The 50th anniversary of coeducation will be celebrated through a variety of activities including virtual events, exhibitions, lectures, and more. Check back often as events will be added throughout the year.
Do you have an idea or a suggestion for an event to celebrate this milestone? Contact Rachel Nelson Moeller ’88 P21 at moellerr@lafayette.edu.
More than 100 members of the first classes of women assembled virtually on Sept. 10 to celebrate the anniversary of the first day of class 50 years ago. The historic moment marked the beginning of Lafayette’s transition to coeducation. Members of the “First Women” (female graduates between 1972-81), representing the first decade of coeducation at the College, shared reflections and virtual toasts to commemorate the occasion. Among the attendees were Lafayette’s first female president, Alison Byerly, and Chair of the Board of Trustees Robert Sell ’84, who presented a toast to “All the First Women, who fearlessly stepped on campus in September 1970, and those who have continued to lead Lafayette since that day.”
View the slideshow of archival images shown during the event.
August 17, 2020 – June 30, 2021 As part of the campus-wide celebration of the arrival of women students in 1970, the College Archives is showcasing photographs, documents, and memorabilia commemorating this remarkable period of social change at Lafayette.
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March 12-25, 2021 - Alumnae and faculty speakers will share their wisdom and expertise on a wide range of educational, personal, and professional development…
March 23, 2021 - Tressie McMillan Cottom to Deliver Hatfield Lecture
Spring 2021 – HEAR ME ROAR, an original play written by Michael O’Neill from the archives of Lafayette women’s memoirs. When: More information to be…
June 4-6, 2021 - Members of the First Women classes 1976 and 1981 are encouraged to attend to help close out our year-long celebration of coeducation.
Professor Emeritus Robert Weiner and Peter Newman ’73 offered a history of the United States’ move to coeducation, as well as issues specific to Lafayette…
The Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program is proud to mark the 100th anniversary of the enfranchisement of women in the US with a presentation…
October 12-17 – Offered this year as a week-long virtual celebration, alumni, parents, students, and friends enjoyed reconnecting, viewing presentations…