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!
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 Slaughterof the Chester Housing Authority represented was also in attendance at the ceremony to share in the program's national recognition as a valued CCF community partner.
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.
The College kicked off a week of programming in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a Day of Service to support children in Chester. More
Weaving the tale of today’s migration crisis with help from those living through it. More
“This opportunity means that I’ll finally get to be the change in my city that I can’t sit around and wait for,” says Chris Precise ’21, who will use creative writing to teach sociology to marginalized students in Philadelphia. More