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Earlham College
Forming a community of global citizens of strong moral character who see the world with broad, inquisitive minds, through their open governance, values, and interdisciplinary-minded, research-focused education.
The United States has thoroughly flourished as a global leader through the prodigy and diligence in the work of its engineers, scientists, and innovators. To pursue more clarity in this increasingly complex world, the youth needs to be equipped with the knowledge and skills to solve tough problems, collect and evaluate evidence, and make sense of all the information. These are the types of skills that students learn by studying science, technology, engineering, and math subjects— collectively known as STEM.
Earlham College provides one such prodigious platform for students to innovate and thrive, with a free-hand, in more than 40 areas of study, including popular STEM majors like Neuroscience, Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Geology, Math, Computer Science and Physics and Astronomy. Earlham was founded by the Religious Society of Friends in 1847 and remains deeply rooted by the Quaker principles and practices of respect for persons, lifelong learning, and the pursuit of truth.
Earlham: A National Liberal Arts“ College That Changes Lives.”
• Associate Professor of Chemistry, Lori Watson, recently led a workshop sponsored by the Global Liberal Arts Alliance. The meeting of educators from around the world was designed to promote international collaborations and further the incorporation of researchbased pedagogical practices in STEM education. |
• A community-based research project has resulted in a survey of trees in the Richmond area. Chemistry and Environmental Science classes surveyed water and soil quality in the Wayne County area. |
• A student-led Astronomy club regularly hosts star gazing events for the community at the College’ s observatory. |
• Joseph Moore Museum, Earlham’ s natural history museum, is a hub for scientific research and collaboration with people of all ages from the outside community. |