EARLHAM COLLEGE PODCAST: BACK TO SCHOOL

(Length 11:41) - Earlham College begins its 162nd academic year with some new traditions, including welcoming new first year students outdoors on Chase Stage, the same sylvan knoll which plays host to Commencement each spring. We talk to Associate Dean for Student Success Wendy Seligmann about New Student Orientation and Director of Campus Safety & Security Cathy Anthofer gives us some important tips on emergency preparedness and how to take the opportunity out of crime. Facilities Director Alan Bigger gives us a quick look at the beginning of the new school year from his prospective, Jonathan Graham gives us a preview of the latest edition of the Earlhamite and even Richmond mayor Sally Hutton stops by to welcome us all back to Earlham.

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WELCOMING ADDRESS TO THE CLASS OF 2012

Director of Admissions Nancy Sinex shares her observations about the Class of 2012. Sinex's annual address has become one of the highlights of New Student Orientation at Earlham.

EARLHAM RECOGNIZED IN NATIONAL CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

Earlham College has been singled out in the National Wildlife Federation's national report card on sustainability in higher education as having exemplary programs. Ball State, Goshen and DePauw were among the other Indiana institutions also selected as exemplary.

GROWTH, IMPROVEMENTS GREET STUDENTS AS EARLHAM BEGINS 162ND YEAR

Students from all over the world soon will be arriving on campus for the start of Earlham College's 162nd academic year. The year promises growth and improvements in internationalism and diversity, in financial support for and recognition of faculty/student scholarship, in physical facilities and even in highways. For the 2008-09 academic year, the College again draws on a tradition of increasing the international flavor of the campus with 174 international students from 70 countries expected to begin classes this month, according to Associate Director of International Programs Kelley Lawson-Khalidi.