News & Events

Bilal is the College’s artist-in-residence February 13-16. The opening exhibition is Feb. 16 in the Sonnenschein Gallery on North Campus.

First-year and sophomore students attend the first of several events in February aimed at helping them “find their passion” and start creating an academic and career plan.

The Lake Forest men’s basketball team victory earlier this week against Illinois College was their 15th consecutive victory, the longest streak in team history. The Foresters are now 15-1 overall and 11-0 in Midwest Conference play. The Foresters hope to extend their winning streak when they host second-place Grinnell College (14-1, 10-1 MWC) Saturday afternoon at 3:00.

A two-week interactive photography event, sponsored by the College’s Islamic World Studies program, asks tough questions of the viewer and his prejudices about the developing world. 

More than 50 new students came to Lake Forest College this semester and nearly 100 students returned from their off-campus study adventures, while 75 students headed off campus to spend this semester in New Zealand, China, Italy, Chicago, and elsewhere.

Daniella Brutman `12 and Madhavi Senagolage `12 presented at the national Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting in Washington, DC November 12-16, 2011. 

The economist, anthropologist, and rhetorician join a group of highly accomplished scholars and teachers at Lake Forest.

Leigh Anne (Furgerson) Ihnken ‘04 made the magazine’s list in the category of science for her work at GlaxoSmithKline, where she and a colleague are using synthetic biology to make pharmaceutical chemistry less expensive and less harmful to the environment.

Director of Athletics Jackie Slaats announced that Jim Catanzaro has officially been named the Foresters’ head football coach. Catanzaro had been the program’s interim head coach since April 2009. Under Catanzaro’s direction, the 2011 Foresters scored more points and gained more yards per game than any previous team in program history. Slaats also announced that Heather Noll will be the next head coach of the Forester volleyball team.

Take a look back at some of the newsmakers and experts from Lake Forest College during 2011, including Associate Professor of English Davis Schneiderman, whose essay about fatherhood made the Huff Post.

Who needs to hire a software development company if you’ve got the programmers already on campus? The Off-Campus Study Programs department was in need of some new software this year and Dr. Craig Knuckles’ computer science senior seminar students stepped up to the plate.

Dave Beran ‘03 joins a growing list of Foresters who have made names for themselves for their passions and extraordinary achievements. 

Lake Forest College’s Relay For Life was awarded the American Cancer Society’s prestigious Top Net Income Growth and All-Star Awards at the Society’s recent Relay Leadership Summit in Itasca, Ill. 

Lake Forest College junior, Ally Bain, was presented the Lincoln Laureate Award at the Old State Capitol Historic Site in Springfield.

Lake Forest College women’s hockey player Maeve Connelly was named Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Player of the Week on Tuesday after scoring a pair of game-winning goals against UW-Eau Claire over the weekend.

The theater and music department’s recent production of “Pirates of Penzance,” held at the local Gorton Community Center, was a huge hit. One attendee wrote, “…tonight was one of the great entertainments I’ve seen almost ever. The group in front of the curtain, and behind the curtain were just spectacular.” 

Growing numbers of Lake Forest students, faculty, and staff are volunteering in elementary schools in North Chicago, thanks in large part to a collaboration with the Gorter Family Foundation.

The double English and business major’s pieces appear in Alice Blue Review.

The fall Chicago Ambassador trip took place on Sunday, October 23, and this time students had to use some muscle to participate.

On Oct 14, fourteen Lake Forest College students presented biology, neuroscience, psychology, and environmental studies research at the 21st Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics at Argonne National Laboratory. Nearly 300 students, teachers, and scientists attended the symposium, and over 130 students presented original scholarship, from colleges and universities across the nation.

One of Chicago’s premiere Indie bands rocks the Chapel Nov. 5.

Eukaryon, Lake Forest’s scientific research journal, seeks artist to illustrate the cover of its eighth edition.

Amanda Muledy ‘13 is among a handful of transfer students nationwide to be selected for this special honor.

The College welcomes thousands of people to campus this weekend for its homecoming festivities, including alumni reunions and family weekend. Plenty of events for friends and families of all ages are welcome to join. 

Lake Forest College is pleased to announce that this year’s Volwiler lecturer will be Dr. Charles S. Zuker of Columbia University. His lecture titled “From the Tongue to the Brain: The Biology of Mammalian Taste” also serves as the Keynote Address of the 2011 Brain Awareness Week at the college and will take place on Thursday, November 10 in Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel at 8:00 p.m.

She joins Lake Forest students in giving a public reading on October 4 at 7:00 p.m.

Chris Wiatr, a junior cross country runner, finished second in his age group in the Chicago Triathlon that took place in August. Wiatr was racing to receive his professional license and finished only 54 seconds behind the winner.

Please join Lake Forest College on Sunday, October 2 at 3:00 p.m. for the first concert of the 2011-12 Lyrica season. The highly acclaimed chamber music series begins its eighteenth season with a performance by the Newberry Consort.