Earlham College Earlham College is a liberal arts college in Richmond , Indiana . It was founded in 1847 by Quakers and has approximately 1 , 200 students . In keeping with Friends ' belief in equality , everyone addresses each other at Earlham by his or her first name , without the use of titles such as " doctor " or " professor " ; likewise , " freshmen " are referred to as " first year ( students ) " . While Earlham is primarily a residential undergraduate college , it also has two graduate programs — the master of arts in teaching and the master of education — which provide a route for teacher licensure to students with liberal arts undergraduate degrees . Earlham College is listed in Loren Pope ' s book , " Colleges That Change Lives " , and has produced two Nobel laureates ( both in chemistry ) . History . Earlham was founded in 1847 as a boarding high school for the religious education of Quaker adolescents . In 1859 , Earlham became Earlham College , upon the addition of collegiate academics . At this time , Earlham was the second Quaker college in the United States ( Haverford College was first ) , and the second to be coeducational ( Oberlin College was first ) . Though the college initially only admitted students who belonged to the Religious Society of Friends , Earlham began admitting non - Quakers in 1865 . The college was named for Earlham Hall , home of the Gurneys , an important English Quaker family . Over time , as Quakerism in America became more progressive , Earlham ' s practices changed with them , though the college has remained faithful to its Quaker roots . In 1942 Earlham enrolled several dozen Japanese - American students to prevent their internment during World War II , a decision that was very controversial in Richmond . 1960 marked the establishment of the Earlham School of Religion , then the only Friends seminary in the world . Campus . Earlham ' s campus lies at the southwestern edge of Richmond , Indiana , a city of 36 , 812 ( 2010 census ) . The main quadrangle of the campus is called " the Heart . " It is surrounded by Earham Hall ( with the Runyan Center student union directly behind it ) , Olvey - Andis Hall , Lilly Library , Carpenter Hall , Landrum Bolling Center , the science buildings ( Stanley Hall , Noyes Hall and Dennis Hall ) , Tyler Hall , Bundy Hall and Barrett Hall . Ninety - four percent of Earlham students live on campus in a variety of settings . The campus includes eight residence halls ( Barrett Hall , Bundy Hall , Earlham Hall , Mills Hall , Hoerner Hall , Olvey - Andis Hall , Warren Hall and Wilson Hall ) and 28 theme and friendship houses , which border the North and East edges of the campus . U . S . Route 40 runs along the edge of the campus . The Joseph Moore Museum is a natural history museum located on campus and run by students and biology department faculty , focusing on Indiana ' s natural history . It is open to the public ( free of charge ) and tours are available upon request . The majority of Earlham College ' s campus is undeveloped forest and meadow , including the undeveloped " back campus " area , which serves as an outdoor classroom . Five major building projects are underway on Earlham ' s campus which cost a combined $ 62 . 3 million . The science complex ( Stanley , Dennis , and Noyes Halls ) is undergoing a complete renovation which is expected to receive LEED Silver certification . Stanley Hall is expected to be complete by Fall 2013 , whereas the other buildings ' renovation has yet to begun and is likely to finish in 2015 . Tyler Hall , originally built thanks to a Carnegie Grant , fell into a mild state of disrepair over the last several decades and is also being renovated to a LEED Silver standard . Tyler Hall will house Earlham ' s Admissions department . A new Fine Arts building is currently being constructed which is expected to finish by August 2014 . A new baseball stadium is expected to be complete by Fall 2013 , and major renovations to the football field were completed prior to the 2012 season . Earlham College has been singled out in the National Wildlife Federation ' s national report card on sustainability in higher education as having exemplary programs . Earham ' s Environmental Plan ( approved 2005 ) is an assessment of how Earlham impacts the environment , what steps have been or can be taken to reduce impacts . Curriculum and community . Earlham ranks ninth in the nation ( out of 1 , 306 colleges and universities ) in its percentage of graduates who go on to receive a Ph . D . in the biological sciences and twenth - ninth in the percentage of students going on to Ph . D . programs in all fields . Roughly 70 % of Earlham students go on a semester - length off - campus program to such destinations as Mexico , the U . S . / Mexican border , Vienna , Martinique , Northern Ireland , Great Britain , France , Germany , Spain , New Zealand , Japan and Tanzania . This high rate is possible because a student ' s financial aid helps to offset the full cost of one semester on any Earlham - approved program . In addition , there are a number of shorter off - campus May terms , with destinations both within the U . S . and abroad ( Australia , Galapagos , Senegal , Menorca , and Turkey , as recent examples ) . Earlham has an exchange program with Waseda University in Japan , which has existed since 1963 . In addition , Earlham College offers the SICE program in Morioka , Japan , a program in which about twelve to fourteen students teach English in middle school s in Morioka . In the sciences , Earlham places a large emphasis on integrating research into the undergraduate curriculum . Through Ford / Knight grants , most science faculty have been or are currently involved with students in research . Earlham has good representation in the Butler Undergraduate Research Conference , held each year in the spring . The pre - medicine program is particularly distinguished , in that over the last ten years all but one of its graduates have been accepted into medical school . Earlham ' s biology and chemistry departments have a long history of producing distinguished graduates , such as Warder Clyde Allee , Wendell Stanley , Jim Fowler , and Larry E . Overman . The choir department organizes regional and national tours every year for its ensembles . In January 2012 , the concert choir performed in Indianapolis , IN , the Cathedral Basilica of St . Louis , and Chicago , IL . The choral and instrumental music departments collaborate on a biennial basis , performing works such as Carmina Burana and Michael Tippett ' s A Child of Our Time . The College has a full Gamelan ensemble , which performs concerts in the Spring . Earlham has an entirely student - managed public radio station , WECI 91 . 5FM . Earlham has students from 77 countries , the most out of any liberal arts college in the United States . This equates to roughly 200 students , which is the highest total number of international students for any co - educational liberal arts college in the country ( Mount Holyoke has more , but is a female - only institution ) . This high diversity is due in part to a strong relationship with the United World College network of international boarding high schools . Since 2004 , Earlham College has been a part of the Davis United World Scholars program , which offers need - based scholarships for UWC graduates to continue their education at select institutions in the United States The Davis Cup , which is awarded to the college with the most current students from this program , has been awarded to Earlham several times in recent memory , though as of 2011 Brown University regained the title by a margin of five students . The college also draws from all regions of the United States , with students from 42 states . Domestic minorities represent 15 % of the student body . Earlham is known for having the United States ' only Equestrian program which is run entirely by students . Lessons are available for students of the college and community members . In keeping with Quaker tradition , Earlham students voluntarily invest many hours of community service into the Richmond community . Students report an average of 23 , 000 hours of volunteering work every year , and Earlham ' s Bonner program offers financial aid in exchange for volunteering work for students with high financial need . Earlham College is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association . Adjacent Institutions . There are two institutions located adjacent to the Earlham College undergraduate campus : Earlham School of Religion , a Quaker theological graduate school and Bethany Theological Seminary , an independent Church of the Brethren institution offering graduate and non - degree programs . Earlham College students can take courses at these institutions ( which share facilities with the college ) . Athletics . Earlham competes in NCAA Division III . The women ' s sports are basketball , cross country , field hockey , indoor track , outdoor track , soccer , tennis , and volleyball . The men ' s sports are baseball , basketball , cross country , football , indoor track , outdoor track , soccer , and tennis . Earlham College was a member of the North Coast Athletic Conference and starting in Fall 2010 will be a member of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference . Earlham has won championships in men ' s cross country . The athletics teams are known as the Quakers . They originally had been the Fightin ' Quakers ; although the name was meant tongue - in - cheek , it was changed in the 1980s to the Hustlin ' Quakers after the college ' s board of regents decided that it was inappropriate for Quakers to fight . In the 1990s , the name was changed again to simply Quakers . Perhaps the Quakers ' most notable football game was against Japan ' s Doshisha University Hamburgers in 1989 . In the 2010 - 11 season , the Earlham College Men ' s Tennis team became the first squad in Earlham history to qualify for the NCAA Div . III Championships by winning the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament title . Earlham College Men ' s Tennis Team Website Earlham has many Club teams : some of the more successful ones are Ultimate Frisbee , Women ' s and Men ' s rugby . Other clubs include the Bike Co - Op , Cheerleaders , Earthquakers ( Competitive Dance ) , Equestrian Program , martial arts groups , Men ' s Volleyball , and Outdoors Club . A $ 13 - million Athletics and Wellness Center opened at the beginning of the Fall 1999 semester . Students are not charged to use the facility , which features an energy center for cardiovascular and strength training , a group fitness studio for aerobics and yoga , Weber Pool ( 25 meters by six lanes ) , racquetball courts , tennis courts , a running track , a climbing wall and Schuckman Court ( a performance gymnasium with seating for 1 , 800 ) . In 2007 , Earlham opened its new 2 , 000 seat Darrell Beane Stadium , with a football field and running track . Wilderness programs . Earlham was one of the first colleges in the country to initiate student and faculty led wilderness programs , back in 1970 { Earlham College Wilderness Program Instructors Manual , 1975 , by Douglas Steeples , Phil Shore , Alan Kesselheim , Henry Merrill " and others " , edited by Phil Shore and Alan Kesselheim } . These programs were designed for incoming first - year and transfer students who received credit for them . The program is divided into the Water August Wilderness and the Mountain August Wilderness and lasts for approximately three weeks ; the former canoes in Wabakimi Provincial park in Ontario and the latter hikes in the Uinta Mountains in Utah . Students have taken ice climbing , dog sledding , caving , white water kayaking , rock climbing , trail construction and canoeing courses for credit . The program in the past has lead spring break canoeing trips to Big Bend National Park in southwestern Texas , a semester course to New Zealand and a May Term ( a condensed three - week term after the spring semester ) instructor training course for its August Wilderness program . Challenge / experiential education courses on the college ' s own high and low ropes is offered as well as the chance to be certified as Wilderness First Responders in an intensive spring break course . In the past students have also had the opportunity to rappel of the College ' s three story science building . Earlham College remains the only American institution of tertiary education that allows students to study aardvark s extensively in their native habitat in the Kakamega Forest . Student life . Earlham ' s " dry campus " policy is controversial among members of the student body and some faculty members . Drinking is fairly commonplace ; some students refer to the campus as " pleasantly moist . " In August 2007 , as part of New Student Orientation for the incoming class of 2011 , the Earlham faculty revealed their new approach to dealing with alcohol issues . Although the official alcohol policy remains the same , the primary focus is now on education and personal responsibility , as opposed to enforcement . Tension sometimes arises between students and the Quaker Indiana and Western Yearly Meetings over issues of sexuality . Western and , to an even greater degree , Indiana Yearly Meeting tend to be more conservative on issues such as condom distribution , pregnancy , and homosexuality . Tension over the issue of homosexuality led to a decision in 2011 to split Indiana Yearly Meeting . In 2005 , the Committee on Campus Life approved a new pregnancy policy , stating that pregnant women may reside in on - campus housing , but are also offered a housing exemption if they so desire . Most students stay on - campus during the weekends . The Student Activities Board , Earlham Film Series , student bands , theater productions , etc . offer a variety of activities on the weekends . In March 2005 , William Kristol , founder and editor of " The Weekly Standard " , was hit in the face with an ice cream pie by a student during a lecture he gave on campus . This event made nation al and international news and was carried by many leading news outlets . Some students and faculty at the lecture showed strong disapproval of the act . The event sharply divided students and faculty , with some showing support for the act of pieing and some showing strong disapproval . Many , however , felt that the act was unjustly punished by the President ( who was also indirectly hit by the pie ) . The student was subsequently suspended for the rest of the semester and dropped out the following year . Additionally , President Doug Bennett overturned a College Judiciary Council ruling that found the students who knew about the pieing ahead of time not guilty ; this act further divided the campus . Shortly after the incident , conservative commentators Pat Buchanan and David Horowitz were ' attacked ' ( with salad dressing and a pie , respectively ) and a ' teach - in ' at Earlham was conducted which featured three faculty members sharing their views . Several years " ex post facto " , the pieing , the punishment , and whether William Kristol should have even been invited to speak at Earlham all continue to be issues of contention amongst the faculty and student body .