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Minding the light since 1864 🕯️
Garnet Weekend 2025 is almost here! 🍂 Join us October 24–25 for Swarthmore’s homecoming and family weekend — a celebration for alumni, families, students, and friends.
➡️ Don’t miss it — register today!
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Roy & Linda Shanker signing documents.
Roy & Linda Shanker smiling, seated by Val Smith.
Roy & Linda Shanker hold up a picture frame.
Roy ’70 and Linda Shanker have pledged an extraordinary $42 million to Swarthmore College.
In recognition of their generosity, the role of Swarthmore’s president is now named the Roy J. and Linda G. Shanker Presidential Chair.
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Martin Hall is back, and it’s nothing like you remember. After more than two years of construction, the building has been reborn as a bright and airy hub designed to spark connections between technology and the humanities.
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A large crowd seated in an outdoor amphitheater at dusk, holding lit candles.
Five students seated outdoors at dusk holding lit candles.
A student stands outside at dusk holding a lit candle.
A group of students standing outdoors at dusk holding lit candles.
A bright beginning. 🕯️✨ First Collection brought new students together in the Scott Amphitheater for an evening of tradition, community, and candlelight.
01.09.2025 17:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2 people stand by a car with dorm supplies.
A student wears a Swarthmore Lacrosse shirt in a dorm room.
2 people push a rolling cart of dorm supplies down a hallway.
2 people walking outside, one is pushing a cart of dorm supplies while the other is carrying duffel bags.
Boxes in, memories to come. So glad you're here, Class of 2029!
27.08.2025 16:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From campus labs to organizations overseas, Swarthmore students spent the summer immersing themselves in hands-on research and internships that extended learning well beyond the classroom. 🌍✨
21.08.2025 16:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Martin Hall exterior.
Martin Hall interior seating space.
Theater space with red chairs and a projection screen.
👀 Sneak peek inside the reimagined Martin Hall!
After a major transformation, the building opens this semester as a hub for curiosity, creativity, and innovation—now home to Film & Media Studies, Computer Science, and the Media Center.
🏅Introducing the Garnet Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2025!
Six standout alums, spanning five decades, will be inducted Friday, Oct. 24 to kick off Garnet Weekend.
Congrats to Jill Belding Greenleaf ’99, Pat Carney ’87, Tim Coss ’55, Kenyetta Givans ’12, Jay Peichel ’89 & Sonya Reynolds ’07!
Parrish Hall.
Purple flowers.
Welcome, summer! ☀️
20.06.2025 13:59 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Congratulations to the nine students selected as President’s Sustainability Research Fellows for 2025–26! Through this yearlong program, students work closely with faculty and staff mentors to tackle pressing sustainability challenges on campus.
09.06.2025 15:25 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An expert on Black American religion, Chireau ensured the accuracy of religion and spirituality in the film, especially regarding Hoodoo, Christianity, rootwork, and conjure.
02.05.2025 13:36 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
People sitting on chairs outside on the lawn.
Parrish Hall.
Cherry blossom tree.
Clothier Tower courtyard and tower.
Spring snapshots 🌸
29.04.2025 18:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
As a 2024–2025 Fulbright U.S. Scholar, Smith is researching sodium-ion batteries at the University of Wollongong, focusing on sustainable, scalable energy storage solutions.
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