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Karla Gilbride is an American attorney and civil rights litigator who is the former General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). [1] [2] Gilbride is the first individual with a known disability to serve as the General Counsel of the EEOC, and holds the distinction of being the first blind lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court.
Swarthmore College (/ ˈ s w ɔːr θ m ɔːr / SWORTH-mor, locally / ˈ s w ɑː θ m ɔːr / SWAHTH-mor) [7] is a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States. [8] Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. [ 9 ]
The Quaker Consortium is an arrangement among three liberal arts colleges, Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, and Swarthmore College, and one research university, the University of Pennsylvania, all located in the greater Philadelphia area. The arrangement allows for their students to enroll in courses at the other schools of the Consortium.
Sproul Observatory was an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Swarthmore College.It was located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States, and named after William Cameron Sproul, the 27th Governor of Pennsylvania, who graduated from Swarthmore in 1891.
Swarthmore station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Located on Chester Road between downtown Swarthmore and Swarthmore College, it serves the Media/Wawa Line. In 2013, this station saw 765 boardings and 699 alightings on an average weekday. [5] Dollar-a-day parking and permit parking are available.
Valerie Smith (born February 19, 1956) [1] is an American academic administrator, professor, and scholar of African-American literature and culture. She is the 15th and current president of Swarthmore College.
The following is a list of notable people associated with Swarthmore College, a private, independent liberal arts college located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Since its founding in 1864, Swarthmore has graduated 156 classes of students. As of 2022, the College enrolls 1,689 students and has roughly 21,300 living alumni.
After graduating from high school, Wilkerson was accepted into Swarthmore College. [4] During the first year of college she became interested in politics. In April, 1962 Wilkerson became involved with a civil rights group that organized anti-segregation work in Cambridge, Maryland. [10] Her activist work continued throughout college.