One is Spike, Swarthmore's humor magazine, founded in 1993. It is now published weekly with a paid staff of more than forty editors, reporters, and columnists. The newspaper is printed by Hocking News in Lancaster County. Contact Information 500 College Avenue Swarthmore, PA 19081 (610) 328-8000. It goes out of focus a few times but it's decent. If you are . [117] A fire horn is located within the Swarthmore campus and its sound has become a fixture of campus life. [46] The number of applicants was the highest in the college's history and among the highest overall of any liberal arts college. If you have encountered an issue with the site, including concerns about accessibility due to a disability, please share your feedback with us. [113] In the 1990s, WSRN centered its programming on the immensely popular "Hank and Bernie Show", starring undergraduates Hank Hanks and Bernie Bernstein. It is surpassed only by the California Institute of Technology and Harvard University in per capita production of Nobel laureates in the United States. Women's Swimming / June 28, 2022. CompSci/Related Events Loading events. Study Break: Comics + Crafts. Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menus. An erotica magazine, ! [101] In 2018 there were six reports of rape, or 3.85 reports per 1,000 students.[102]. Craft tables will be located in the Cherry Border, the perfect place to enjoy an afternoon picnic and play with lawn games and garden-themed toys. The following menu has 2 levels. The Crum Woods extend westward from the main campus, and many buildings on the forest side of the campus incorporate views of the woods. Use up and down arrow keys to explore within a submenu. Have you seen an alum in the news? SCCS was noted in PC Magazine's article "Top 20 Wired Colleges" as one of the reasons for ranking Swarthmore #4 on that list. [83], In April 2019, two student publications, Voices and The Phoenix, published leaked minutes from Swarthmore's chapter of Phi Psi dating from 2013 to 2016. Graduates include five Nobel Prize winners (as of 2016[update], the third-highest number of Nobel Prize winners per graduate in the U.S.),[14] 11 MacArthur Foundation fellows, 30 Rhodes Scholars, 27 Truman Scholars, 10 Marshall Scholars, and 201 Fulbright Grantees, as well as a number of winners of the Tony Awards, Grammy Awards, Academy Awards, and Emmy Awards, and the Guggenheim Fellowship. Since its founding in 1864, Swarthmore has given students the knowledge, insight, skills, and experience to become leaders for the common good. [66] The SCPC states that "Well over fifty percent of all the holdings in the Peace Collection concern women's activism around the world. Social Links. Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menus. Karpenko Goes Sub-Two for Third All-America Honor. Christian B. Anfinsen (Class of 1937), 1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Create a Website Account - Manage notification subscriptions, save form progress and more.. Website Sign In If you have encountered an issue with the site, including concerns about accessibility due to a disability, please share your feedback with us. [119] SCCS operates a set of servers that provide web applications for the Swarthmore College community, e-mail accounts, Unix shell login accounts, server storage space, and webspace to students, professors, alumni, and other student-run organizations. Dennis Cheng '01 was awarded the prestigious "Spirit of AMTA" award in 2000. Use up and down arrow keys to explore within a submenu. "[67] The SCPC was started when a member of the board of managers discovered that Addams was burning her old papers, and convinced her to donate them instead to the Friends Historical Library. [76][77], Sororities were abandoned in the 1930s following student outrage about discrimination within the sorority system, and leading to a 79-year ban. Jonathan Franzen (Class of 1981), novelist and essayist. If you are experiencing difficulty accessing information on this site due to a disability or if you have questions or concerns regarding the accessibility of content on this site, please tell us about the issue so we can assist. Parrish Hall reopened on January 18, 1883. Within a submenu, use escape to move to top level menu parent. in engineering. [45] The class of 2022 admissions statistics have been fully released, where 13,012 applicants resulted in 1013 admits for an admit rate of 7.78%. 2022 Swarthmore College. [68] After World War II, the librarian at Princeton University, Julian P. Boyd, appraised the papers in the SCPC's collection and found that they were of "rare historic value". With a curriculum unmatched among liberal arts colleges of its size and a unique commitment to affordability and access, Swarthmore College offers more than 600 courses and many undergraduate research opportunities, from the humanities and performing arts to the social and natural sciences and engineering. Contact Information 500 College Avenue Swarthmore, PA 19081 (610) 328-8000. Within a submenu, use escape to move to top level menu parent. It was established as a college "under the care of Friends, [and] at which an education may . [40], The college is considered by U.S. News & World Report as "most selective, with 10.7% accepted of the 9,383 applicants during the 20162017 admissions cycle. Collections. Students in seminars will usually write at least three 10-page papers per seminar, and often one of these papers is expanded into a 2030 page paper by the end of the seminar. Essence of Soul is the college's all-black group. to us. Three SCCS-related papers have been accepted for publication at the USENIX Large Installation System Administration (LISA) Conference, one of which was awarded Best Paper.[123][124][125][126]. Swarthmore has an undergraduate student enrollment of 1,620 (for the 20162017 year) and 187 faculty members (99% with a terminal degree), for a student-faculty ratio of 8:1. Also I missed the first 15-20 seconds of it because they started without wa. Swarthmore College Computer Society (SCCS) is a student-run volunteer organization independent of the official ITS department of the college. Learn how Swarthmore is honoring its past and imagining its futures. 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Swarthmore's endowment at the end of the 2019 fiscal year was $2.13 billion. [63][64], Within the archives is what was formerly known as the Jane Addams Peace Collection and later called the Swarthmore College Peace Collection (SCPC). [60], The majority of the buildings housing classrooms and department offices are located to the north of Parrish, as are Kyle and Woolman dormitories. Explore by season, garden, or collection. The Board of Managers cited lack of athletes on campus and difficulty of recruiting as reasons for terminating the programs. McCabe Library is to the east of Parrish, as are the dorms Willets, Mertz, Worth, The Lodges, Alice Paul, and David Kemp. Men's Swimming / March 19, 2022. [69], 1647 students (colloquially referred to as "Swatties") attend Swarthmore as of 2018[update]. Social Links. Thereafter, The Phoenix became the name of the campus newspaper. Swarthmore also is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania through the Quaker Consortium, which allows for students to cross-register for classes at all four institutions. David Baltimore (Class of 1960), 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and former president of Caltech. From top level menus, use escape to exit the menu. [114] Today WSRN focuses virtually exclusively on entertainment, though it has covered significant news developments such as the athletic cuts in 2000[115] and the effects of the September 11 attacks on campus. Human Resources Swarthmore College 500 College Avenue Swarthmore, PA 19081 Phone: 610-328-8397 Fax: 610-690-2040 Email: humanresources@swarthmore.edu Office Hours: 8:30am - noon & 1-4:30pm (M-F) Swarthmore's alumni include five Nobel Prize winners, namely the 2006 Physics laureate John C. Mather (1968), the 2004 Economics laureate Edward Prescott (1962), the 1975 Physiology or Medicine laureats David Baltimore (1960) and Howard Martin Temin (1955), and the 1972 Chemistry laureate Christian B. Anfinsen (1937). Please let us know by writing news@swarthmore.edu. Christiana Figueres (Class of 1979), Costa Rican diplomat, known for her work on climate change. 2022 Swarthmore College. [99][100], Based on federal campus safety data for 2014, Swarthmore College was the third highest in the nation in "total reports of rape per 1,000 students" on its main campus, with 11 reports of rape per 1,000 students. Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menus. Choose whichever format works best for you, or combine them to get the most out of your virtual visit experience: Virtual Information Sessions (1 hour) If you are new to Swarthmore, or would just like to learn more through a webinar format . Some sources, including Greene's Guides,[33] have termed Swarthmore one of the "Little Ivies". Swarthmore is also ninth among liberal arts colleges alone.[56][57]. Khler came to Swarthmore in 1935 and served until his retirement in 1958. Offering a liberal arts and engineering curriculum, the College is private, yet open to all regardless of financial need. If you are having an emergency, call Public Safety at 610-328-8333. Within a submenu, use escape to move to top level menu parent. [77] President Valerie Smith subsequently announced on May 10, 2019, that Greek letter organizations were no longer allowed at Swarthmore. All Rights Reserved. The others are literary magazines, including Nacht, which publishes long-form non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and artwork; Small Craft Warnings, which publishes poetry, fiction and artwork; Scarlet Letters, which publishes women's literature; Enie, for Spanish literature; Visibility Zine, for literature and art by historically marginalized groups;[111] OURstory, for literature relating to diversity issues; Bug-Eyed Magazine, a very limited-run science fiction/fantasy magazine published by Psi Phi, formerly known as Swarthmore Warders of Imaginative Literature (SWIL); Remappings (formerly "CelebrASIAN"), published by the Swarthmore Asian Organization; Alchemy, a collection of academic writings published by the Swarthmore Writing Associates; Mjumbe, published by the Swarthmore African-American Student Society; and a magazine for French literature. School's Out: Tree-mendous Crafts. Swarthmore, PA 19081 Once every semester, all of the school's a cappella groups collaborate for a joint concert called Jamboree, which includes visiting groups from other colleges and universities.[116]. to make great ones. [10], Swarthmore is a member of the Tri-College Consortium, a cooperative academic arrangement with Bryn Mawr and Haverford College. Operating revenue for the 2016 fiscal year was $148,086,000, over 50% of which was provided by the endowment. Sign up for our bi-weekly newsletter highlighting events on campus, Hide or show the sub-menu options for Meet Swarthmore, Hide or show the sub-menu options for Academics, Hide or show the sub-menu options for Campus Life, Hide or show the sub-menu options for Admissions & Aid, Hide or show the sub-menu options for News & Events, Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity Policy, Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility. Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menus. [7] Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. Many acres are wooded and include trails. News & Events; Global navigation menu. [103][104][105] The phoenix has deep roots in Swarthmore lore. SCCS hosts over 100 mailing lists used by various student groups, and over 130 organizational websites. Email: space@swarthmore.edu. All Rights Reserved. Explore Our Gardens & Special Collections. Use up and down arrow keys to explore within a submenu. Please let us know by writingnews@swarthmore.edu. [54], At Swarthmore, 15% of earners of undergraduate degrees immediately enter graduate or professional school, and, within five years of graduation, 75% of alumni enter these programs. [9], In the early 1900s, the college had a major collegiate American football program during the formation period of the soon-to-be nationwide sport (playing Navy, Princeton, Columbia, and other larger schools) and an active fraternity and sorority life. [109] In May 2018, The Daily Gazette, which had been published since 1996, merged with The Phoenix.[110]. [18] His daughter, Helen Magill, (18531944), was in the first class to graduate in 1873; in 1877, she was the first woman in the United States to earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree, (Ph.D.); hers was in Greek from Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. The sorority admitted its first pledge class in the Spring of 2013. [98], Swarthmore has won 26 Centennial Conference team championships and claims four national championships in men's lacrosse in 1900, 1904, 1905 and 1910, four national championships in men's tennis in 1977, 1981, 1985 and 1990, two men's tennis doubles national championships in 1976 and 1985, and one individual championship in women's track and field in 2015. Swarthmore College 500 College Avenue Swarthmore, PA 19081. Most of the literary magazines print approximately 500 copies, with around 100 pages. Click on the titles below to sort the list. The official athletics website for the Swarthmore College Garnet Karpenko Earns Second All-American . [35], In its 2019 ranking of 650 U.S. colleges, universities and service academies, Forbes magazine ranked Swarthmore twenty-fifth. John C. Mather (Class of 1968), 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics. Usually one student in each discipline is awarded "Highest Honors"; others are either awarded "High Honors" or "Honors"; rarely, a student is denied Honors altogether by the outside examiner. [34] Since the inception of the U.S. News rankings, Amherst, Williams, and Swarthmore are the only colleges to have been ranked for the number one liberal arts college. Admissions is extremely competitive as the Swarthmore acceptance rate is only 9%. The Swarthmore Phoenix has been the independent campus newspaper of Swarthmore College since 1881 or 1882. Site Footer. Forgot Password | Create Account Students, Faculty, & Staff. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. The team has won four APDA national championships, including one as recently as 2017. This puts them above larger institutions such as Vanderbilt, Brown, and Johns Hopkins - ranked 70th, 33rd, and 95th respectively. [66] The Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to Addams, is part of the collection. Swarthmore College students are eligible to participate in the local emergency department, the Swarthmore Fire and Protective Association. SCCS also provides a computer lab and gaming room, located in Clothier basement beneath Essie Mae's snack bar. [108], Voices was founded in 2017 as "an online news publication solely dedicated to centering marginalized voices and creating space for them to tell their own stories", in response to controversial articles about African-American protests in the already-existing online publication The Daily Gazette. Asch, who was Polish-American and had immigrated as a child to the US in 1920, joined the faculty in 1947 and served until 1966, conducting his noted conformity experiments at Swarthmore. Swarthmore held its first classes in 1869[9] and Edward Parrish (18221872) was the first president. The birthplace of American artist Benjamin West is on the campus. The Communications Office invites all members of the Swarthmore community to share videos, photos, and story ideas for the College's website. where people with good ideas The Communications Office invites all members of the Swarthmore community to share videos, photos, and story ideas for the College's website. Events Management Swarthmore College 500 College Avenue Swarthmore, PA 19081 Email: space@swarthmore.edu. [95] In the 201819 season, the Garnet reached the NCAA Division III Championship Game for the first time but lost to the University of WisconsinOshkosh 9682. [80] The four women who helped overturn the ban subsequently spearheaded the reestablishment of a Kappa Alpha Theta chapter the following spring. Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menus. come together 500 College Avenue Out of the college's alumni, 87% participated in the effort. Have you seen an alum in the news? [71], Founded in 2000,[72] the Swarthmore Mock Trial team placed tenth at the 2000 American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) National Championship Tournament and was awarded "Best New School". Currently, the longest running show in WSRN's lineup is "Odo al Tambor", which focuses on news and music from Latin America. Many archived recordings of musical and spoken word performances exist, such as the once-annual Swarthmore Folk Festival. [120], In September 2003, the SCCS servers survived a Slashdotting while hosting a copy of the Diebold memos on behalf of the student group Free Culture Swarthmore, then known as the Swarthmore Coalition for the Digital Commons. Use enter to activate. The campus is coterminous with the grounds of the Scott Arboretum, cited by some as a main staple of the campus's renowned beauty. Karpenko, Freeman Earn PhillySIDA All-Area; Karpenko Named Performer of the Year. Swarthmore is an elite private college located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia Area. Swarthmore has two main student news publications, The Swarthmore Phoenix, a weekly newspaper, and Voices, a daily publication, along with several magazines and a radio station, WSRN 91.5 FM. [97] The Garnet were ranked No. SCCS staff promptly complied with the relevant DMCA takedown request received by the college's ITS department.[121]. [78][79] However, in September 2012, the college announced that the ban on sororities would be reversed as of the 2013 term, citing Title IX regulations. 1 in the nation by D3hoops.com for the entirety of the season, becoming the first team to be ranked at the top of that poll from start to finish. The college reports that "Twenty-five percent of the admitted students are among the first generation in their family to attend college" and "Of the admitted students attending high schools reporting class rank, 94 percent are in the top decile". [20] The 1921 appointment of Frank Aydelotte as president began the development of the school's current academic focus, particularly with his vision for the Honors program based on his experience as a Rhodes Scholar. The following menu has 2 levels. Social Links. Besides the focus on Quaker history, the holdings are a significant research collection for the regional and local history of the middle-Atlantic region of the United States and the history of American social reform. Accessibility. Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital. Social Links . [87], Swarthmore's athletic department has 22 varsity intercollegiate sports teams including badminton, baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field and volleyball. As part of the larger Dining and Community Commons project, the Dining Center brings to campus a re-imagined dining experience grounded in Swarthmores long-standing values of community, inclusivity, and sustainability. Palmer, Pittenger, and Roberts dormitories are south of the railroad station, as are the athletic facilities, while the Mary Lyon dorm is off-campus to the southwest.[61]. Use up and down arrow keys to explore within a submenu. Use up and down arrow keys to explore within a submenu. [89][90][91], The department also offers a number of club sport options, including men's and women's rugby, ultimate frisbee, volleyball, fencing, and squash. [73][74] Swarthmore's team placed second at the 2001 AMTA National Championship Tournament. [27] Swarthmore has a reputation as a very academically oriented college, with 66% of students participating in undergraduate research or independent creative projects, and 90% of graduates eventually attending graduate or professional school. . After its members graduated in December 2009, the show's concept was revived by the show "Rayuela", which has been running since September 2009. Alumni. The cost of tuition, student activity fees, room, and board for the 20172018 academic year was $65,774 (tuition fees were $50,424). It has also won Team of the Year two times and Speaker of the Year once. 2019 Swarthmore College. The student life is typically characterized as intensely intellectual and nerdy. Swarthmore College (/swrmr/ SWORTH-mor, locally /swmr/ SWAHTH-mor)[6] is a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Students, Faculty, & Staff . [55] At graduate programs, the most common fields for Swarthmore graduates to enter are math & physical sciences, humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and engineering. [9] In 2008, Swarthmore's first mascot, Phineas the Phoenix, made its debut. Carl Levin (Class of 1956), United States former Senator from Michigan. [21], During World War II, Swarthmore was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program, which offered students a path to a U.S. Navy commission. Financial aid is accessed by 56% of the student body, and the average financial aid award was $50,361 during the 201718 year. [127] Swarthmore also has 13 MacArthur Fellows and hundreds of prominent figures in law, art, science, business, politics, and other fields. Wallach came in 1936, first as a researcher, and also teaching from 1942 until 1975. Swarthmore Map. Each department usually has a grade threshold for admission to the Honors program. Instead, additional aid scholarships are granted.[58]. Swarthmore, PA The first and second rounds of the 2018 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championships are at Clothier Stadium Field on the campus of Swarthmore College for the second time in program history. James A. Michener (Class of 1929), author. [84][85] Students responded by calling for the college's administration to immediately terminate all fraternity leases on campus, staging a sit-in at the Phi Psi house until the demands were met. 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