News and Events

Dear Loyalty Circle Members, 

It’s a pleasure to write to you soon after the first virtual—and most successful—Forester Day in College history. Thanks to your generosity and dedication, the College raised nearly $500,000 on March 4 in special Forester Day contributions to dozens of our academic programs, sports teams, student organizations, and campus projects. The whole day was great fun: high-spirited Foresters from around the world connected with each other through a host of online forums and gatherings. You can still watch Forester Day videos here.

Forester Day exemplified the great resiliency of our community after a year of pandemic challenges and deprivations. The day also featured—and drew support for—a number of the College’s strategic partnerships, including two that are showcased in the spring newsletter. The first is our academic partnership with Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, which has produced a remarkably successful new Health Professions Program. The second is a partnership with the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, which has provided timely, valuable career programming for our 2020 and 2021 graduates.

As vaccines become more widely available and the pandemic begins to wane, the College looks forward to the 2021-22 academic year and beyond as a rejuvenating, productive time for our students, faculty, and staff. Enrollment deposits for next fall are running well ahead of past years, the historic Brown Hall renovation and expansion project is nearly finished, and our national rankings have never been better. We have come through this unprecedented year by working together as a community, and we will advance rapidly ahead in the same way. The College’s success is yours. Thanks to all Loyalty Circle members for your unwavering support, and I look forward to seeing you at Homecoming next fall!

Stephen D. Schutt
President