Jessie Lamworth stands on an outcropping overlooking the Hardanger Fjord

Study Abroad Photo Contest

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“I never understood what a 'life-changing' experience was until I went to Rome. I walked in with eyes half-lidded and walked out with a new respect for the beauty of the world and its infinite complexities.” – Zakery Oglesby '17

Each year more than 130 Haverford students take advantage of the opportunity to study abroad.

2017 Study Abroad photo contest first-place winner in the Places category: Jessie Lamworth '18, "Trolltunga, 2,300 feet above Hardanger Fjord", Odda, Norway.

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Rachel Beyer posing with her summer reading choices
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Magill Library

Magill Library houses more than half a million volumes and provides access to 2.5 million more through a catalog system that connects it to libraries at neighboring Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges.

Summer Reading is a series that asks Haverford’s librarians and library staff for book recommendations that will enlighten, entertain, and educate you during this vacation season. Art Registrar Rachael Beyer suggests three titles about community and utopia. Photo: Patrick Montero.

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Summer Centered: Miranda Johnson ’19

Miranda Johnson ’19 is researching the silk industry this summer at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. The history major from Pasadena, Calif., is working as the textiles curation intern at the Washington, D.C., museum, garnering hands-on experience with archival work thanks to funding from the John B. Hurford '60 Center for Arts and Humanities (HCAH).

"Summer Centered" is a series exploring our students' Center-funded summer work. Photo: Cole Sansom '19
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