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Rebecca Downing

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  • Students in walk between classes in front of Lawrence Hall
    ScholarMatch, a San Francisco nonprofit organization that provides free college counseling to low-income youth, has named 51³Ô¹ÏÍø to its 2016 College Honor Roll. The honor roll recognizes approximately 300 institutions that offer supportive environments for students whose families earn less than $50,000 per year. According to ScholarMatch, 21 percent of high school seniors don’t […]
    December 26, 2016
  • In an ecosystem of leadership, one seeks justice, mercy, dignity, empathy, and beauty. One listens and shares, partners and serves, and immerses oneself in the community. These were the themes — and the tangible advice — discussed by a slate of people who have dedicated their careers to doing good works at Cultivating Community Leaders: […]
    September 29, 2016
  • Steve Fabiani, associate chief information officer at Haverford College, will join the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø senior staff as vice president and chief information officer, effective August 15, 2016. Fabiani comes to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø with more than 16 years of experience in higher education technology leadership. At Haverford, he built partnerships with and among colleagues and senior leaders in […]
    May 31, 2016
  • On Saturday, April 2, members of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø community officially celebrated the naming of the university’s first residential commons for Diane Ciccone ’74. Hailing from Skaneateles and Bridgewater, N.Y., Ciccone was one of 13 women of color to enter 51³Ô¹ÏÍø in 1970 — the university’s first year of coeducation. She began her 40-year legal […]
    April 8, 2016
  • Aretha Franklin and her orchestra on the stage in Sanford Field House
    Under the glow of disco ball lights twinkling on the ceiling, many people didn’t stay in their seats when Aretha Franklin took to the stage in Sanford Field House on March 5. Franklin and her orchestra, part of the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, pulled in a crowd of more than 4,100 for a […]
    March 17, 2016
  • Portrait of Dean of the College Suzy Nelson
    Suzy Nelson, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s vice president and dean of the college since June 2012, has been named vice president of student life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., effective July 1, 2016. “From the very first days after her arrival in 2012, Suzy has been an accessible, collaborative, and compassionate leader dedicated to […]
    February 24, 2016
  • 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Memorial Chapel
      The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø community is mourning tragic news that two students, Cathryn (Carey) Depuy ’19 and Ryan Adams ’19, both of Ridgefield, Conn., died Sunday afternoon in a plane crash in Morrisville, N.Y., after taking off from Hamilton Municipal Airport. No further details are available at this time. For 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students affected by this difficult news, […]
    September 20, 2015
  • Portrait of Brian W. Casey
    51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Board of Trustees has named Brian W. Casey, the president of DePauw University, as 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s 17th president. Casey, who has a distinguished history with America’s top academic institutions as both a student and an administrator, said: “I am truly excited to begin my service at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø. I have long admired the academic excellence, […]
    August 13, 2015