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According to rumors (the germ of many of our stories), at last weekend’s Parents Council Meeting President Chopp said that she wakes up each morning anxious about that day’s edition…
April 26, 2012 / 6 Comments / Read More
Dining Services Co-Presidents Matt Lamb ’12 and Gabby Capone ’14 met with Dining Services last week to address complaints made through the Small Steps Initiative. Dining Services explained that meals…
April 11, 2012 / 6 Comments / Read More
The Daily Gazette attended some of the events that were part of this weekend’s Queer Trans Conference, themed “Power, Pleasure, and Violence: A New Discourse of Bodies, Desire, and Sex.” If…
March 26, 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More
Small Steps Initiative Students have submitted a number of suggestions to Student Council through the Council’s Small Steps Forward initiative, which solicited ideas about what StuCo should do to make…
March 21, 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More
On Monday, President Chopp sent to the student body Strategic Directions for Swarthmore College, the strategic plan approved by the Board of Managers in December. The document is organized around…
January 25, 2012 / No Comment / Read More
According to President Chopp, the inclusion of financial aid in a strategic plan is unusual in higher education. However, Swarthmore’s deep commitment to offering need-blind financial aid is also unusual…
January 24, 2012 / No Comment / Read More
The strategic plan proposes two changes to Swarthmore’s curriculum: development of interdisciplinary programs and improved support for student research, off-campus study, and work experience. The plan proposes that the college…
January 24, 2012 / No Comment / Read More
Now that Strategic Directions has been published, the College will begin planning for a capital campaign to raise approximately $400 million to implement their recommendations.The capital campaign will begin with…
January 24, 2012 / No Comment / Read More
Swarthmore’s Strategic Directions recommends the creation of an Institute for Liberal Arts to “encourage faculty participating, time and space for reflection, delight in discovery, and further deepening of one’s knowledge to…
January 24, 2012 / No Comment / Read More
Swarthmore’s Strategic Directions proposes to build new spaces on campus within the next ten to fifteen years to keep pace with the College’s academic needs and promote its residential and community…
January 24, 2012 / No Comment / Read More