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For 18 years, Don “Donny” Thomas has been the smiling face of Sharples Dining Hall.

Josh Coceano went from Scott Arboretum intern to the College’s full-time horticulturist. 

Braulio Muñoz maintains that art has the power to unite, elevate, and save.

A year ago, Amer Ahmed joined Swarthmore as Intercultural Center (IC) director and dean of the sophomore class.

Religious adviser Joyce Tompkins advises just about everyone on just about anything.

Laura Cacho arrived from Melbourne, Australia, in February 2014 as Swarthmore’s first director of sustainability.

Greg Brown joined the College as vice president for finance and administration in June after the retirement of Sue Welsh, the longtime vice president for finance and treasurer of the College. 

During a sabbatical year, Syd Carpenter, professor of studio art, spent two weeks visiting gardens and farms in the South and meeting the African-Americans who cultivate the land.