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{{Short description|Private college in Richmond, Indiana, US}}
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'''Earlham College''' is a [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] in [[Richmond, Indiana]]. It was founded in 1847 by the [[Religious Society of Friends|Quakers]] and has approximately 1,200 students.
The current president is [[Douglas C. Bennett]]. In keeping with [[Quaker|Friends]]' belief in equality, everyone addresses each other at Earlham by his or her first name, without the use of titles such as "doctor" or "professor."
While Earlham is primarily a residential undergraduate college, it does have two graduate programs — the master of arts in teaching and the master of education — which provide a route for teacher licensure to students with liberal arts undergraduate degrees. Additionally, there are two associated institutions located adjacent to the Earlham campus: [[Earlham School of Religion]], a Christian graduate theological school in the Quaker tradition, and [[Bethany Theological Seminary]], an independent [[Brethren]] institution offering graduate and non-degree programs.

Earlham College is listed in [[Loren Pope]]'s book, ''[[Colleges That Change Lives]]''.

==Campus, curriculum, and community==
[[Image:Earlham Cupola.jpg|thumb|250px|left]]The majority of Earlham College's campus is undeveloped [[forest]] and [[meadow]], including the undeveloped "back campus" area, which serves as an outdoor [[classroom]]. Earlham is nationally recognized for its strong programs in [[biology]], [[Culture of Japan|Japanese studies]], [[Peace studies|peace and global studies]] and German (two students recently received Fulbright scholarships in German). <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.earlham.edu/publicaffairs/content/excellent/awards/fulbright.php |title=National Awards, Scholarships and Grants:

Fulbright Grants|accessdate=2008-05-29 }}</ref> The Earlham libraries are known for their course-[[integrated]] program of [[information]] [[literacy]] instruction. Notably, Earlham ranks 8th in the nation (out of 1,302 colleges and universities) in its [[percentage]] of graduates who go on to receive a [[Ph.D]]. in the [[Biology|biological]] sciences and 26th in the percentage of students going on to Ph.D. programs in all fields.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.earlham.edu/publicaffairs/content/excellent/hedsc.php |title=What's Excellent About Earlham |accessdate=2008-04-02 }}</ref> Earlham is known for its "[[Super]] [[Language]]s" program where a full year of a language is taught intensively for one [[semester]].

Almost two-thirds of Earlham students go on a semester-length [[off-campus programs|off-campus program]] to such destinations as [[Mexico]], the U.S./ Mexican border, [[Vienna]], [[Martinique]], [[Northern Ireland]], [[Great Britain]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Spain]], [[New Zealand]] (formerly, the [[Southwestern U.S.]]), [[Japan]] and [[Tanzania]]. In [[addition]], there are a number of [[shorter]] off-campus May terms, with destinations both within the U.S. and abroad ([[Galapagos]], [[Senegal]], [[Menorca]], and [[Turkey]], as recent [[examples]]). Earlham has a [[formal]] exchange program with [[Waseda University]] in [[Japan]], which has existed informally for [[decades]]. Each year, about a [[dozen]] students from each school experience a year of student life at the other university. In addition, Earlham College works with the [[SICE]] program <ref>[http://www.earlham.edu/curriculumguide/offcampus/programs.html SICE: Studies in Cross-Cultural Education.] </ref> in [[Morioka, Japan|Morioka]], [[Japan]], a program in which about twelve to fourteen students teach [[English language|English]] in [[middle]] schools in [[Morioka]].


'''Earlham College''' is a [[Private college|private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] in [[Richmond, Indiana]]. The college was established in 1847 by the [[Religious Society of Friends]] (Quakers) and has a strong focus on Quaker values such as integrity, a commitment to peace and [[social justice]], mutual respect, and community decision-making.
Earlham has an entirely student-managed public [[radio station]], [[WECI]] 91.5FM. The Joseph [[Moore]] [[Museum]] is a [[natural]] [[history]] museum located on campus and run by students and biology [[Academic department|department]] faculty, focusing on [[Indiana]]'s [[natural history]]. It is open to the public (free of charge) and [[Tour guide|tour]]s are available upon request. There are a number of themed and friendship houses bordering the North and East faces of the campus.


[[Earlham School of Religion]] is its affiliated graduate seminary.
Earlham College is a member of the [[Great Lakes Colleges Association]].


==History==
==History==
Earlham was founded in 1847 as the '''Friends Boarding School''', a boarding high school for the religious education of Quaker adolescents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earlham.edu/about/campus-and-history/ |title=Campus and History |publisher=Earlham.edu |access-date=2021-05-20}}</ref> In 1859, Earlham became '''Earlham College''', upon the addition of collegiate academics. At this time, Earlham was the third Quaker college in the United States ([[Haverford College]] was first, [[Guilford College]] the second), and the second U.S. institution of higher education to be coeducational ([[Oberlin College]] was first). Though the college initially admitted only students who belonged to the Religious Society of Friends, Earlham began admitting non-Quakers in 1865. The college was named for [[Earlham Hall]], home of the [[Joseph John Gurney|Gurneys]], an important English Quaker family.
<ref>Copied from [http://www.earlham.edu/EC_history.html Short History, from the Earlham College website] - "You have my permission, and blessing, to copy the article from the website. Thanks for your interest. TH" - email 26 January 2008 from Thomas Hamm, Professor of History and College Archivist at Earlham College.
</ref>
Earlham has its roots in the Great Migration of Quakers from the eastern United States, especially from North Carolina, in the first half of the nineteenth century. A peculiarly Quaker combination of idealism and practicality drew them to the Northwest Territory. As Friends, those who came out of the South had found themselves increasingly uneasy living in a slave society. As small farmers, the abundance of cheap, fertile land made Ohio and Indiana magnets of migration.


Over time, as Quakerism in America became more progressive, Earlham's practices changed with them. The college has still remained faithful to its Quaker roots. 1960 marked the establishment of the [[Earlham School of Religion]], then the only Friends [[seminary]] in the world.
This migration gave rise to the [[Indiana Yearly Meeting]] <Ref>[http://www.iym.org/ Indiana Yearly Meeting website.]</ref> of Friends in 1821. By 1850, it was the largest meeting in the world. Its center was Richmond, where the yearly meetinghouse for the orthodox body was located. Thus when Indiana Friends decided in 1832 to open a boarding school "for the guarded religious education of the children of Friends," they placed it in Richmond. After fifteen years of laborious fund-raising, the school opened on June 6, 1847. In 1859, a collegiate department was added and the school became Earlham College, in honor of the home of the eminent English Quaker minister [[Joseph John Gurney]], who had been an early supporter<ref>J.J. Gurney lived at [[Earlham Hall]], near Norwich in the UK.</ref>. Earlham was the second Quaker college in the world, and the first coeducational one.


In 2017, Earlham appointed Alan C. Price as its first African-American president. Price left the position in July 2018, and in November of that year was appointed director of the [[John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum]] in Boston.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Mickey Schuey |title=Earlham College president to resign after 1 year; interim president named |url=https://www.pal-item.com/story/news/local/2018/06/27/earlham-president-resign-after-1-year-interim-president-named/739592002/ |website=Palladium Item |access-date=12 August 2020 |date=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Price Appointed Director of JFK Presidential Library |url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/about-us/about-the-jfk-library/administration-and-staff |website=jfklibrary.org |access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref>
Most Quakers changed in the late nineteenth century, and Earlham changed with them. Originally a "select" school, open only to Friends, by 1865 the school accepted non-Quaker students, and hired its first non-Quaker professor in 1886. Gradually Quaker [[Religious_Society_of_Friends#Plainness|plain]] dress and the plain language disappeared from campus. By 1890, art and music, originally forbidden by Quaker beliefs, had become part of the curriculum. In the 1890s, intercollegiate athletics became part of Earlham life.


==Campus==
Change did not come without controversy. Between 1895 and 1915, Professor of Bible [[Elbert Russell]] <ref>Elbert Russell (1871-1951): His papers are held at Swarthmore College. [http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/friends/ead/5133russ.xml The website gives a brief biography.]</ref>was the target of numerous protests for introducing modernist methods of Bible study to the college. In 1920-1921, the college was actually the target of a heresy investigation aimed at liberalism and evolution. In the 1930s and 1941, many Quakers fiercely protested the relaxation of rules banning dancing and smoking. During World War II, the enrollment of [[Japanese-American]] students outraged some local residents.
[[File:Earlham Cupola.jpg|thumb| Carpenter Hall at Earlham College]]


Earlham's {{convert|800|acre|km2|adj=on}} campus lies at the southwestern edge of [[Richmond, Indiana]], a city of 35,720 (2020 census). The main quadrangle of the campus is called "the Heart". It is bordered by Earlham Hall (with the Runyan Center student union directly behind it), Olvey-Andis Hall, Lilly Library, Carpenter Hall, Landrum Bolling Center, the science buildings (Stanley Hall, Noyes Hall and Dennis Hall), Tyler Hall, Bundy Hall and Barrett Hall. Ninety-four percent of Earlham students live on campus in a variety of settings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earlham.edu/about/collegiate-profile/ |publisher=Earlham.edu |title=About |access-date=2011-11-12}}</ref>
Earlham transformed itself after World War II, with building and financial growth and the advent of a new generation of faculty, many veterans of [[Civilian Public Service]]. The student body became national and international. In 1960, in order to meet a growing demand for leadership in the Society of Friends, the Earlham School of Religion opened as the only accredited Quaker theological seminary in the world. A few years later Earlham created [[Conner Prairie]], the living history museum near Indianapolis that became independent in 2006. Although Quakers are now a minority of students and faculty, the college maintains its Quaker identity through its Community Code <ref>Community Code: [http://www.earlham.edu/policies/principles.html Principles and Practices (Earlham College website.]</ref>, its governance by consensus-seeking <ref>[http://www.earlham.edu/policies/governance/ Earlham Governance Manual.]</ref>, its curriculum <ref>[http://www.earlham.edu/curriculumguide/ Earlham Curriculum Guide.]</ref> and its affiliation with Indiana and [[Western Yearly Meeting]]s <ref>[http://www.westernym.net/ Western Yearly Meeting of Friends Church website.]</ref> of Friends.


The campus has eight residence halls (Barrett Hall, Bundy Hall, Earlham Hall, Mills Hall, Hoerner Hall, Olvey-Andis Hall, Warren Hall and Wilson Hall).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earlham.edu/student-life/community-and-residential-life/housing/residence-halls/ |title=Residence Halls |publisher=Earlham.edu |access-date=2021-05-20}}</ref> In addition, it has 15 theme and friendship houses, which border the North and East edges of the campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earlham.edu/student-life/community-and-residential-life/housing/upperlevel-livinglearning/ |title=Upper-level living-learning communities |publisher=Earlham.edu |access-date=2021-05-20}}</ref>
==Athletics==
Earlham College is also a member of the [[North Coast Athletic Conference]]. Earlham has won championships in men's [[cross country running|cross country]] {{Fact|date=October 2007}}. The athletics teams are known as the Quakers. They originally had been the Fightin' Quakers; although the name was meant tongue-in-cheek, it was changed in the 1980s to the Hustlin' Quakers after the college's board of regents decided that it was inappropriate for Quakers to fight.{{Fact|date=July 2007}} In the 1990s, the name was changed again to simply Quakers. Among the student body, the chant sometimes sung publicly is


The school has embarked on major campus improvement projects which cost a combined $62.3 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earlham.edu/facilities/construction-projects/ |publisher=Earlham.edu |title=Construction Projects |access-date=2013-02-10 |archive-date=2013-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022023503/http://www.earlham.edu/facilities/construction-projects/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The science complex (Stanley and Noyes Halls) has undergone a complete renovation. Stanley Hall was completed by fall 2013 and received a [[LEED]] Silver certification. A new Center for Science and Technology, completed in 2015, obtained a LEED gold rating.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earlham.edu/about/sustainability/green-buildings/ |publisher=Earlham.edu |title=Green buildings |access-date=2021-05-21}}</ref>
:Fight, Fight, Inner Light!
:Kill, Quakers, Kill!
:Knock 'em Down, Beat 'em Senseless!
:Do It 'til We Reach Consensus!


While Earlham is predominately an undergraduate institution, it also offers a Master of Arts in Teaching degree.<ref>{{cite web |title=Master of Arts in Teaching |url=https://earlham.edu/master-of-arts-in-teaching/ |access-date=2016-10-20 |publisher=earlham.edu}}</ref>
Also:
:Fight, Fight, Inner Light!
:Kill, Quakers, Kill!
:Beat 'em, Beat 'em, Knock 'em Senseless!
:Tell Me, Do We Have Consensus?


== Curriculum and community ==
A popular cheer that was emoted by the Earlham College Fightin' Quakers football [[cheerleaders]] (circa 1979), when the opposing team had possession of the ball, was:
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Earlham's most popular undergraduate majors, conferred in 2023 graduates, were:<ref>{{cite web |title=Earlham College |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Earlham&s=all&id=150455#programs |access-date=July 11, 2024 |website=National Center for Education Statistics |publisher=U.S. Dept of Education}}</ref>
:Fight exuberantly!
::Biochemistry (19)
:Fight exuberantly!
::Biology (10)
:Compel them to relinquish the ball!
::Business Administration and Management (14)
::Neuroscience (10)
::Psychology (14)


In keeping with [[Quaker|Friends]]' belief in equality, everyone addresses each other at Earlham by his or her first name, without the use of titles such as "doctor" or "professor".
:
: Earlham college has many Club teams, some of the more successful ones are Ultimate Frisbee and Women's rugby. Other club teams include Men's rugby and equestrian team among others.


Roughly 70% of Earlham students go on a semester-length [[study abroad|off-campus program]] to such destinations as Mexico, the U.S./ Mexican border, [[Vienna]], [[Martinique]], Northern Ireland, Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, New Zealand, Japan, and [[Tanzania]].
==Wilderness programs==


In the sciences, Earlham places a large emphasis on integrating research into the undergraduate curriculum. Through Ford/Knight grants, most science faculty have been or are currently involved with students in research.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earlham.edu/curriculum-guide/elective-opportunities/studentfaculty-research |title=Student/Faculty Research |access-date=2011-11-13}}</ref> Earlham has good representation in the [[Butler University|Butler]] Undergraduate Research Conference, held each year in the spring.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.butler.edu/media/1196327/program2011_rev.pdf |title=2011 Butler Undergraduate Research Conference Schedule |access-date=2011-11-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406090728/http://www.butler.edu/media/1196327/program2011_rev.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-06}}</ref> Earlham's biology and chemistry departments have a long history of producing distinguished graduates, such as [[Warder Clyde Allee]], [[Jim Fowler]], [[Larry E. Overman]], [[Harold Urey]], and [[Wendell Stanley]], the latter two of which won the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (in 1934 and 1946, respectively). Students and faculty in Earlham's CS applied groups jointly provide computer infrastructure support for the college.
Earlham was one of the first colleges in the country to initiate student and faculty led wilderness programs, back in 1970 {{Fact|date=October 2007}}. These programs were designed for incoming first-year and transfer students who received credit for them. The program is divided into the Water August Wilderness and the Mountain August Wilderness and lasts for approximately three weeks; the former canoes in Wabakimi Provincial park in Ontario and the latter hikes in the Uinta Mountains in Utah. Students in the past have taken ice climbing, white water kayaking, rock climbing and canoeing for credit. The program leads backpacking and canoeing trips to places like [[Big Bend National Park]] in southwestern [[Texas]] and runs a May Term (a condensed three-week term after the spring semester) course which trains students to lead its August Wilderness program.


The choir department organizes regional and national tours every year for its ensembles. In January 2012, the concert choir performed in [[Indianapolis]], the [[Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis]], and [[Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earlham.edu/music/midwest-choir-tour |title=Midwest Choir Tour |publisher=Earlham.edu |access-date=2012-09-30}}</ref> The choral and instrumental music departments collaborate on a biennial basis, performing works such as [[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]] and [[Michael Tippett|Michael Tippett's]] [[A Child of Our Time]]. The college has a full [[gamelan]] ensemble, which performs concerts in the Spring.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instrumental Music |url=https://earlham.edu/music/instrumental-music |publisher=Earlham College |access-date=26 January 2012}}</ref> Earlham has an entirely student-managed public [[radio station]], WECI 91.5FM. In addition, 6-10 theater performances occur throughout the year on campus through either the academic department, senior projects or the student company.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weciradio.org/ |title=WECI 91.5FM Richmond Public Radio |publisher=Weciradio.org |date=2010-04-12 |access-date=2010-09-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://earlham.edu/theatre-arts/ |title=Theatre Arts, Academics - Earlham College |website=earlham.edu |access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref>
Earlham College remains the only American institution of [[tertiary]] [[education]] that allows students to study [[aardvarks]] extensively in their [[native]] [[habitat]] in the [[Kakamega Forest]]<ref name=ardvarks>From [http://www.earlham.edu/biology/content/Kakamega/ecology.html Earlham college website].</ref>.


Earlham has students from 77 countries, which equates to roughly 200 students. This high diversity is due in part to a strong relationship with the [[United World College]] network of international boarding high schools. Since 2004, Earlham College has been a part of the Davis United World Scholars program, which offers need-based scholarships for UWC graduates to continue their education at select institutions in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earlham.edu/alumni/whats-happening/news/?id=13468&r=3867 |title=Earlham Joins Worldwide 50th Anniversary Celebration for United World Colleges |publisher=earlham.edu |access-date=2013-02-17}}</ref> The Davis Cup, which is awarded to the college with the most current students from this program, has been awarded to Earlham several times. The college also draws from all regions of the United States, with students from 42 states. Domestic minorities represent 15% of the student body.<ref name="earlham.edu">{{cite web |title=Collegiate Profile |url=https://earlham.edu/about/collegiate-profile/ |access-date=26 January 2012 |publisher=Earlham College}}</ref>
==Student life==
Earlham's "dry campus" policy is controversial among members of the student body and some faculty members. Drinking is fairly commonplace; some students refer to the campus as "pleasantly moist." In August 2007, as part of New Student Orientation for the incoming class of 2011, the Earlham faculty revealed their new approach to dealing with alcohol issues. Although the official alcohol policy remains the same, the primary focus is now on education and personal responsibility, as opposed to enforcement.


Earlham is orienting some of the curriculum around exploring local and global problems as well as possible solutions. In 2016, Earlham students won the million dollar [[Hult Prize]] for their "Magic Bus" proposal to help with transportation problems in developing urban environments.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/09/26/495466938/a-million-dollars-goes-to-an-app-that-leads-to-a-better-bus-commute |title=$1 Million Goes To An App That Leads To A Better Bus Commute |first=Angus |last=Chen |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=September 26, 2016 |access-date=October 26, 2018}}</ref>
Tension sometimes arises between students and the Quaker [[Indiana]] and Western Yearly Meetings over issues of sexuality. Western and, to an even greater degree, Indiana Yearly Meeting tend to be more conservative on issues such as [[condom]] distribution, [[pregnancy]], and [[homosexuality]]. This tension has been a recurrent feature of Earlham life for decades.


Earlham has the United States' only [[equestrianism|equestrian]] program which is run entirely by students. Lessons are available for students of the college and community members. The equestrian center is adjacent to the college-owned 11-acre Miller farm which hosts agricultural interns during the school year and summer and "work days" on Saturdays for the rest of the community during the school year. Miller farm also serves as a residence for upper class students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earlham.edu/student-life/student-activities/equestrian-program/ |title=Equestrian Program |publisher=Earlham.edu |access-date=2021-10-26}}</ref>
In 2005, the Committee on Campus Life approved a new pregnancy policy, stating that pregnant women may reside in on-campus housing, but are also offered a housing exemption if they so desire.


In keeping with Quaker tradition, Earlham students voluntarily invest many hours of community service into the Richmond community. Students report an average of 23,000 hours of volunteering work every year and Earlham's Bonner program offers financial aid in exchange for volunteering work for students with high financial need.<ref name="earlham.edu"/>
Most students stay on-campus during the weekends. The Student Activities Board, Earlham Film Series, student bands, theater productions, etc. offer a variety of activities on the weekends.


==Athletics==
In March 2005, [[William Kristol]], [[founder and editor]] of ''[[The Weekly Standard]]'', was hit in the face with an ice cream pie by a student during a lecture he gave on campus
Earlham competes in NCAA Division III and in the [[Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference]]. The women's sports are basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, indoor track, lacrosse, outdoor track, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. The men's sports are baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track, lacrosse, outdoor track, soccer, and tennis.<ref name=ath>{{cite web |url=https://earlham.edu/about/collegiate-profile/associations/ |title=Associations |publisher=Earlham.edu |access-date=2021-10-26}}</ref>
[http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/30/conservative_pundit_hit_in_face_with_pie/]. This event made [[nation]]al and [[international]] news and was carried by many leading news outlets.
[[File:BSB Olivet 2023 02 25.jpg|alt=Earlham College baseball|thumb|The Earlham College baseball team is one of 18 NCAA Division III sports offered on campus.]]
Many students and faculty at the lecture showed strong disapproval of the act, and applauded when Kristol resumed his talk. The event sharply divided students and, to a lesser extent, faculty, with some showing support for the act of pieing and most showing strong disapproval. Many, however, felt that the act was unjustly punished by the President (who was also indirectly hit by the pie). The student was subsequently suspended for the rest of the semester and dropped out the following year. Additionally, President Doug Bennett overturned a College Judiciary Council ruling that found the students who knew about the pieing ahead of time not guilty; this act further divided the campus. Shortly after the incident, conservative commentators [[Pat Buchanan]] and [[David Horowitz]] were 'attacked' (with salad dressing and a pie, respectively) and a 'teach-in' at Earlham was conducted which featured three faculty members sharing their views. Nearly three years ex post facto, the pieing, the punishment, and whether William Kristol should have even been invited to speak at Earlham all continue to be issues of contention amongst the faculty and student body.
The football team was organized in 1888 and has been playing games since the 1889 season. As one of the earliest college programs, Earlham has competed against larger foes such as Indiana University, Purdue University, the University of Kentucky, Ball State University, and Butler University. Perhaps the Quakers' most notable football game was an exhibition game against Japan's Doshisha University Hamburgers in 1989.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/10/style/campus-life-earlham-week-s-lessons-extend-beyond-football-practice.html?scp=1&sq=Earlham%20Hamburgers&st=cse |title=Week's Lessons Extend Beyond Football Practice |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 10, 1989 |page=151 |access-date=2010-01-18 |url-access=registration}}</ref> After setting an [[NCAA]] Division III record of five consecutive winless seasons, Earlham's football program was suspended starting with the 2019 season.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jesus Jimenez |title=Earlham College suspends 2019 football season |url=https://www.pal-item.com/story/sports/college/quakers/2018/11/13/earlham-college-suspends-2019-football-season/1990050002/ |website=Palladium Item |access-date=12 August 2020 |date=November 13, 2018}}</ref> In May 2020, the college announced suspension of men's and women's golf and tennis teams.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Tom Maccabe |title=Earlham College cuts jobs and four sports teams |url=https://www.wrtv.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-education/earlham-college-cuts-jobs-and-four-sports-teams |website=WRTV |access-date=12 August 2020 |date=May 28, 2020}}</ref>


Earlham was an NAIA member in all sports until 19xx{{Specify|reason=What year|date=December 2021}}; they won the NAIA Men's Soccer National title in 1963.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.naia.org/sports/msoc/History/MSOC_Championship_Records.pdf |title=NAIA Me's Soccer Championship History |website=naia.org |access-date=2021-10-26}}</ref> In the 2010–11 season, the Earlham College Men's Tennis team became the first squad in Earlham history to qualify for the NCAA Div. III Championships by winning the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goearlham.com/index.aspx?path=mten |title=Earlham College Athletics |access-date=2012-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917042531/http://goearlham.com/ |archive-date=2011-09-17}}</ref>
===The Hash===


During the 2022 Baseball season, Earlham College legend Jeordon Kuderer hit the longest left handed home run in Quaker history. The ball was hit 518 feet down the right field line, wrapping around the foul poll and landing on top of an apartment building beyond the street. Many inside the school have considered commemorating that moment by placing a statue of Kuderer outside of Sadler Stadium. The Quakers would go on to finish the season as HCAC Champions and earn their second ever bid into the NCAA tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goearlham.com/news/2013/2/28/MTEN_0228135006.aspx |title=Earlham College Athletics |work=Earlham College |access-date=21 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221201457/http://www.goearlham.com/news/2013/2/28/MTEN_0228135006.aspx |archive-date=21 December 2014}}</ref>
Earlham has the only student-run [[Hash House Harriers]] running group, founded in 1989 and still continuing at present (2008). While only loosely connected with national organizations, the student group maintains weekly runs and has been described by visitors as the "Galapagos of Hashes" for the creativity and development of hashing practices. The Hash run takes place on the "back campus," which may include the back property of the neighboring cemetery, during all seasons. The Campus Safety and Security office and Student Development office share concern about the event and do not condone its happening. The Campus Safety and Security team has recently requested that the event be brought to an end via an article in the student-run newspaper, The Earlham Word.


Earlham's club teams include Ultimate Frisbee, Women's and Men's rugby, the Bike Co-Op, Cheerleaders, Earthquakers (Competitive Dance), Equestrian Program, [[martial arts]] groups, Men's Volleyball, and Outdoors Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earlham.edu/handbook/student/content/wellness/club.html |title=Student Handbook - Club Sports |publisher=Earlham.edu |access-date=2010-01-18}}</ref> A $13-million Athletics and Wellness Center opened at the beginning of the Fall 1999 semester. Students are not charged to use the facility, which features an energy center for cardiovascular and strength training, a group fitness studio for aerobics and yoga, Weber Pool (25 meters by six lanes), racquetball courts, tennis courts, a running track, a climbing wall and Schuckman Court (a performance gymnasium with seating for 1,800).<ref name="ath" /> In 2007, Earlham opened its new 2,000-seat Darrell Beane Stadium, with a football field and running track.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earlham.edu/~awpe/content/sports/men/football/beane_stadium.html |title=Darrell Beane Stadium |publisher=Earlham.edu |access-date=2010-01-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610022517/https://earlham.edu/%7Eawpe/content/sports/men/football/beane_stadium.html |archive-date=2007-06-10}}</ref>
==Notable Earlhamites==
===Notable alumni===
*[[Gertrude Bonnin]] (Zitkala-Sä)- famous writer and Native American activist
*[[Warder Clyde Allee]]-known for his research on animal behavior, protocooperation, and for identifying the [[Allee effect]]. Elected to the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]].
*[[Carl W. Ackerman]]-- former head of [[Columbia University]] Journalism School.
*[[John S. Allen]]-- the founding president of the [[University of South Florida]].
*[[C. Ernest Beane]] - General Counsel for [[MWABank]]. Also on its board of directors.
*[[R.T Bonnin]]- Granddaughter of [[Sitting Bull]], former president of [[National Council of Indian Americans]].
*[[Laurence G. Brown MD]] - Director, Office of Medical Services, US [[State Department]].
*[[Howard Boyer]] - Former editor at [[Harvard University Press]] who published the work of prominent scientists like [[Stephen Jay Gould]], Edward O. Wilson and Ernst Mayr.
*[[Richard Butler]]- Former executive director of [[Church World Service]].
*[[Justin Cannon]] - Founder of a website for Gay Christian Singles.
*[[Shelby M. Chodos]] -Managing Director of Commonwealth Capital Partners, Inc., a private investment firm in New England.
*[[Al Cobine]] - Big band leader and tenor saxophonist. Worked closely with [[Henry Mancini]] and often associated with the [[Pink Panther]] theme song.
*[[Joseph John Copeland]] - former president of [[City College of New York]]
*[[Tony DeBlase]] - Designer of the [[Leather Pride flag]].
*[[Juan Dies]] - Co-founder and executive director of [[Sones de Mexico Ensemble]]. Nominated for a [[Latin Grammy]].
*[[Joseph M. Dixon]], Former Governor of [[Montana]].
*[[Liza Donnelly]], Cartoonist for the [[The New Yorker|New Yorker]].
*[[John Porter East]]- former U.S. Senator for [[North Carolina]].
*R. Douglas Elmore - Director of the ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics at the [[University of Oklahoma]]
*[[Jim Fowler]], star of [[Wild Kingdom]].
*Tim Grimm - Played FBI agent Dan Murray alongside [[Harrison Ford]] in the film [[Clear and Present Danger]] (1994).
*[[Michael C. Hall]] - [[Actor]] on [[HBO]]'s [[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]] and current star of [[Showtime]]'s [[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]].
*[[Mary Haas]]-Linguist-pioneer in the field of Siamese language studies. Served as President of the Linguistic Society of America
* Margaret Hamilton - headed the team that wrote the onboard flight software for [[NASA]]'s [[Apollo]] Program
*[[Robert M. Hirsch]], Chief Hydrologist and head of water science for the [[United States Geological Survey]].
*[[Thomas J. Hochstettler]] - President, [[Lewis & Clark College]].
*[[Deborah Hull]] - Former CEO of MedCases, Inc. and Ovid Technologies.
* Stephen R. Humphrey - Fmr Dean of [[University of Florida]]'s College of Natural Resources and Environment.
*[[Anne Hunter]] - Children's book author and illustrator. Titles include ''Possum's Harvest Moon''.
*[[Mary I. Hussey]]- Semitic text authority. First women to teach at [[American Society for Oriental Research]] in [[Jerusalem]].
*[[C. Francis Jenkins]]- demonstrated the first practical [[motion picture]] projector.
*[[Walter Jessup]] - Former head of the [[Carnegie Corporation]].
*[[Mat Johnson]] - Novelist. Professor at [[The University of Houston Creative Writing Program]].
*[[O.O Kuhn]]-Radio figure. Started career at Richmond Palladium-Item
*[[Frances Moore Lappé]] - activist and author of three-million-copy bestseller: ''Diet For a Small Planet."
*[[John Loose]] - Corning, CEO [http://www.corning.com/].
*James S. Malek - Provost, [[Ithaca College]].
*[[Maurice Manning (Poet)]] - Indiana University.
*Manning Marable - Professor at [[Columbia University]]
*[[Howard Marmon]]- Former president of [[American Society of Automotive Engineers]].
*Jana Matthews - Boulder Quantum Ventures, CEO [http://www.boulderquantumventures.com/].
*[[Robert Meeropol]] - Son of [[Ethel and Julius Rosenberg]]
*[[Steve Miller]] - Former [[Associated Press]] bureau chief in [[Germany]].
*Richard K. Nakamura - Deputy Director, [[National Institute of Mental Health]].
*Larry Overman - Organic Chemist. Member of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]].
*Robert T. Pennock - Fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]. Elected 2006
*Polly Penhale - U.S. Environmental Officer for Antarctica, [[U.S. National Science Foundation]] Office of Polar Programs.
*Leslie Talbot Pennington - served on the American [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] Association Board of Directors.
*[[Thomas Trueblood]] - professor of speech and debate at University of Michigan for over 40 years; head coach of U-M golf team for 36 years.
*[[Robert Quine]] - named by [[Rolling Stone]] as one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
*[[Marc Reisner]] - Author of the books "A Dangerous Place" and [[Cadillac Desert]]'' the latter of which was described in his [[New York Times]] obituary as "a seminal work about the environmental cost of Western water projects." -
*[[Willard A. Roberts]]- Helped develop [[fluorescent]] and [[black light]] for [[GE]].
*[[Olive Rush]] - Artist.
*Elbert Russell- Former Dean of Duke University Divinity School
*John Scarlett M.D. - CEO/Director at Tercica,Inc.
*Stephen Schutt - President, [[Lake Forest College]].
*[[Andrea Seabrook]] - contributor to [[National Public Radio's]] [[All Things Considered]] and former Congressional Correspondent to NPR.
*[[William E. Simkin]]- helped prevent national strikes and resolved thousands of labor disputes as the Federal Government's chief labor mediator and as a leading private arbitrator.
*Lisa Margaret Smith - United States magistrate judge for the [[Southern District of New York]].
*[[Wendell Meredith Stanley]] - American biochemist. He shared a 1946 [[Nobel Prize]] for discovering methods of producing pure enzymes and virus proteins.
*David C. Stump, M.D. - [[Human Genome Sciences]], Executive Vice President.
*[[Edwin Way Teale]] - naturalist writer, won the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for General Non-Fiction in 1966. Elected fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]. Staff Writer at Popular Science.
*Ralph Waldo Trueblood - Editor-in-Chief, [[The Los Angeles Times]] 1934-37. Mr. Trueblood was co-inventor of the [[telephotographer]], the first device used by newspapers for sending pictures by wire.
* [[Mara Vanderslice]] - Director of religious outreach for the 2004 Kerry-Edwards presidential bid.
*[[Frederick Van Nuys]], U.S. Senator from Indiana 1932-1944.
*[[Amy Walters]] - Producer, [[National Public Radio]].
*[[Zack Warren]] - Ran the [[Boston Marathon]] while [[juggling]] in 2 hours, fifty-eight minutes. [http://www.boston.com/sports/specials/marathon/articles/2006/04/18/record_setter_warren_had_a_ball_with_this_one/].
*[[Edward George Wilson]]-Executive Vice President, J. Walter Thompson Company, Awarded Santimala (Peace) Medal from the King of Thailand.
*[[Robert Wissler]] - biochemist, discovered the damaging effects of smoking and cholesterol on the vascular system.
*[[Kenneth Wollack]] - President of the National Democratic Institute [http://www.ndi.org/about/staff/staff.asp].
* [[Stanley T. Wray]]- awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] of the [[Royal Air Force]].
*[[Harry N. Wright]] - former president of [[City College of New York]].
*[[Craig M. Wright]] - Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Member, [[United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission]].


===Notable faculty===
==Notable people==
{{main|List of Earlham College people}}
* [[Landrum Bolling]] - President of Earlham from 1958 to 1973, Current Director at Large of [[Mercy Corps]]. Back channel between [[Yasser Arafat|Yasir Arafat]] and [[Jimmy Carter]].
*[[Wayne C. Booth]] - (former) Professor of English- Literary Critic; author of ''The Rhetoric of Fiction'' and ''The Company We Keep''.
*[[John Elwood Bundy]], impressionist painter.
*[[Ferit Guven]] - Associate Professor of Philosophy. Author of ''Madness and Death in Philosophy''.
*[[Del Harris]], former Earlham basketball coach; current [[NBA]] coach.
*John Hunt - (former) Professor of English, Faulkner Scholar.
*Caroline Higgins - Professor Emerita of Peace and Global Studies and History, author of the book "Sweet Country", listed in [[The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America]] by [[David Horowitz]].
*[[Jackson Holbrook Bailey]] - Asian studies educator.
*[[John Iverson]] - Professor of Biology. Turtle Expert. [http://www.earlham.edu/~johni/].
*[[Tom Kirk]] - Director of Earlham's Lilly Library, named Academic Librarian of the year in 2004
*[[Paul Lacey]]- Professor Emeritus of [[english language|English]]. [[Literary executor]] to the late poet [[Denise Levertov]]. Presiding Clerk of the [[American Friends Service Committee]] (since 2005).
*[[Robert L. Kelley]]- Former president, made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French government.
*[[Dale Noyd|Dale Edwin Noyd]] — decorated fighter pilot and Air Force captain who became a conscientious objector during the [[Vietnam War]].
*Howard Richards - Professor Emeritus and founder of Earlham's Peace and Global Studies program/department; author of several books pertaining to the philosophy of peace and justice.
*Elbert Russell, a professor of Bible and chaplain (Noted in [[#History|History]] section above).
*[[Peter Suber]] - Senior Research Professor of [[Philosophy]], creator of the game [[Nomic]], and a leader in the [[open access]] movement.
*[[D. Elton Trueblood]] - noted Quaker author and theologian.

Not a faculty member, but a former Earlham trustee is [[Wayne Townsend]], a member of both houses of the Indiana legislature and the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate for [[governor]] in 1984.


==References==
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==Further reading==
*Hamm, Thomas D. ''Earlham College: A History, 1847-1997''. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997. {{ISBN|9780253332561}}.
*Kashatus, William C. ''Beyond the Touchlines: A History of Earlham Men's Soccer''. Richmond, IN: Earlham College, 2017.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.earlham.edu Official website]
* {{Official website|https://earlham.edu/}}
*[http://www.earlham.edu/athletics Official Athletics website]
* [http://www.goearlham.com/landing/index Earlham Athletics website]


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Earlham College
Former name
Friends Boarding School (1847–1859)[1]
MottoVita Lux Hominum (Life is the Light of Man)
TypePrivate liberal arts college
Established1847; 178 years ago (1847)
Religious affiliation
Quakers[2]
Endowment$426 million (2022)[3]
PresidentPaul Sniegowski
Students677[4]
Location
Richmond
,
Indiana
,
U.S.

39°49′28.44″N 84°54′47.78″W / 39.8245667°N 84.9132722°W / 39.8245667; -84.9132722
CampusRural, 800 acres (320 ha)
Colors    Maroon & white[5]
NicknameQuakers
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III – HCAC
MascotBig Earl
Websiteearlham.edu

Earlham College is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. The college was established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and has a strong focus on Quaker values such as integrity, a commitment to peace and social justice, mutual respect, and community decision-making.

Earlham School of Religion is its affiliated graduate seminary.

History

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Earlham was founded in 1847 as the Friends Boarding School, a boarding high school for the religious education of Quaker adolescents.[6] In 1859, Earlham became Earlham College, upon the addition of collegiate academics. At this time, Earlham was the third Quaker college in the United States (Haverford College was first, Guilford College the second), and the second U.S. institution of higher education to be coeducational (Oberlin College was first). Though the college initially admitted only students who belonged to the Religious Society of Friends, Earlham began admitting non-Quakers in 1865. The college was named for Earlham Hall, home of the Gurneys, an important English Quaker family.

Over time, as Quakerism in America became more progressive, Earlham's practices changed with them. The college has still remained faithful to its Quaker roots. 1960 marked the establishment of the Earlham School of Religion, then the only Friends seminary in the world.

In 2017, Earlham appointed Alan C. Price as its first African-American president. Price left the position in July 2018, and in November of that year was appointed director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.[7][8]

Campus

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Carpenter Hall at Earlham College

Earlham's 800-acre (3.2 km2) campus lies at the southwestern edge of Richmond, Indiana, a city of 35,720 (2020 census). The main quadrangle of the campus is called "the Heart". It is bordered by Earlham Hall (with the Runyan Center student union directly behind it), Olvey-Andis Hall, Lilly Library, Carpenter Hall, Landrum Bolling Center, the science buildings (Stanley Hall, Noyes Hall and Dennis Hall), Tyler Hall, Bundy Hall and Barrett Hall. Ninety-four percent of Earlham students live on campus in a variety of settings.[9]

The campus has eight residence halls (Barrett Hall, Bundy Hall, Earlham Hall, Mills Hall, Hoerner Hall, Olvey-Andis Hall, Warren Hall and Wilson Hall).[10] In addition, it has 15 theme and friendship houses, which border the North and East edges of the campus.[11]

The school has embarked on major campus improvement projects which cost a combined $62.3 million.[12] The science complex (Stanley and Noyes Halls) has undergone a complete renovation. Stanley Hall was completed by fall 2013 and received a LEED Silver certification. A new Center for Science and Technology, completed in 2015, obtained a LEED gold rating.[13]

While Earlham is predominately an undergraduate institution, it also offers a Master of Arts in Teaching degree.[14]

Curriculum and community

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Academic rankings
Liberal arts
U.S. News & World Report[15]100
Washington Monthly[16]165
National
Forbes[17]322
WSJ/College Pulse[18]207

Earlham's most popular undergraduate majors, conferred in 2023 graduates, were:[19]

Biochemistry (19)
Biology (10)
Business Administration and Management (14)
Neuroscience (10)
Psychology (14)

In keeping with Friends' belief in equality, everyone addresses each other at Earlham by his or her first name, without the use of titles such as "doctor" or "professor".

Roughly 70% of Earlham students go on a semester-length off-campus program to such destinations as Mexico, the U.S./ Mexican border, Vienna, Martinique, Northern Ireland, Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, New Zealand, Japan, and Tanzania.

In the sciences, Earlham places a large emphasis on integrating research into the undergraduate curriculum. Through Ford/Knight grants, most science faculty have been or are currently involved with students in research.[20] Earlham has good representation in the Butler Undergraduate Research Conference, held each year in the spring.[21] Earlham's biology and chemistry departments have a long history of producing distinguished graduates, such as Warder Clyde Allee, Jim Fowler, Larry E. Overman, Harold Urey, and Wendell Stanley, the latter two of which won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (in 1934 and 1946, respectively). Students and faculty in Earlham's CS applied groups jointly provide computer infrastructure support for the college.

The choir department organizes regional and national tours every year for its ensembles. In January 2012, the concert choir performed in Indianapolis, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, and Chicago.[22] The choral and instrumental music departments collaborate on a biennial basis, performing works such as Carmina Burana and Michael Tippett's A Child of Our Time. The college has a full gamelan ensemble, which performs concerts in the Spring.[23] Earlham has an entirely student-managed public radio station, WECI 91.5FM. In addition, 6-10 theater performances occur throughout the year on campus through either the academic department, senior projects or the student company.[24][25]

Earlham has students from 77 countries, which equates to roughly 200 students. This high diversity is due in part to a strong relationship with the United World College network of international boarding high schools. Since 2004, Earlham College has been a part of the Davis United World Scholars program, which offers need-based scholarships for UWC graduates to continue their education at select institutions in the United States.[26] The Davis Cup, which is awarded to the college with the most current students from this program, has been awarded to Earlham several times. The college also draws from all regions of the United States, with students from 42 states. Domestic minorities represent 15% of the student body.[27]

Earlham is orienting some of the curriculum around exploring local and global problems as well as possible solutions. In 2016, Earlham students won the million dollar Hult Prize for their "Magic Bus" proposal to help with transportation problems in developing urban environments.[28]

Earlham has the United States' only equestrian program which is run entirely by students. Lessons are available for students of the college and community members. The equestrian center is adjacent to the college-owned 11-acre Miller farm which hosts agricultural interns during the school year and summer and "work days" on Saturdays for the rest of the community during the school year. Miller farm also serves as a residence for upper class students.[29]

In keeping with Quaker tradition, Earlham students voluntarily invest many hours of community service into the Richmond community. Students report an average of 23,000 hours of volunteering work every year and Earlham's Bonner program offers financial aid in exchange for volunteering work for students with high financial need.[27]

Athletics

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Earlham competes in NCAA Division III and in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. The women's sports are basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, indoor track, lacrosse, outdoor track, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. The men's sports are baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track, lacrosse, outdoor track, soccer, and tennis.[30]

Earlham College baseball
The Earlham College baseball team is one of 18 NCAA Division III sports offered on campus.

The football team was organized in 1888 and has been playing games since the 1889 season. As one of the earliest college programs, Earlham has competed against larger foes such as Indiana University, Purdue University, the University of Kentucky, Ball State University, and Butler University. Perhaps the Quakers' most notable football game was an exhibition game against Japan's Doshisha University Hamburgers in 1989.[31] After setting an NCAA Division III record of five consecutive winless seasons, Earlham's football program was suspended starting with the 2019 season.[32] In May 2020, the college announced suspension of men's and women's golf and tennis teams.[33]

Earlham was an NAIA member in all sports until 19xx[specify]; they won the NAIA Men's Soccer National title in 1963.[34] In the 2010–11 season, the Earlham College Men's Tennis team became the first squad in Earlham history to qualify for the NCAA Div. III Championships by winning the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament title.[35]

During the 2022 Baseball season, Earlham College legend Jeordon Kuderer hit the longest left handed home run in Quaker history. The ball was hit 518 feet down the right field line, wrapping around the foul poll and landing on top of an apartment building beyond the street. Many inside the school have considered commemorating that moment by placing a statue of Kuderer outside of Sadler Stadium. The Quakers would go on to finish the season as HCAC Champions and earn their second ever bid into the NCAA tournament.[36]

Earlham's club teams include Ultimate Frisbee, Women's and Men's rugby, the Bike Co-Op, Cheerleaders, Earthquakers (Competitive Dance), Equestrian Program, martial arts groups, Men's Volleyball, and Outdoors Club.[37] A $13-million Athletics and Wellness Center opened at the beginning of the Fall 1999 semester. Students are not charged to use the facility, which features an energy center for cardiovascular and strength training, a group fitness studio for aerobics and yoga, Weber Pool (25 meters by six lanes), racquetball courts, tennis courts, a running track, a climbing wall and Schuckman Court (a performance gymnasium with seating for 1,800).[30] In 2007, Earlham opened its new 2,000-seat Darrell Beane Stadium, with a football field and running track.[38]

Notable people

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Main article: List of Earlham College people

References

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  2. ^ "Quaker Colleges, Universities & Study Centers". 25 June 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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  6. ^ "Campus and History". Earlham.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  7. ^ Mickey Schuey (June 28, 2018). "Earlham College president to resign after 1 year; interim president named". Palladium Item. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Alan Price Appointed Director of JFK Presidential Library". jfklibrary.org. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  9. ^ "About". Earlham.edu. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  10. ^ "Residence Halls". Earlham.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  11. ^ "Upper-level living-learning communities". Earlham.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  12. ^ "Construction Projects". Earlham.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  13. ^ "Green buildings". Earlham.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  14. ^ "Master of Arts in Teaching". earlham.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  15. ^ "2024-2025 National Liberal Arts Colleges Rankings". U.S. News & World Report. September 23, 2024. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  16. ^ "2024 Liberal Arts Colleges Rankings". Washington Monthly. August 25, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  17. ^ "America's Top Colleges 2024". Forbes. September 6, 2024. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  18. ^ "2025 Best Colleges in the U.S." The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  19. ^ "Earlham College". National Center for Education Statistics. U.S. Dept of Education. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  20. ^ "Student/Faculty Research". Retrieved 2011-11-13.
  21. ^ "2011 Butler Undergraduate Research Conference Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
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Further reading

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  • Hamm, Thomas D. Earlham College: A History, 1847-1997. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997. ISBN 9780253332561.
  • Kashatus, William C. Beyond the Touchlines: A History of Earlham Men's Soccer. Richmond, IN: Earlham College, 2017.
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