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Administration holds finance and spending presentations

Since Feb. 1st, the administration has been holding meetings about the financial component of the college’s operations. On Jan. 18th, Vice President for Finance and Administration Greg Brown sent an email to all faculty, students, and staff announcing a series of information

February 18, 2016

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Smaller, but more diverse applicant group for class of 2020

The 2014 application season yielded an applicant pool only slightly smaller than last year’s record number of applications. In addition, the application pool continues to diversify. To date, 7737 applications have been submitted, a less than two percent decrease from last year’s

February 4, 2016

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Mountain Justice demands recusal of three board members

Wednesday at 12:20 p.m. Mountain Justice gathered in Parrish Parlors to demand that several Board members who have ties to the fossil fuel industry recuse themselves from future Board discussions of divestment. About 10 Mountain Justice members, wearing the orange felt pins

January 28, 2016

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Aurora Winslade to begin as new Sustainability Director

On November 3, President Smith announced the hiring of Aurora Winslade as the new Sustainability Director of Swarthmore. Winslade currently works for Hawaii Energy, a conservation and energy efficiency program administered by Leidos Engineering under contract with the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission.

November 12, 2015

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Decline in humanities majors causes concern for faculty, students

Data from the Office of Institutional Research shows that the percentage of humanities majors awarded as a proportion of all degrees fell from around 25% to 16% from 2005 to 2014 while the number of natural science majors increased considerably. This shift

November 5, 2015

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New advisor for Muslim students seeks funding as role expands

Interim Muslim Student Advisor Ailya Vajid left at the end of last semester after serving for a year and a half. Umar Abdul Rahman, a former attorney in Philadelphia, was hired prior to this school year to fill the role. Despite the

October 22, 2015

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Memorial held for late librarian Meg Spencer

On September 24th, Meg Spencer, the Cornell Science Librarian died in a car accident. She was 55, and had worked at Swarthmore in some capacity continuously for 34 years. A memorial service was held for Spencer on Wednesday in Lang Concert Hall

October 8, 2015

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Title IX changes to affect campus procedures

Every summer, the Office of the Title IX Coordinator revises the college’s Sexual Assault and Harassment Policy. This Tuesday, a meeting hosted by Title IX Coordinator Kaaren Williamsen detailed the changes to the policy as well as personnel changes within the Title

September 24, 2015

Joe Mariani

Administration holds finance and spending presentations

Smaller, but more diverse applicant group for class of 2020

Mountain Justice demands recusal of three board members

Aurora Winslade to begin as new Sustainability Director

Decline in humanities majors causes concern for faculty, students

New advisor for Muslim students seeks funding as role expands

Memorial held for late librarian Meg Spencer

Title IX changes to affect campus procedures

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