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Community Care and Resources in Response to Israel-Gaza

At a time of conflict and divide, the College is working to bring students, faculty, and staff together to support one another and engage these important issues through peaceful and constructive dialogue.

Students

Club Life: Haverford Outdoors Club

The Haverford Outdoors Club offers meaningful positive outdoors experience, no matter a student’s experience or financial circumstances.

Two students look at a clipboard as they register to vote in the GIAC. One is wearing a black Haverford t-shirt with the black squirrel on it.

News & Updates

The Run-Up Winds Down

As Election Day nears, Fords embrace their role as a critical voting bloc.

Summer Centered: Nana Nieto ’19 Interns with the American Museum of Natural History

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The history of art major and museum studies minor is learning the many facets of one of New York City’s iconic museums.
Summer Centered: Miranda Johnson ’19 Helps Weave the History of Silk in Washington, D.C.

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The history major is researching the silk industry at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Abigail Keller ’17

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Alumni, Science

The biology major and environmental studies minor cataloged hundreds of microorganisms present on the surfaces of whales and corals for her thesis research.
From One Generation to Another

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Many scholarship recipients have a deep sense of connection to their alumni benefactors.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Isabel Gross ’17

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Inspired by her semester abroad in Chile, the Spanish major studied the subversive power of Chilean songwriter-poet Violeta Parra’s political songs.
Summer Centered: Rebecca Fisher ‘18 Practices Social Entrepreneurship in Uganda

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The romance languages major is working with financial tech start-up Ubuntu Capital as a Whitehead Intern.
Where They’re Headed: Tejan Walcott ’17

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The former mainstay on the Fords men’s soccer team is translating his athletic passions into a Sales Associate role with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Summer Centered: Maria Padrón ’19 Supports Restorative Justice in Maine

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The rising junior and psychology major is working with Maine-Wabanaki REACH to build cross-cultural collaborations that empower the state’s Native population.
Summer Reading: Anna Fodde-Reguer

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Campus

The humanities librarian suggests two nonfiction titles and a beautifully drawn, almost-wordless graphic novel about creativity.
Where They’re Headed: Rachael Garnick ’17

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The political science major will help devise communication strategies at San Francisco-based brand marketing and advertising agency Swirl, which is run by a fellow Ford.
Summer Centered: Hope Ebert ’19 Brings Moxie to Farming

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The biology major is interning with Food Moxie, a Philly-based food-justice co-op and partner of the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.
Summer Centered: Nhi Nguyen ’18 Works with the Smithsonian’s First Community Museum

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At the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum, the anthropology major and museum studies minor is learning about and reaching out to the southeastern D.C. community.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Chloe Wang ’17

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Alumni, Science

The chemistry major and environmental studies minor used untargeted chemical analysis to study honeybee health.
Where They’re Headed: Nora Tien ’17

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Alumni

The computer science major will begin the Google Engineering Residency program in New York this fall.
Summer Centered: Christopher Bechen ’18 Archives Activist Media in Philly

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At the Media Mobilizing Project, the double major in fine arts and growth and structure of cities will begin organizing video documentation of city activism for the creation of a public archive.