![Anne Houtman standing at a podium as she gives her inauguration speech.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/newsletter1-1-1024x576.jpg)
“One of my first observations as Earlham’s new
Anne Houtman, during her inauguration at homecoming.
president, way back in 2019, was that every
student I met shared a commonality with
every graduate I met, even those celebrating
their 50th or 60th reunions. And that
common characteristic is that, no matter their
major or their career, they feel a responsibility
to make the world a better place.”
Thanks to COVID, homecoming 2022 was the first in-person homecoming celebration in three years, bringing back the classes of 1972, 1971 and 1970 to celebrate their 50th anniversaries. In all, more than 900 alumni returned to campus. Besides alumni events, homecoming also included the inauguration of President Anne Houtman, a concert by Fitz and the Tantrums, and Epic Expo, an all-campus showcase of student research, internships and off-campus study.
![Two students posing in the photo booth with an Earlham College heart sign.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Homecoming-2022-10_13-16-img_0520_01-1024x1024.jpg)
![A student presenting her Epic Expo research in front of her poster to two girls.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Epic-Expo-2022-10_14XDO_1886-768x1024.jpg)
![Earlham alumni attending a class during homecoming weekend, listening to the professor speak.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Homecoming-2022-10_13-16-Earlham_History_JSP-06-767x1024.jpg)
![Two Earlham students laughing as they view their portrait a cartoonist drew of them.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Homecoming-2022-10_13-16-DSC07244-1024x576.jpg)
![Fitz and the Tantrums performing under purple stage lights.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Homecoming-2022-10_13-16-Earlham_Fitz_JSP-086-1024x734.jpg)
![A student clapping in the crowd as she watches the Fitz and the Tantrums concert.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Homecoming-2022-10_13-16-Earlham_Fitz_JSP-147-1024x759.jpg)
![Earlham alumni gather, and eat, as they tailgate before a game.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Homecoming-2022-10_13-16-Earlham_Friday2022_JSP-39-1024x576.jpg)
![Earlham fans cheer for the Quakers in a game.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Homecoming-2022-10_13-16-Earlham_Saturday2022_JSP-21-1024x576.jpg)
![Two female Earlham faculty members pose in the photo booth wearing funny hats, one holding the other in her arms.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Homecoming-2022-10_13-16-img_0609-1024x683.jpg)
![An Earlham student looks in a hand mirror at her game day makeup.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Homecoming-2022-10_13-16-Earlham_Friday2022_JSP-34.jpg-768x1024.jpg)
![An Earlham student throws a frisbee during the alumni Ultimate Frisbee game.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Homecoming-Ultimate-2022-10_15-XDO_5226-1024x683.jpg)
![Two young children swing on one of the Earlham tree swigs, wind blowing in their hair.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Homecoming-Kids-Cropped-683x1024.jpg)
![President Anne Houtman gives a presentation at a podium as three of her cabinet members sit in the background.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Homecoming-2022-10_13-16-XDO_2026-1024x683.jpg)
![Four Earlham alumni walk The Heart together.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Homecoming-2022-10_13-16-XDO_2131-1024x683.jpg)
![Isaac Robertson-Brown presents his Epic Expo research, using a horseshoe crab as a prop.](https://earlhamite.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Epic-Expo-2022-10_14XDO_1990-1024x683.jpg)