Lang Opportunity Scholars Announced
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!
Welcome back to campus!
To our students, faculty, and staff:
Welcome back to campus! We hope you had a restful break and are looking forward to another wonderful semester at Swarthmore College. Interested in how you can integrate Engaged Scholarship into your plans for the semester? Stop by the Lang Center to learn more, and for tips and resources!
CCF Receives Award
In October, the Chester Community Fellowship was recognized as a model of excellence in Student Community Engagement at the Engagement Scholarship Consortium's national conference. Ashley Henry, CCF program manager, accepted the award. Ulysses Slaughter of the Chester Housing Authority represented was also in attendance to share in the program's national recognition as a valued CCF community partner.
"Connecting curriculum, campus, and community through engaged scholarship and collaborative action."
Issue Areas
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.
Faculty-Led Initiatives
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.
Resources
The Lang Center provides a variety of resources to students, faculty, and community members, including funding, advising, transportation, and space.
The Lang Center in the News
Four Students Named Stanford University Innovation Fellows
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
Class of 2022 Lang Opportunity Scholars Announced
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
Rose Ridder ’20 Named Laureate of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Rose Ridder ’20 is now a laureate of the country’s oldest engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi, in recognition of excellence beyond her chosen field. Ridder, a Lang Scholar who taught English at a school in Thailand, supplemented the school’s science program for a beyond-the-classroom, hands-on science experiment with a nearby water supply. More