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News Highlights from Sarah Lawrence College

Alumnus Rahm Emanuel Addressed Class of 2009 Extolling the Value of a Liberal Arts Education; Calling on Graduates to Serve a Cause Larger than Themselves

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel addressed the 327 undergraduates receiving the Bachelor of Arts degree and 129 graduate students receiving master's degrees from eight programs at Commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 22, 2009.

Watch re-broadcasts of the speeches from Commencement 2009

New Dean of the College Named

Sarah Lawrence College President Karen Lawrence and Board of Trustees Chair John A. Hill have announced that Jerrilynn D. Dodds will become the next Dean of the College, assuming responsibilities on August 1, 2009. Professor Dodds comes to Sarah Lawrence with a strong academic and administrative background.

$600,000 in Lead Gifts Launch “Angel” Fund for Student Aid at Sarah Lawrence College

As colleges and universities across the country grapple with the challenges of the economic crisis, members of the Sarah Lawrence College Board of Trustees have created a special fund for students whose families face sudden financial hardship that jeopardizes their ability to continue their studies at the College.

See a complete listing of 2008-2009 news releases»

Recent Videos

• The Full Circle Lecture
  A Conversation with Alumnae Tina Howe and Jane Alexander
• China Rising or Falling? What Does This Mean for Us?
  2009 Bozeman Lecture by Gordon Chang
• Nature-Deficit Disorder: The Movement to Connect Our Children, Ourselves, and Future Generations to the Natural World
  2009 Longfellow Lecture by Richard Louv
• How I Killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming
  2009 Science Lecture by Dr. Michael E. Brown
• Barbara Bray Ketchum Artist in Resident Concert: Badlands of Montana
  Choreographer Donna Uchizono and SLC Students
• Wounded Colossus: The Threat to America As We've Known It
  Bob Herbert
• Black-Jewish Relations in America
  Michael Alexander
• Writing, Language and the State: Readings from Wizard of the Crow
  Ngugi wa Thiong'o
• Alumnae/i Keynote Address for Orientation 2008
  Eric Mabius '93

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