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Swarthmore Timeline Share a Memory The Swarthmore 150 Historic Videos Swarthmore College Marking the Sesquicentennial How do you celebrate 150 years? Let us count the ways! More Listen: Invoking the Spirit A Founders Day concert performed by the College’s chorus and orchestra sends a year of sesquicentennial celebrations out on a high note. More Infinite Creativity A new Sesquicentennial exhibit, co-curated by Carin Berkowitz and biologist Scott Gilbert, celebrates Joseph Leidy, the College’s first biology professor and a leader in American paleontology, protozoology, and parasitology. More Watch: All-Alumni Reunion Weekend More than 2,800 people celebrated a party 150 years in the making. More Commencement through the Years From the first graduating class to those of more recent years, this gallery features images of commencement in honor of Swarthmore’s sesquicentennial. More More Sesquicentennial Feature Stories News A Royal Collaboration Students, faculty, and staff join area schoolchildren to stage The Royal Singer , a children’s opera, sending the sesquicentennial out on a high note. More Collaboration Gives Voice to Civil Rights Movement at Swarthmore Alumni Weekend to Mark – and Make – College History Watch: College Raises Flags Flown in Honor of Sesquicentennial Don Mizell ’71 Donates 2005 Grammy Award to Swarthmore More news Support the Next 150 Years Since 1864, Swarthmore has inspired intellectual discovery and growth and cultivated the moral sense of how to live in a community engaged in the world. Learn how your support will ensure the College can continue to introduce these values to future classes of students in the years to come. More Contact Us Swarthmore College 500 College Ave Swarthmore, PA 19081 Email: swat150@swarthmore.edu Popular Destinations: A-Z Index Academic Calendar Apply to Swarthmore Bookstore Campus Calendar Career Services Employment Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility Make a Gift Scott Arboretum Alumni Campus Community Parents Visitors Join Us: Search: Search Search Submit Site Feedback Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081 Phone: 610-328-8000 Email: webeditor@swarthmore.edu © 2016 Swarthmore College. All Rights Reserved. See Privacy Policy...