Lafayette College

Lafayette College announced Friday that it would develop a $10 million project for a new arts program at its campus in Easton, Pa. The Williams Arts Campus will involve converting two buildings to create teaching and performance space for theater, film, and media studies, officials said. The project is mainly being financed through a gift from the family of the late Morris R. Williams, a 1922 graduate of Lafayette. He and his wife, Josephine, lived in Easton and had two children, Charles K. Williams II and Joan Williams Rhame, a trustee emeritus at the college.

A former Middlebury College provost and Glenside native will become Lafayette College's first female president, officials announced Wednesday. Alison R. Byerly, a visiting scholar in literature at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this year, will take over at the 2,400-student liberal arts college in Easton on July 1. She replaces Daniel H. Weiss, who served for eight years and will become president of Haverford College in July....

Once in a while we all get lucky and catch a cultural institution taking an enormous leap forward and landing right. It's a magical moment. One such occasion was the announcement made in April at the dedication of Lafayette College's first off-campus building by its president, Arthur Rothkopf. He declared that the existence of the college's new Williams Visual Arts Building in a rehabbed industrial/commercial structure "underscores Lafayette's commitment to the revitalization of Easton's downtown business core.

Father Judge senior Wayne Maminski gave an oral commitment Monday to play soccer at Lafayette College. Maminski chose the Leopards over New Hampshire. "I just wanted to get into the best academic school that I could get into," Maminski said of accepting the partial scholarship. "It came down to academics and location. So Lafayette was the best fit for me. " In Maminski, Lafayette will get one of the area's top student-athletes. The Inquirer's Southeastern Pennsylvania player-of-the-year candidate has a 4.0 grade-point average and is ranked eighth of 280 students in his senior class.

Jim Mower, a wing guard for St. Joseph's Prep, has orally committed to play basketball at Lafayette College in Easton. The 6-foot-3, 180-pound senior also had scholarship offers from Colgate, Hartford, New Hampshire, Niagara and Quinnipiac. "Lafayette is a great school academically," Mower said. "I get along with the coaches really well. " Lafayette is coached by Fran O'Hanlon and plays in the Patriot League. Mower, a 17-year-old from Harleysville, averaged about 14 points per game last season.

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Conner Bor will have a new football team next season. He also will have a new position. Bor, a senior at Bishop Eustace, said Tuesday night that he has committed to Lafayette College on a football scholarship. Bor, a quarterback and defensive back in high school, was recruited to play outside linebacker for the Leopards of the Patriot League. "It's really exciting that they think I can play a position I didn't play in high school," Bor said. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Bor, a second-team All-South Jersey defensive back, said he decided on Lafayette after narrowing his choices to the Leopards, Bucknell, Delaware, and Colgate.

Notre Dame Academy senior Colleen Fitzpatrick said yesterday that she would play basketball next fall for Lafayette College. Fitzpatrick, a 5-foot-11 power forward who averaged 16 points and eight rebounds per game last season, had narrowed her choices to Princeton, Lehigh, Towson and Lafayette. She said she decided to play for the Leopards after she visited their Easton, Pa., campus. "After exploring all the options I found that Lafayette was the best fit for me athletically and academically," said Fitzpatrick, who plans to study biology.

A former Middlebury (Vt.) College provost and a Glenside native will become Lafayette College's first female president, officials announced Wednesday. Alison R. Byerly, a visiting scholar in literature at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this year, will take over July 1 at the 2,400-student liberal arts and engineering college in Easton, Pa. She replaces Daniel H. Weiss, who served for eight years and will become president of Haverford College in July. An expert on the use of technology in higher education, Byerly, 51, served for 13 years in leadership positions at Middlebury, most recently as provost and executive vice president, a post she held from 2007 to 2012.

A former Middlebury College provost and Glenside native will become Lafayette College's first female president, officials announced Wednesday. Alison R. Byerly, a visiting scholar in literature at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this year, will take over at the 2,400-student liberal arts college in Easton on July 1. She replaces Daniel H. Weiss, who served for eight years and will become president of Haverford College in July....

Conner Bor will have a new football team next season. He also will have a new position. Bor, a senior at Bishop Eustace, said Tuesday night that he has committed to Lafayette College on a football scholarship. Bor, a quarterback and defensive back in high school, was recruited to play outside linebacker for the Leopards of the Patriot League. "It's really exciting that they think I can play a position I didn't play in high school," Bor said. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Bor, a second-team All-South Jersey defensive back, said he decided on Lafayette after narrowing his choices to the Leopards, Bucknell, Delaware, and Colgate.

Conner Bor will have a new football team next season. He also will have a new position. Bor, a senior at Bishop Eustace, said Tuesday night that he has committed to attend Lafayette College on a football scholarship. Bor, a quarterback and defensive back in high school, was recruited to play outside linebacker for the Snow Leopards of the Patriot League. "It's really exciting that they think I can play a position I didn't play in high school," Bor said. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Bor, a second-team All-South Jersey defensive back, said he decided on Lafayette after narrowing his choices to the Leopards, Bucknell, Delaware, and Colgate.

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Lafayette College announced Friday that it would develop a $10 million project for a new arts program at its campus in Easton, Pa. The Williams Arts Campus will involve converting two buildings to create teaching and performance space for theater, film, and media studies, officials said. The project is mainly being financed through a gift from the family of the late Morris R. Williams, a 1922 graduate of Lafayette. He and his wife, Josephine, lived in Easton and had two children, Charles K. Williams II and Joan Williams Rhame, a trustee emeritus at the college.

LOS ANGELES - Coroner's investigators have identified a man found dead on a Los Angeles freeway as a 20-year-old Lafayette College student who failed to return home from a party in Bel Air. Coroner's Lt. Fred Corral said Monday that authorities used fingerprints to identify James Daniel O'Connell, who attended the Easton, Pa., college. Los Angeles police say O'Connell was last seen alive early Saturday at a party in Bel Air, which he attended with his brother. His mother reported him missing later Saturday, and police dispatched helicopter crews and patrol officers to search for him. Police say the man found dead on the freeway apparently had been struck by two vehicles.