06/12/2026
Before Jared Fox ’09 ever set foot on Lake Forest College’s campus, he had already learned what it meant to stand up—and to be pushed out. After being forced to leave the Catholic school he attended because he was openly gay, Fox made a lifelong commitment to education, identity, and advocacy—one with roots that are deeply tied to the place where he first felt he could fully be himself: Lake Forest College. Read more about Fox's story: https://bit.ly/4vLwm3V