To celebrate our 50th anniversary of coeducation, we invited three pairs of Lafayette women to share their stories of progress and persistence. The pairs met in early spring 2020, following distancing protocols, to share their past experiences and their hopes for the future
Barbara Strasburg Tucker ’84 P’08, P’11 a member of the women’s lacrosse and field hockey teams and Jacklyn Fein ’21 a member of Women’s lacrosse team and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee president, talk Lafayette sports. Read full transcript here.
Alma Scott-Buczak’74, associate vice president of Human Resources at Lafayette, former member of the Association of Black Collegians (ABC) and Jerri Norman ’21, B.S. Civil Engineering (2021), B.A. Chinese Language and Culture (in progress), member of ABC, Queer People of Color (QPOC), and Women’s Rugby team talk about their experiences as students of color on campus. Read full transcript here.
Polly Piergiovanni, professor and Air Products/Ghasemi Chair in Engineering for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Lauren Anderson ’04, associate professor and department head, chemical engineering, talk about their careers as female faculty and the evolution of women in STEM. Read the full transcript here.