First Collection 2011

Listen as President Chopp warmly welcomes the Class of 2015 to the "distinct community" of which they are now a part.

Commencement 2011

Watch President Rebecca Chopp encourage the Class of 2010 to "fix your full attention to truth, beauty, goodness. May you find yourselves fueled by Swarthmore passion. May your heart's gladness fit our world's needs."

First Collection 2010

Listen to President Chopp invoke the College's "decidedly counter-cultural" Hicksite Quaker founders, including Lucretia Mott, when when addressing the Class of 2014.

Commencement 2010

Watch President Rebecca Chopp encourage the Class of 2010 to cultivate wonder, apply critical thinking in all quests, "and always imagine how the world can be different because of what you learned here in this most extraordinary place."

"Hope in an Age of Clamor"

Watch President Chopp deliver her inaugural address at a ceremony that took place May 8, 2010.

Justice, Love, and Hope: Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This essay is adapted from remarks President Chopp made to the College community on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (2010).

An Update on College Finances, September 2009

The College's finances were a significant topic of conversation at the fall meeting of the Board of Managers. Following that meeting President Rebecca Chopp shared an update on the College's finances with the campus community.

First Collection 2009

In welcoming the Class of 2013, President Rebecca Chopp invoked the College's founders, who "believed that every one should tend his/her own conscience, to 'mind the light' within oneself."