Haverford’s Visual Culture, Arts, and Media (VCAM) facility houses the College’s Interdisciplinary Minor in Visual Studies, the Haverford Innovations Program, the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities, and its new Philadelphia Area Creative Collaboratives initiative.
An exhibition in the VCAM’s Create Space chronicled first-year student Micah Maben's process of building a guitar from scratch using the building’s Maker Space tools. Photo: Abigail Harrison '19
Haverford attracts intellectually curious, independent learners who value honesty, collaboration, and above all, new ways of seeing and improving the world.
As you perform real-world research and immerse yourself in hands-on learning, you'll work side-by-side with professors who are at the top of their fields.
Our mascot—the Black Squirrel—has a genetic adaptation that gives it a bold, black coat. Join our distinctive community and stand out from the pack with your fellow Haverfordians.
The Committee for Environmental Responsibility (CER) was created by the students, faculty, and staff of Haverford College, and reflects our socially responsible principles.
CER partnered with student art collective James House to paint a mural around the dish room window that features reminders about composting amidst a colorful scene. Photo: Dexter Coen Gilbert '21
Associate Professor of History Darin Hayton teaches an introduction to the history of Western science, as well as courses on the scientific revolution, plagues and epidemics, and the history of museums.
Read Office Hour in the Winter 2018 issue of Haverford Magazine.
Hayton's office displays some of the “weird stuff” he collects, including a phrenology head, an engraved 19th-century invitation to a hanging, and the rotary phone he brought with him when he arrived on campus in 2005. Photo: Patrick Montero
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.