Haverford Headlines

Students work on their finals while seated at tables forming a large rectangle.

Cram Artists

With Noon to Noon, seniors Emmett Huiskamp and Ellie Baron turn finals week into a performance art piece.

Philadelphia Community College's main building is pictured in a landscape photo.

New Bi-Co Program Introduces Community College Students to a Liberal Arts Education

The weeklong immersion program, open to any current community college student, will welcome students to Haverford and Bryn Mawr campuses in June.

Faculty

Office Hour: Jonathan Wilson

The professor of environmental studies gives us a tour of his office.

Where They’re Headed: Tejan Walcott ’17

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Alumni

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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Students, Centers

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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Alumni

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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Students, Centers

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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Students, Centers

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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Students, Centers

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.
Summer Reading: Rachael Beyer

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Campus

The art registrar suggests three titles (two nonfiction, one fiction) about community and utopia.
Summer Centered: Reilly Milburn ’19 and Justin Otter ’19 Simulate Galaxies in the Sunshine State

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Students, Centers

At the University of Florida in Gainesville, the two rising juniors are using supercomputer models to learn about the evolution of the universe’s early galaxies.
Shu-wen Wang Earns Two Early Career Awards

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Faculty

In the span of just 12 months, the assistant professor of psychology has been honored by the Asian American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program.
Where They’re Headed: Rebecca Miller ’17

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Alumni

After changing her mind about becoming a biomedical engineer, the math major and statistics minor will use her love of numbers as a marketing data analyst at Crossix.
Summer Centered: Stephen Niesobecki ’18 Brings Sociology to Law

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Students, Centers

With his Summer Research Assistantship, the rising senior is bridging disciplines as he prepares to write his sociology thesis about unconscionability in contract law.
Where They’re Headed: Rachel Miller ’17

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Alumni

At the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the political science major will gain experience in fields of international security, foreign policy, and counterterrorism.