An exciting start to 2025

Dear fellow alumni,

Happy New Year! 2025 will be an exciting year for Lafayette College as we kick off our Bicentennial celebrations. We have the unique opportunity to elevate the College’s awareness through compelling storytelling, anchored in 200 years of achievement from students, faculty, and alumni. It is a powerful statement of resilience, relevance, and aspiration. Rooted in our academic rigor and institutional excellence in liberal arts and engineering, we will honor our exceptional history as a college and celebrate our future and relevancy as we develop the next generation of leaders. I invite each of you to participate in one or several of the upcoming events. More specifics about Lafayette’s Bicentennial will be coming out soon. You can see what’s happening now by visiting the bicentennial website.

Fran Della Badia is standing in front of Easton Hall. She is wearing a black suit.

Fran Della Badia ’91

As we look ahead, there are many upcoming events this spring where we will gather our community together on campus and regionally. We will celebrate Founders’ Day on campus and in dozens of locations across the country and around the world. As we launch Wine and Dine 3/9 this year, we have a wonderful opportunity to come together in more intimate settings and reconnect with one another. Please check the Wine and Dine 3/9 website in February for a full listing of events near you. Since many events are still in the planning stage, the full list will be available next month and will be shared in Alumni E-News. 

Please save the date for Reunion 2025, which will take place June 6-8, 2025. While we honor class years ending in 0s and 5s this year, ALL alumni are welcome back to campus. Registration will open in March, and I hope to see many of you there. Planned events include recognizing outstanding volunteerism through our Alumni Awards, class dinners, experiences in Easton, and an opportunity to share memories and create new ones. For those of you who haven’t been back in a while, I promise Easton will not disappoint! It continues to transform into a wonderful college town with great restaurants, coffee shops, boutique stores, and small specialty shops. 

Thank you to all who attended events in 2024! Highlights include the fun and spirited NYC Holiday Party at the Metropolitan Club and Reunion 2024 when we welcomed back hundreds of alumni to campus with new and exciting programming. I encourage you to make plans now to join us for upcoming spring events and the launch of the Bicentennial this fall. The more members I meet from our alumni community, the prouder I am of our College. Our alumni achieve outsized impact in communities and organizations of every kind and scale. You will be amazed by whom you will meet, how welcoming old friends will be, and how engaging and fun your Lafayette experience will be today.

In closing, our thoughts are with all in Southern California who have been impacted by the recent devastating fires. We are saddened by the destruction and challenges faced by so many, whether you are a member of our community who may be directly affected or have loved ones impacted.

Warm regards, 

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President, Alumni Association Board 

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