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Student Services
Publicity
The Communications Division is responsible for communications and marketing
initiatives focusing on the College’s strategic objectives and distinctive characteristics.
The activities of students are promoted in many ways. Academic, co-curricular, and
extracurricular achievements and honors—including scholarly, artistic, and athletic
accomplishments, dean’s list, and graduation, among others—are promoted through
the College’s web site, campus multimedia displays, and other communication
channels. The College strives to secure coverage in national, regional, and local
media, as well as media in the students’ hometowns.
Upon enrollment, students are given the option of declining all personal publicity.
Those who choose this option and later change their minds may remove the nopublicity
designation at any time by contacting the Communications Division.
Looking through the Lafayette College Arch on
Third Street, the Williams Visual Arts Building
can be seen on the left.
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Public Safety
The best assurance of campus security is each individual’s sense of responsibility.
Parents are urged to encourage their sons and daughters to exercise sound judgment
on all matters pertaining to security and safety on the Lafayette campus. A staff of fulltime
and part-time professionally trained people provides protection on the campus
24 hours a day, seven days a week.
All residence halls are centrally monitored by an electronic access control system,
and routine checks are conducted throughout the night. In addition, all residence halls
are protected by fire safety equipment including automatic fire-detection systems,
sprinklers, and fire extinguishers. Fire drills are held regularly.
All incoming students receive a pamphlet on security procedures and crime
prevention tips. Also, all students receive an annual statistical analysis of reported
criminal activity on campus. Programs such as personal safety, fire safety, rape
prevention, and theft deterrence are sponsored each year. Staff members provide
escort service for students between various College buildings at all times.
A mass notification system called e2Campus is available and free for students,
faculty, staff, and parents. It enables subscribers to receive text alerts on their
cell phones and email accounts in the event of an emergency on campus. To
complement the e2Campus system, a public address/siren has been installed to alert
the community that an emergency exists. For more details about the Public Safety
program and the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report refer to the website.
Student Banking
There are no bank branch offices on College Hill (the neighborhood immediately
surrounding the Lafayette College campus) but there are a number of bank branches
in downtown Easton within walking distance or along the route of the College’s free
shuttle service. These include Bank of America, Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust
(KNBT), Lafayette Ambassador Bank, PNC Bank, Sovereign Bank, TD Bank, and
Wells Fargo Bank.
There is a full-service ATM in the basement of the Farinon College Center,
which is affiliated with Lafayette Ambassador Bank. There is also an ATM in a Wawa
convenience store at the corner of Cattell and High streets (one block from campus).
Currently, with the Farinon College Center ATM there are no fees charged when
you do your banking at that ATM. However, please note that the bank at which you
have your account still may assess a fee for any transactions on that ATM or others.
Please also note that the College does not cash personal checks for students or
employees. If the student is an employee, he or she is encouraged to sign up for payroll
direct deposit by coming to the cashier’s window (second floor of Markle Hall).
We recommend that students make their banking arrangements in advance of their
arrival on campus in late August. If the student opens a new bank account, pay close