Rebecca Chopp will be inaugurated as the 14th president of Swarthmore College on Sat., May 8, 2010. Here, she discusses the role that women have played at Swarthmore since its founding as one of the country's first coeducational institutions of higher learning, as well as her goals for the future.

The occasion of President Chopp's inauguration is also featured in today's Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily Gazette.