Due to COVID-19, Swarthmore College has extended spring break through March 20, and online classes will run March 23 to April 3. The Lang Center will continue to meet our mission under these circumstances, acknowledging that the health and well-being of the global community are of utmost importance. Reach out via email to Lang Center Staff if you have questions regarding how the virus could affect your current and future community engagements.
The Lang Center and Saint Joseph’s University to hosted “Engaging Philadelphia through Scholarship and Teaching” at City Hall for faculty and community partners from Greater Philadelphia. The event enabled attendees to build knowledge, explore current community assets, and make plans for collaboration on co-creation of knowledge and mutually desired outcomes. Click here to read more.
Congratulations to the Class of 2022 Lang Opportunity Scholars! The Lang Opportunity Scholarship supports Scholars in the development of a project that creates a needed social resource in the U.S. or abroad. The program was conceived and endowed by Eugene M. Lang ’38. Click here to learn more about the Class of 2022 LOS cohort!
Organize your energies! If you’re passionate about an issue, we can help you find relevant courses, research, internships, and volunteer opportunities, whatever your academic major.
We house faculty-led programs that encourage interdisciplinary learning and Engaged Scholarship. Current programs: Urban Inequality & Incarceration, Global Studies Initiative, Health & Societies, Arts in Action.
The Lang Center provides a variety of resources to students, faculty, and community members, including funding, advising, transportation, and space.
Earlier this month, the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility collaborated with Saint Joseph’s University to host “Engaging Philadelphia through Scholarship and Teaching,” a convention at City Hall for faculty members and community partners from the Greater Philadelphia region. More
Christopher Gaeta ’22, Emma Parker Miller ’22, Ray Sidener ’21, and Nancy Yuan ’20 learned tools to socially engage with the Swarthmore community. They will also undertake online and on-campus training sessions to identify and address potential problem areas of campus life, based on interviews with students and faculty members and in collaboration with fellowship advisers. More
As the newest recipients of the Eugene M. Lang Opportunity Scholarship (LOS), six Swarthmore sophomores will be tackling social action projects here and around the globe. More