the students, with the average package amounting to $26,850 for all students.<ref name="collegecosts">{{cite web | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/admissions/finaid/costs_awards.html| title = College Costs and Financial Aid Awards | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2007-01-23}}</ref> The college also offers a merit-based academic scholarship – the Marquis Scholarship, which provides $20,000 per year.<ref name="Lafayette College Scholarships">{{cite web | url=http://finaid.lafayette.edu/financing-your-education/types-of-financial-aid/scholarships/ | title = Marquis Scholarships | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2007-01-23}}</ref> Lafayette's [[financial endowment|endowment]] is more than $580 million, with total assets amounting to more than $1 billion.<ref name="ataglance"/>

In 2012, Forbes ranked Lafayette College 49th in its list of "America's Top Colleges."<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web | url=http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/ | title = Forbes | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> In its 2012 edition, ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Lafayette 39th out of all liberal arts colleges in the nation,.<ref name="usnews">{{cite web | url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/lafayette-college-3284 | title = America's Best Colleges 2013 | publisher = ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' | accessdate=2011-09-13}}</ref> PayScale ranks Lafayette 22nd in Overall College Return On Investment.<ref name="PayScale Rank">{{cite web | url=http://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=Lafayette_College/Salary | title = PaysScale College Rankings | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> In ''[[Kiplinger's Personal Finance]]'' magazine, a study of the best valued schools ranked Lafayette 31st among liberal arts colleges.<ref name="Kiplinger Rank" /> ''The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education'' has ranked Lafayette as 5th among the nation’s 50 leading liberal arts colleges and universities in the percentage of full-time African American faculty members, and 12th for first year black enrollment.<ref name="jbhe">{{cite web | url=http://www.jbhe.com/news_views/57_black_faculty_liberalarts.html | title = Ranking the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges on Their Levels of Black Faculty | publisher = jbhe.com | accessdate=2008-01-24}}</ref>

===University rankings===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Publication !! Ranking
|-
| Forbes – Top Colleges <ref name="Forbes">{{cite web | url=http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/ | title = Forbes | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> || 49
|-
| US News – National Liberal Arts Colleges <ref name="US News">{{cite web | url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/lafayette-college-3284 | title = US News | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> || 39
|-
| PayScale – Overall College Return On Investment Rank <ref name="PayScale Rank">{{cite web | url=http://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=Lafayette_College/Salary | title = PaysScale College Rankings | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> || 22
|-
| Kiplinger – Personal Finance <ref name="Kiplinger Rank">{{cite web | url=http://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-private-colleges/index.php?table=lib_arts&state_code%5B%5D=ALL&id%5B%5D=none| title = Kiplinger Personal Finance Rankings| accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> || 31
|-
| Journals of Blacks in Higher Education – 50 Leading Liberal Arts and Universities <ref name="Journals of Blacks in Higher Education">{{cite web | url=http://www.jbhe.com/news_views/57_black_faculty_liberalarts.html| title = Journals of Blacks in Higher Education | accessdate=2013-03-16}}</ref> || 5

|}

==Campus overview==

===Campus===
Lafayette College is settled at the top of College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania, located in the Lehigh Valley. The campus location is about {{convert|70|mi|km|abbr=on}} west of New York City and {{convert|60|mi|km|abbr=on}} north of Philadelphia. Its 340 acre campus houses 69 buildings, comprising approximately 1.76 million square feet, which includes a 230 acre athletic campus.<ref name="Laf at a Glance" /> Lafayette’s campus buildings range in architectural style from Pardee Hall’s Second Empire design and Hogg Hall’s Collegiate Gothic, to the late modern architecture of the Williams Center for the Arts, the William E. and Carol G. Simon Wing of Skillman Library and the Farinon College Center.<ref>{{cite web|last=Narbeth|first=Pamela S.|title=Historical Survey of the Buildings of Lafayette College|url=http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/survey/survey.html|publisher=Lafayette College Libraries|accessdate=2013-03-03}}</ref>

===Academic facilities===
[[File:Lafayette College Easton PA 43 building.jpg|thumb|left|Pardee Hall]]Williams Center for the Arts is the college's performing arts center. Completed in 1983, the building houses the Performance Series, the Williams Art Gallery and College Collections, the College Theater program, the departments of Art and Music, and the student-led Arts Society.<ref name="williamscenterinfo">{{cite web | url=http://williamscenter.lafayette.edu/audience-info/about-the-williams-center/ | title = Williams Center for the Arts | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-02}}</ref> The centerpiece of the Williams Center is the 400-seat theater/concert hall and also contains a versatile art gallery, a 100-seat black box theater, and classrooms and studios for music and art.<ref name="williamscenterinfo">{{cite web | url=http://williamscenter.lafayette.edu/audience-info/about-the-williams-center/ | title = Williams Center for the Arts | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-02}}</ref>

Pardee Hall was completed in 1873 and remains one of the earliest buildings at Lafayette College. When initially constructed it was one of the largest academic buildings of its era. Pardee was first designed to hold all of the science programs; currently it holds most of Lafayette's humanities and social science departments.<ref name="pardeehallinfo">{{cite web | url=http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/survey/pardee.html | title = Pardee Hall | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-16}}</ref>

The Kirby Hall of Civil Rights was constructed in the late 1920s between the First World War and the Great Depression.<ref name="kirbyhallinfo">{{cite web | url=http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/survey/kirby.html | title = Kirby Hall of Civil Rights | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-16}}</ref> It was donated by the entrepreneur: Fred Morgan Kirby.<ref name="kirbyhallinfo">{{cite web | url=http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/survey/kirby.html | title = Kirby Hall of Civil Rights | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-16}}</ref> In accordance to its time, the design “rumored to be per square foot the most expensive building of its day.” <ref name="kirbyhallinfo">{{cite web | url=http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/survey/kirby.html | title = Kirby Hall of Civil Rights | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-16}}</ref> Lafayette selected the architectural firm Warren and Wetmore, known for their project designs with the New York Yacht Club, the Biltmore Hotel and [[Grand Central Station]].<ref name="kirbyhallinfo">{{cite web | url=http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/survey/kirby.html | title = Kirby Hall of Civil Rights | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-16}}</ref> The building’s exterior embraces styles of Republic Rome, the Renaissance, 17th English classicism, and Beaux-Arts. The interior lobby area contains broad staircases and is constructed of [[travertine]] marble.<ref name="kirbyhallinfo">{{cite web | url=http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/survey/kirby.html | title = Kirby Hall of Civil Rights | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-16}}</ref> The building currently houses the Government and Law department, giving students access to the Kirby library, with its twenty-foot ceilings and oak-paneled book cases.<ref name="kirbyhallinfo">{{cite web | url=http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/survey/kirby.html | title = Kirby Hall of Civil Rights | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-16}}</ref> [[File:Lafayette College Easton PA 67 Skillman Library coffee area.jpg|thumb|right|A coffee area within Skillman library.]]

Markle Hall, now the main administrative building, home of the Offices of Admissions and Financial Aid, originally was designated the Hall of Mining Engineering. An online historical survey of campus buildings is maintained by the College's Special Collections.<ref name="specialcollections">{{cite web | url=http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~library/special/CollegeHistory.html | title = Lafayette College Special Collections | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref>

The David Bishop Skillman library built in 1961 is the main library on campus with the addition of the Simon Wing in 1986 and $22 million renovation and expansion in 2004.<ref name="Skillman Library">{{cite web | url= http://library.lafayette.edu/descriptionoflibraries| title = Skillman Library home page | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-18}}</ref>
<ref name="skillman library simon wing">{{cite web | url= http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/survey/skillman.html| title = Skillman Library, Simons Wing | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-18}}</ref> The library contains over 500,000 volumes in its collections and is subscribed to thousands of magazines, journals, and newspapers in the electronic and paper format.<ref name="Skillman Library">{{cite web | url= http://library.lafayette.edu/descriptionoflibraries| title = Skillman Library home page | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-18}}</ref> In addition, the college’s Special Collections and College Archives are located inside for research and displays holdings related to the Marquis de Lafayette.<ref name="Skillman Library">{{cite web | url= http://library.lafayette.edu/descriptionoflibraries| title = Skillman Library home page | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-18}}</ref> Inside also contains reading and study areas and computer labs available to the students.<ref name="skillman library simon wing">{{cite web | url= http://academicmuseum.lafayette.edu/special/survey/skillman.html| title = Skillman Library, Simons Wing | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-18}}</ref>

===Housing and student life facilities===
[[File:Lafayette College Easton PA 7 Student dorm room.jpg|thumb|left|Most student dorm rooms are within a short 10-minute walk of all classrooms.]]Lafayette College guarantees campus housing to all enrolled students.<ref name="housinginfo">{{cite web | url=http://reslife.lafayette.edu/housing-assignments/ | title = Lafayette College Housing | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-02}}</ref> The school requires students to live in campus housing unless approved for residing in private off-campus housing or home as a commuter.<ref name="housinginfo">{{cite web | url=http://reslife.lafayette.edu/housing-assignments/ | title = Lafayette College Housing | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-02}}</ref> The College offers on-campus housing options including traditional halls, Greek chapter houses, suite-style halls, and group living units; where some halls are single gender while others may be co-ed by floor, wing, room, or suite.<ref name="dorminfo">{{cite web | url=http://reslife.lafayette.edu/residence-hall-housing/ | title = Dormitory Options | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-02}}</ref> In addition, Lafayette College provides specialty housings that ties to specific academic departments, student organizations, or religious affiliations.<ref name="housinginfo">{{cite web | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/about/news/2012/02/21/living-learning-communities-pilot-program-creates-classrooms-outside-of-the-classroom/ | title = Special Housing | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-02}}</ref> Other residences include the McKelvy House, the Arts Houses, the French/German House, Hispanic Society of Lafayette, and the Hillel House.<ref name="housinginfo">{{cite web | url=http://www.lafayette.edu/about/news/2012/02/21/living-learning-communities-pilot-program-creates-classrooms-outside-of-the-classroom/ | title = Special Housing | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-02}}</ref>

Lafayette College offers a variety of dining options for the campus residents. Farinon College Center houses two of the main dining halls on campus. The top floor of Farinon is an "all-you-can-eat" style buffet, while ground level is a food court.<ref name="diningservices">{{cite web | url=http://dining.lafayette.edu/dining-locations-menus-and-hours/ | title = College Dining Services | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-18}}</ref> Marquis Hall, the second largest dining hall on campus, is the second dining hall with an “all-you-can-eat” style buffet. Marquis also houses regularly themed events and contests.<ref name="diningservices">{{cite web | url=http://dining.lafayette.edu/dining-locations-menus-and-hours/ | title = College Dining Services | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-18}}</ref> Gilbert's Cafe, a coffeehouse located on the ground floor of Kirby House, was opened in 1999 to provide a late-night hangout and food for students. Simon’s, a sandwich shop is located in the ground floor of Kamine, a residence hall.<ref name="diningservices">{{cite web | url=http://dining.lafayette.edu/dining-locations-menus-and-hours/ | title = College Dining Services | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-18}}</ref> The Skillman Café located in the Skillman Library sells [[Starbucks]] coffee and fresh-baked items made by the college.<ref name="diningservices">{{cite web | url=http://dining.lafayette.edu/dining-locations-menus-and-hours/ | title = College Dining Services | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-18}}</ref>

==Athletics==
{{main|Lafayette Leopards}}
{{main|Lafayette Leopards football}}

[[Image:Lafayette2006PLchampsboard.JPG|thumb|right|Lafayette won the 142nd edition of "The Rivalry" against [[Lehigh University]], but lost the most recent contests in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.]]
The Lafayette Leopards compete in the [[Patriot League]] under the guidance of current Athletic Director Bruce McCutcheon. Lafayette offers students the opportunity to participate in 23 [[NCAA]] Division I sports, 18 club sports, and over 30 intramural sports. The student-athletes are considered students first, and athletes second. Lafayette currently ranks 3rd nationally in student-athlete graduation success rate, according to the most recent NCAA study.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lafayette.edu/campus-life/student-clubs-activities/sports-wellness |title=Sports and Wellness · Campus Life · Lafayette College |publisher=Lafayette.edu |date= |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref>

Among other firsts, Lafayette became the first non-Ivy League school to win a national football championship in 1896. Additionally, other American football innovations at Lafayette include the first use of the huddle<ref>{{cite web|last=Brady |first=Erik |url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2006-11-21-1a-cover-centenary-game_x.htm |title=Every year fields the game of the century |publisher=Usatoday.Com |date=2006-11-23 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref> and the invention of the head harness, precursor to the football helmet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.home-team-sports.com/riddell_helmets/ |title=Riddell Football Helmets | Discount NFL, Pro and College Helmets |publisher=Home-team-sports.com |date=1945-07-03 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref> The men's basketball program also encompasses a decorated history, peaking in the late nineties under the leadership of Fran O'Hanlon, who led the Leopards to back-to-back Patriot League championships and NCAA Tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000. These seasons were documented by [[John Feinstein]] in his book, ''[[The Last Amateurs]]''.

[[File:Lafayette College Easton PA 31 Stadium.jpg|thumb|right|Lafayette competes in 23 Division I sports competitions.]]
* '''Affiliation:''' [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]], Football: [[Football Championship Subdivision]]
* '''Conference:''' [[Patriot League]]
* '''Team name:''' Leopards
* '''Team colors:''' Maroon and white
* '''Arch rival:''' [[Lehigh University]]
* '''Other rivals:''' [[Bucknell University]], [[Colgate University]], [[Princeton University]], [[University of Pennsylvania]]
* '''Facilities:''' [[Fisher Field at Fisher Stadium]] (Football), [[Kirby Sports Center]] (Basketball), Metzgar Fields Athletic Complex

===Varsity sports===
<table><tr><td valign=top>
*'''Men's sports'''
**Baseball
**Basketball
**Cross Country
**[[Lafayette Leopards football|Football]]
**Golf
**Lacrosse
**Soccer
**Swimming & Diving
**Tennis
**Track & Field, Indoor
**Track & Field, Outdoor
</td><td valign=top>
*'''Women's sports'''
**Basketball
**Cross Country
**Field Hockey
**Lacrosse
**Soccer
**Softball
**Swimming & Diving
**Tennis
**Track & Field, Indoor
**Track & Field, Outdoor
**Volleyball
</td><td valign=top>
*'''Co-ed sports'''
**Fencing
</td></tr></table>

===The Rivalry===
{{main|Lehigh-Lafayette football games (The Rivalry)}}

Lafayette College's athletic program is notable for [[Lehigh-Lafayette football games (The Rivalry)|The Rivalry]] with nearby [[Lehigh University]]. Since 1884, the two football teams have met 147 times, making it the most played rivalry in the history of college football.<ref name="gwinnett">{{cite web | url=http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/archives/headlines/80574882.html | title = Lafayette-Lehigh above all others | publisher = Gwinnett Daily Post| last=Reed | first=Howard | accessdate=2007-04-02 | date=2006-11-25}}</ref> It is also the longest running rivalry in college football, with the teams playing at least once every year since 1897.<ref name="gwinnett"/> The Rivalry is considered one of the best in all of college athletics by [[ESPNU]], which recently ranked it #8 among the Top Ten College Football Rivalries.<ref name="espnu">{{cite web | url=http://goleopards.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101106aaa.html | title = Lafayette-Lehigh Rivalry to be Featured by ESPN | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2007-04-02 | date=2006-10-11}}</ref>

Lafayette leads the all-time series 76–67–5. In the latest contest, Lafayette lost to Lehigh on Saturday, November 17, 2012 by a score of 38–21 at [[Fisher Field at Fisher Stadium]].

==Student life==
Students at Lafayette are involved in over 250 clubs and organizations including athletics, fraternities and sororities, special interest groups, community service clubs and honor societies.<ref name="slp.lafayette.edu"/> Student Government is responsible for most of the student organizations on campus, and is responsible for the budget, emergency allocation, programing, and more.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lafayette College Student Government|url=http://sites.lafayette.edu/stugovt/|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref> These programs and activities are meant to promote student involvements around campus and to provide a space for interactions outside of the classroom.

===Greek life===
Lafayette College encompasses a lively Greek community. Though students are not eligible to join these organizations until sophomore year, approximately 40.20% of eligible students join the school’s 4 fraternities and 6 sororities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greeklife.lafayette.edu/governing-councils/ |title=Governing Councils · Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life · Lafayette College |publisher=Greeklife.lafayette.edu |date=2013-01-18 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref> All but two of the Greek organizations at Lafayette are located on campus, making it a viable living option. Additionally, members of each house commit themselves to various philanthropic ventures throughout the academic year as these groups work together with the college, local, and national affiliates to help achieve the goals and ideals their organizations were founded upon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greeklife.lafayette.edu/potential-members/ |title=Prospective Members · Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life · Lafayette College |publisher=Greeklife.lafayette.edu |date=2013-01-18 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref>

===Fraternities===
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*[[Delta Upsilon]]
*[[Delta Kappa Epsilon]]
*[[Phi Kappa Psi]]
*[[Zeta Psi]]
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===Sororities===
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*[[Alpha Gamma Delta]]
*[[Alpha Phi]]
*[[Delta Delta Delta]]
*[[Delta Gamma]]
*[[Kappa Kappa Gamma]]
*[[Pi Beta Phi]]
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In addition to the 10 social fraternities and sororities, there are also a number of academic honor societies on campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slp.lafayette.edu/student-involvement/clubsandorgs#ahs |title=Clubs and Organizations · Student Life Programs · Lafayette College |publisher=Slp.lafayette.edu |date= |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref>

===Academic honor societies===
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*[[Alpha Sigma Lambda]]
*[[Delta Phi Alpha]] German
*[[Dobro Slovo]] Russian and Russian Culture
*[[Eta Kappa Nu]] Electrical Engineering
*[[Omicron Delta Epsilon]] Economics
*[[Phi Alpha Theta]] History
*[[Phi Beta Kappa]]
*[[Phi Lambda Upsilon]] Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering
*[[Pi Delta Phi]] French Language and Literature
*[[Pi Mu Epsilon]] Mathematics
*[[Pi Sigma Alpha]] Political Science
*[[Psi Chi]] Psychology
*[[Sigma Delta Pi]] Spanish
*[[Sigma Iota Rho]] International Affairs
*[[Sigma Pi Sigma]] Physics
*[[Sigma Xi]]
*[[Tau Beta Pi]] Engineering
*[[Upsilon Pi Epsilon]] Computer Science
{{div col end}}

===Newspaper===
''The Lafayette'', Lafayette's weekly student newspaper, was founded in 1870 and is the oldest college newspaper in Pennsylvania.<ref name="aboutthelafayette">{{cite web | url=http://digital.lafayette.edu/collections/newspaper | title = About ''The Lafayette'' | publisher = Friends of Skillman Library | accessdate=}}</ref> It is available in both print and online form. The newspaper has been published continuously since its creation, with the exception of during World War II, when operations were suspended between fall 1943 and March 1945. Over 4,200 digitized issues of ''The Lafayette'' are available online.<ref name="aboutthelafayette">{{cite web | url=
cdm.lafayette.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/newspaper | title = ''The Lafayette'' | publisher = The Lafayette | accessdate=}}</ref>

===Engineers Without Borders===
[[File:Lafayette College Easton PA 47 campus view fence.jpg|thumb|left|Campus view.]]
The club was founded in 2003 and is a member of [[Engineers Without Borders - USA|EWB-USA]].<ref name="ewboverview">{{cite web | url=http://sites.lafayette.edu/ewb/files/2009/10/site2.pdf | title = Engineers Without Borders Project Overview | publisher = Lafayette Chapter EWB USA| accessdate=2013-03-19}}</ref> Members of the club represent many disciplines in engineering and the liberal arts. The club is linked with rural villages in the [[Yoro]] region of [[Honduras]].<ref name="ewboverview">{{cite web | url=http://sites.lafayette.edu/ewb/files/2009/10/site2.pdf | title = Engineers Without Borders Project Overview | publisher = Lafayette Chapter EWB USA| accessdate=2013-03-19}}</ref> EWB's mission is to design and implement projects in these villages that help promote better life. The club has focused its efforts on water treatment systems.

El Convento, which is located in the Yoro district of central Honduras, will be the third sustainable water project EWB-LC students have worked on in the country since 2003 when the club was founded.<ref name="ewb current">{{cite web | url=http://sites.lafayette.edu/ewb/current-project/ | title = Engineers Without Borders Current Project | publisher = Lafayette Chapter EWB USA| accessdate=2013-03-19}}</ref> The group has implemented gravity-fed water systems in neighboring Lagunitas and La Fortuna. In La Fortuna, the group utilized a [[slow sand filter]] in its system. The group’s previous work garnered national media exposure for being one of six national institutions to receive a $75,000 grant from the [[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Engineers Without Borders begins third project in Honduras this summer|url=http://sites.lafayette.edu/ewb/2008/06/25/engineers-without-borders-begins-third-project-in-honduras-this-summer/|work=Engineers Without Borders: Lafayette College Chapter|accessdate=20 March 2013}}</ref>

===Volunteer opportunities===

====Landis Center====
The Landis Center, Lafayette College's community outreach program, provides students with service opportunities. Landis' mission is to cultivate personal, civic and intellectual growth for students through meaningful and effective service experiences.<ref name="Landis Center">{{cite web | url=http://landiscenter.lafayette.edu/our-mission/ | title = Landis Center Goals | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> The program also strives to foster college-community partnerships that contribute to the well-being of the community, both locally and globally.<ref name="Landis Center">{{cite web | url=http://landiscenter.lafayette.edu/our-mission/ | title = Landis Center Goals | publisher = Lafayette College | accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref>

====Alternative School Break====
Another volunteering alternative to the aforementioned Engineers Without Borders and Landis is Alternative School Break (ASB). Students travel in teams during the January interim or spring break and help communities build homes, paint, and tutor. Recent destinations have included the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, New Orleans, Chicago, and New York City.<ref>{{cite web|title=Campus Life: Volunteering|url=http://www.lafayette.edu/campus-life/student-clubs-activities/volunteering/}}</ref> Students raise money through various fundraising events to mitigate the cost of the trip.

===Lafayette Activities Forum===
The Lafayette Activities Forum is a student-run organization that strives to promote campus interaction and student relations by incorporating programs and entertainment that reflect the interests of the general student body.<ref>{{cite web|title=What can I do...|url=http://slp.lafayette.edu/files/2010/07/2009-what-can-I-do-brochure.pdf|accessdate=11 March 2013}}</ref> LAF is made up of three committees: Live Entertainment, Campus Culture, and Marketing & Public Relations. They are in charge of planning events such the Spring Concert, Fall Fest, the Spot Underground, Open Mic nights, and Live Comedy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lafayette Activities Forum|url=http://sites.lafayette.edu/laf/|accessdate=18 March 2013}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
[[Image:William E Simon.jpg|right|thumb|[[William E. Simon]], class of 1952, served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1974–1977.]]
{{main|List of Lafayette College people}}

Lafayette College has approximately 28,000 registered alumni including many prominent businessmen, engineers, politicians, and other notable individuals including two Nobel award winners.

[[Philip S. Hench]] was a winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] in 1950. [[Haldan K. Hartline]] was a winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] in 1967. [[James McKeen Cattell]] was the first professor of psychology in the United States.

[[William E. Simon]] was the 63rd [[Secretary of the Treasury]] and president of the [[United States Olympic Committee]].

[[David K. McDonogh]], of the Class of 1844, is argued by the College to be the first "legalized" slave ever to receive a college degree.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lafayette McDonough Voice|url=http://sites.lafayette.edu/mcdonogh/|accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Remembering David McDonogh|url=http://sites.lafayette.edu/mcdonogh/files/2012/03/McDonogh-Report-2007.pdf|work=The McDonogh Report|accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref>

The founders of the 1960s [[pop music|pop]] group [[The Cyrkle]], guitarists Don Danneman and Tom Dawes, were graduates of Lafayette.

[[F. Wilbur Gingrich]], a well known Greek scholar, is noted for translating and adapting the work of [[Walter Bauer]]’s Greek-German lexicon ([[Bauer lexicon]]) in collaboration with William F. Arndt.

Leslie Wah-Leung Chung 鍾華亮 was a member of the Hong Kong Volunteers Defense Corps (義勇軍) and was wounded in action at Lei Yue Mun Fort (鯉魚門炮台) during the Japanese invasion in December 1941. He became President of the Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servants’ Association 香港政府華員會 (1965–68) with contributions to the establishment of equal pay for men and women, including the right for married women to be permanent employees<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ottawasun.com/videos/celebrating-two-lives-well-lived/1550780688001 |title=Celebrating two lives well lived : Featured OTT : Videos |publisher=Ottawasun.com |date=2012-04-06 |accessdate=2012-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Connor |first=Kevin |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/07/life-love-and-service-recalled |title=Life, love and service | Toronto & GTA | News |publisher=Toronto Sun |date=2012-04-07 |accessdate=2012-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/PilotedToServe |title=Piloted to Serve |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2012-05-09}}</ref>

[[Leonard Jeffries]], a professor at CCNY, was president of a traditionally Jewish fraternity while he was a student at Lafayette College.<ref name="BlackBiography">{{cite book|title=Contemporary Black Biography|publisher=[[The Gale Group]]|year=2006|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/leonard-jeffries|accessdate=2009-05-13}}</ref>

[[Jim Rosenhaus (broadcaster)|Jim Rosenhaus]] is a broadcaster for the [[Cleveland Indians]]. [[Joe Maddon]] is the manager of the Tampa Bay Rays.

==References==
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Beloit College

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{{Infobox university
|name = Beloit College
|image = [[Image:Beloit seal.jpg]]
|motto = Scientia Vera Cum Fide Pura
|mottoeng = True knowledge with pure faith
|mascot = Buccaneers (Official) Turtles (Academic-Unofficial)
|nickname = Buccaneers
|colors=Blue and Gold <span style="background-color:#00386B;width:50px;border:1px solid #000000">     </span> <span style="background-color:#CDA32F;width:50px;border:1px solid #000000">     </span>
|established = 1846
|type = [[Private school|Private]] [[liberal arts college]]
|president = [[Scott Bierman]]
|city = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Beloit, Wisconsin|Beloit]]
|state = [[Wisconsin|WI]]
|country = [[United States|USA]]
|campus = {{convert|65|acre|ha|1}}
|undergrad = 1,300
|postgrad = 0
|faculty = 94
|endowment = US$108.0 million<ref>As of June 30, 2010. {{Cite web | title = U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2010 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2009 to FY 2010| work = 2010 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments | publisher = National Association of College and University Business Officers | url = http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2010NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values_Final.pdf| format = PDF | accessdate = February 13, 2011}}</ref>
|website = [http://www.beloit.edu/ www.beloit.edu]
}}
'''Beloit College''' is a [[liberal arts]] [[college]] in [[Beloit, Wisconsin]], [[USA]]. It is a member of the [[Associated Colleges of the Midwest]], and has an enrollment of roughly 1,300 [[undergraduate]] students. Beloit is the oldest continuously operated college in Wisconsin, and has the oldest building of any college northwest of [[Chicago]] in continuous academic use.<ref>[http://www.beloit.edu/about/history.php]{{dead link|date=April 2011}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} Beloit gained national attention after its inclusion in Loren Pope's book, ''40 [[Colleges That Change Lives]]'', which identifies schools having two essential elements: "A familial sense of communal enterprise that gets students heavily involved in cooperative rather than competitive learning, and a faculty of scholars devoted to helping young people develop their powers, mentors who often become their valued friends".<ref>[http://www.ctcl.org/]</ref>

==Founding==
Beloit College was founded by the group Friends for Education, which was started by seven pioneers from [[New England]] who, soon after their arrival in [[Wisconsin Territory]], agreed that a college needed to be established. The group raised funds for a college in their new town and convinced the territorial [[legislature]] to enact the charter for Beloit College on February 2, 1846. The first building (then called Middle College) was built in 1847, and it remains in operation today. Classes began in the fall of 1847, with the first degrees awarded in 1851.

==History==
The first president of Beloit was a [[Yale University]] graduate, Aaron Lucius Chapin, who served as president from December, 1849 until 1886.<ref>[http://www.beloit.edu/archives/history/presidents/aaron_chapin]</ref>

Although independent today, Beloit College was historically, though unofficially, associated with the [[Congregational church|Congregationalist]] tradition.<ref>[http://www.ucc.org/education/school/college.htm]</ref>

The college remained very small for almost its entire first century with enrollment topping 1,000 students only with the influx of [[World War II]] veterans in 1945-1946. The "Beloit Plan", a year-round curriculum introduced in 1964, comprising three full terms and a "field term" of off-campus study, brought the college national attention.{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}} The trustees decided to return to the two semester program in 1978.

One of the campus Indian mounds, in the shape of a [[turtle]], inspired Beloit's symbol (and unofficial mascot).

==Academics==
Beloit College's curriculum retains many aspects of the Beloit Plan from the 1960s, emphasizing experiential learning or "the liberal arts in practice." Academic strengths include field-oriented disciplines such as anthropology and geology. More Beloit graduates have earned Ph.D.s in anthropology than graduates of any other undergraduate liberal arts college not affiliated with a university.<ref>[http://www.beloit.edu/~logan/pdf/newsletters/Logan%20Letter%20v4%20n2.pdf]</ref> The geology department continues a tradition in geology that began with [[Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin|T. C. Chamberlin]] more than a century ago. Today the department combines a course load with mandatory field methods and research. The department is a member of the [[Keck Geology Consortium]], a research collaboration of several similar colleges across the United States, including [[Amherst College]], [[Pomona College]], and [[Washington and Lee University]]. The Consortium sends undergraduate students worldwide to research and publish their findings.

In 2011, Beloit was ranked both 55 overall and a "Best Value" in the category of National Liberal Arts Colleges by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', and it ranked 125 of the top 600 schools by ''[[Forbes]]'' in 2010.<ref>
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{{Cite web
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{{Cite web
| title = America's Best College-Forbes.com
| publisher = Forbes.com
| year = 2010
| url = http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/94/best-colleges-10_Beloit-College_950098.html
| accessdate = 13 Aug 2010}}</ref> In the 2006 college rankings by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', Beloit was shortlisted for "Study Abroad" (56% of students participate) and "First-Year Initiative".{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} The 1999 National Study of Student Engagement ranked Beloit in the top 20% of five benchmark categories measuring the quality of the student experience, one of just four schools to achieve this ranking.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

[[File:Middle College of Beloit College.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Middle College]]

The college long hosted the ''Beloit Poetry Journal'', but the editor, Professor Emerita Marion K. Stocking, now deceased, had retired to Maine and operated the journal from there. In 1985 the complementary ''Beloit Fiction Journal'' began, publishing an annual collection of short contemporary fiction every year since. The establishment of the Mackey Chair in Creative Writing has brought a new nationally-known author to campus annually for several years, including [[Billy Collins]], [[Bei Dao]], [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], [[Amy Hempel]], [[Denise Levertov]], and [[Robert Stone (novelist)|Robert Stone]]. Beloit biology faculty member, John Jungck, along with Nils S. Peterson, CEO of From the Heart Software, co-founded and run the BioQUEST,<ref>[http://www.bioquest.org/index.php]</ref> and Brock Spencer maintains ChemLinks.<ref>[http://chemlinks.beloit.edu/]</ref> Both are special-interest groups on the reform of science education. Beloit has had a faculty and student exchange program with [[Fudan University]] in [[China]] since the 1980s.

Psychology is one of the most popular majors at Beloit.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} The Psychology Department started with Guy Allen Tawney, a student of [[Wilhelm Wundt]], who taught from 1897 to 1906. A study abroad program to [[Morocco]] and [[Estonia]] is targeted at psychology majors (although any student may apply for the program), where they engage in cross-cultural studies.

Two Beloit campus museums open to the public are run by college staff and students. The [[Logan Museum of Anthropology]] and the [[Wright Museum of Art]] were both founded in the late nineteenth century. The Logan Museum, accredited by the [[American Association of Museums]], curates over 300,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects from 125 countries and over 600 cultural groups. The Wright Museum's holdings of over 8,000 objects include a large collection of original prints and Asian art. Both museums feature temporary special exhibitions year round. The Beloit College campus also houses two sculptures by artist [[Siah Armajani]], his "Gazebo for One Anarchist: [[Emma Goldman]] 1991" and "The Beloit College Poetry Garden."<ref>[http://www.beloit.edu/museums/publicart/publicsculpt.htm]</ref> The campus has numerous prehistoric [[Tumulus#U.S.A.|Indian mound]]s.<ref>[http://www.beloit.edu/belmag/03fall/03fall_features/03fall_mounds.html]</ref>

Since 1998, the college has produced the annual "[[Beloit College Mindset List|Mindset List]]," written by Professor Tom McBride, summarizing pop culture references that are allegedly meaningless to incoming college [[Freshman|freshmen]].

Beloit College completed a {{convert|120000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} Center for the Sciences in the fall of 2008. The building was designed to achieve a minimum Silver Level LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building certification and was ultimately awarded platinum level certification. It also won a Design Excellence Honor Award in Interior Architecture from the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) on October 30, 2009.

In the fall of 2010, Beloit College opened the Hendricks Center for the Arts, a {{convert|58,000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} structure that holds dance, music and theater facilities. The building previously held the Beloit Post Office and later the Beloit Public Library. The renovation and expansion of the facility is the largest single gift in the college's history. The building is named after Diane Hendricks, chair of [[ABC Supply]] of Beloit, and her late husband and former college trustee Ken Hendricks. <ref>[http://www.beloit.edu/giving/news/?story_id=267648]</ref> "The architects and designers, who worked closely with a group of faculty and staff to identify needs and priorities, stayed true to the building’s history throughout the project. Original support beams, exposed brick walls, and vintage terrazzo tile floors are juxtaposed with four new studio classrooms, a state-of-the art film classroom, faculty offices, and design and staging labs." <ref>[http://www.beloit.edu/belmag/belmag_wp/?p=1367]</ref>

In 2011 Beloit College received the Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Campus Internationalization. In its award statement, NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, noted: "Internationalization efforts at Beloit College in Wisconsin are centered on its long-standing institutional commitment to international education and its urban setting, as the school’s programs reach out to cities in transition around the world." <ref>[http://www.nafsa.org/PressRoom/PressRelease.aspx?id=25550]</ref>

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==Student life==
Beloit students are offered a wide variety of housing options, ranging from specific substance-free dormitories to "Special Interest" houses, such as the Art, Spanish, Outdoor Environmental Club (OEC), Interfaith options, and, on a trial basis through 2012, gender-neutral housing. Beloit has a student congress (BSC), and in the 2008 elections 275 students (approximately 20% of the student body) voted.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://belcon.beloit.edu/news.php?parent=10 | title=News Archive | date=November 13, 2008 | accessdate=October 27, 2010}}</ref> A wide variety of student clubs bring visitors (musicians, artists, poets) to campus frequently. While Beloit adheres to Wisconsin state law, which states that the legal drinking age is 21, strict no-alcohol policies found on many other college campuses are not present at Beloit. Resident Assistants, employed by the Residential Life office, help to maintain campus safety and encourage responsible behavior.

Beloit College has a [[Flying disk|frisbee]] golf course contained almost entirely within the grounds of the college. This course has undergone many changes with the expansion of dormitories and additions to the grounds, such as the construction of Mauer Link, which drastically changed the course.

In April 2006, Beloit College students broke the world record for the longest game of Ultimate Frisbee by playing for over 72 hours.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/sioncampus/05/18/beloit.ultimate/index.html | work=CNN | title=Beloit students break record with 72-hour game | date=May 19, 2006 | accessdate=April 26, 2010}}</ref>

== Athletics ==
Beloit College is a member of the [[Midwest Conference]], NCAA in Division III and fields varsity teams in football, baseball, softball, volleyball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and field, and men's and women's soccer. The school also had a competitive rowing team sponsored by club funds and alumni support. Men's and women's varsity lacrosse will begin in 2013.

The [[Ultimate Frisbee]] club team at Beloit is Beloit Ultimate Frisbee Family, or BUFF. Beloit has also developed a womens program sheBUFF.

== Prominent alumni ==
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* [[Roy Chapman Andrews]], naturalist, explorer, and director of the [[American Museum of Natural History]]
* [[James Arness]], actor
* [[Fred Ascani]], [[U.S. Air Force]] Major General
* [[Ginger Beaumont]], MLB player, the first player to bat in the [[World Series]]
* [[James Arnold Blaisdell]], 1899, the third president of Pomona College (1910–1927), founder and “Head Fellow” of the Claremont Colleges (1927–1935).
* [[Don Bolles]], investigative journalist
* [[Ron Bontemps]], [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medalist
* [[Robert A. Buethe]], Surgeon General of the [[U.S. Air Force]]
* [[Lucien B. Caswell]], U.S. Representative
* [[Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin]], geologist, professor, University of Wisconsin president, museum director
* [[Mush Crawford]], [[NFL]] player
* [[Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling]], editorial cartoonist and conservationist
* [[Mike Davis (boat builder)|Mike Davis]], [[anthropologist]], [[archeologist]], and boat builder.
* [[Adolph Dubs]], American Ambassador murdered in Afghanistan (1978–1979)
* [[Clarence Ellis (computer scientist)|Clarence Ellis]], computer scientist (first African-American Ph.D. in the field)
* [[John E. Erickson (Wisconsin politician)|John E. Erickson]], basketball coach, general manager, U.S. Senate candidate
* [[Janine P. Geske]], Justice of the [[Wisconsin]] Supreme Court
* [[Suzanne K. Hale]], American Ambassador (2004–Present)
* [[Pat Kilbane]], comedic actor
* [[Christina Kramer]], professor of Slavic and Balkan languages
* [[Kerwin Mathews]], actor
* [[Jack McAuliffe (American football)|Jack McAuliffe]], [[NFL]] player
* [[Amby McConnell]], MLB player
* [[Walt McGaw]], [[NFL]] player
* [[William H. McMaster]], Governor of [[South Dakota]] (1921–1925), and [[U.S. Senator]]
* [[Mark Moffett]], entomologist
* [[Robert Lee Morris]], jewelry designer
* [[Lorine Niedecker]], poet
* [[Jameson Parker]], actor
* [[Arthur H. Parmelee]], football coach and physician
* [[Walter Parr|Walter Robinson Parr]], Chicago pastor
* [[John Pasquin]], Emmy-nominated television and film director
* [[George Perring]], MLB player
* [[Pid Purdy]], [[NFL]] player
* [[Elmer Rhenstrom]], [[NFL]] player
* [[John Sall]], one of the four founders of [[SAS Institute]]
* [[John S. Samuel]], [[U.S. Air Force]] Major General
* [[Zeke Sanborn]], [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medalist
* [[Lew Sarett]], poet and Northwestern University professor
* [[Arthur Smith]], one of most high profile advocates before President Theodore Roosevelt for the return of Boxer Indemnity which established Tsing Hua University.
* [[Rex Smith (American football)|Rex Smith]], [[NFL]] player
* [[Tully Sparks]], MLB player
* [[James Strong (college president)|James Woodward Strong]], first president of [[Carleton College]]
* [[Robert C. Strong]], U.S. diplomat
* [[Julia Suits]], cartoonist
* [[John Thorn]], sports historian
* [[Peter Tufo]], American Ambassador (1997–2001)
* [[Willard Wirtz]], U.S. [[Secretary of Labor]] (1962–1969)
* [[Charles Winter Wood]], actor, orator, Professor at Tuskegee Institute
* [[Amy Wright]], actress
* [[Chris Fleming]] is an international TV host and Paranormal investigator on [[Dead Famous: Ghostly Encounters]], which aired 2004-2007 on [[The Biography Channel]]. He also co-hosted episodes of [[A&E Network]] [[Psychic Kids]] 2009-2010 and made numerous TV appearances on such shows as [[Larry King]], [[Ghost Hunters]], [[Ghost Adventures]], [[The Haunted (TV Series)]], and [[Paranormal Challenge]].

==Prominent faculty==
*[[Scott Bierman]], economist
*[[Bei Dao]], poet
*[[Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin]], Founder of the [[Journal of Geology]]
*[[Arthur M. Chickering]], arachnologist
*[[Merle Curti]], [[Pulitzer Prize]] recipient
*[[Robert O. Fink]], papyrologist
*[[Crawford Gates]], musician
*[[George Ellery Hale]], astronomer
*[[Edward Hoagland]], author
*[[Lou B. ("Bink") Noll]], poet
*[[Roc Ordman]], nutrition and biochemistry
*[[John Ostrom]], paleontologist
*[[Scott Sanders (novelist)|Scott Sanders]], author
*[[Miles P. Squire]], minister
*[[Robley Wilson]], poet

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/ Mindset Lists]

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|predecessor = [[William Paterson (judge)|William Paterson]]
|successor = [[Frederick Frelinghuysen (senator)|Frederick Frelinghuysen]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1739|4|5}}
|birth_place = [[Trappe, Maryland|Trappe]], [[Maryland]]
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'''Philemon Dickinson''' (April 5, 1739{{ndash}} February 4, 1809) was an [[United States|American]] [[lawyer]] and [[politician]] from [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]], [[New Jersey]]. As a brigadier general of the [[New Jersey militia]], he was one of the most effective militia officers of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. He was also a [[Continental Congress]]man from Delaware and a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from New Jersey.

Dickinson was born in [[Maryland]]. When he was one, his family moved to [[Delaware]]. He was educated by a private tutor until he went to the [[University of Pennsylvania]], from where he graduated in 1759. He then studied [[law]], and was admitted to the [[bar association|bar]], but never practiced. In 1767, Dickinson moved to Trenton, New Jersey. On 14 July 1767, he married his first cousin, Mary Cadwalader (1746–1781). They had two children; Samuel (1770–1837) and Mary (1768–1822). He served as an officer during the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of [[Major General]] in the New Jersey Militia.

In 1782 and 1783, he represented Delaware at the [[Continental Congress]]. In 1783-84 he was elected to the [[New Jersey Legislative Council]] from Hunterdon County where he served as [[Vice-President of Council]] both years. He was a member of the commission that selected the site for the national capital in [[Washington, D.C.]] in 1784. When [[William Paterson (judge)|William Paterson]] resigned from the [[United States Senate]], Dickinson was chosen by New Jersey to finish Paterson's term. He served in the senate from November 23, 1790 to March 4, 1793. After his service in [[United States Congress|Congress]], he returned to look after his estates until he died in 1809, and was buried at [[Friends Burying Ground, Trenton|Friends Burying Ground]] in Trenton.

==External links==
*{{CongBio|D000324}}
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickinson.html#R9M0IUZZR Philemon Dickinson] at [[The Political Graveyard]]
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7461819 Philemon Dickinson] at [[Find A Grave]]
*[http://virtualology.com/apjohndickinson/ Biographical sketch at Virtualology.com] (under his brother, [[John Dickinson (delegate)|John Dickinson]])

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