Since 2011 College Communications has produced a unique homepage each weekday to spotlight the rich diversity of Haverford's academic programming, extracurricular offerings, campus culture, and community members' accomplishments.
The average financial aid grant awarded to Haverford students is $43,851 and more than 53% of students receive some form of financial aid from the College. On National Philanthropy Day (Nov. 15), students were invited to write thank you notes to alumni who have participated in Annual Giving this year.
Students thoughtfully expressed their thanks to alumni donors during the Thank A Donor event. Photo: Patrick Montero.
For students looking to forge close connections around shared interests, Haverford offers special interest housing choices, such as La Casa Hispánica (for students actively engaged in organizing programs concerned with the cultures and civilizations of the Spanish-speaking world); Cadbury House (quiet study, and alcohol and drug-free); and Nerd House (gaming, tech, fantasy, anime, and science aficionados).
Members of Ira De A. Reid House, which is devoted to extending the legacy of Reid, a renowned sociologist and Haverford’s first tenured African American faculty member. Photo: Cole Sansom '19
Anticipating that this year's Nobel prize in physics would go to scientists studying gravity waves, Professor Andrea Lommen and students in her gravitational waves class organized a presentation about the physics of the waves, the remarkable facilities needed to detect them, and the importance of these observations.
Though the College’s cherished Honor Code started its life in 1897 as a simple system for holding exams without proctors, it has become the purest expression of the College’s values and an intrinsic part of a Haverford education.
This year marks the 120th anniversary of Haverford’s Honor Code.
Part of Customs, Dorm Olympics is the beloved annual tradition in which the blue Barclay residents, red South campus dwellers from HCA and Tritton, and green Gummere inhabitants compete against one another in demonstrations of unusual abilities and dorm pride.
Doing splits for Team Barclay. Photo: Victoria Merino '20
The Haverford experience includes the opportunity to work closely with—and benefit from—mentors including faculty and advisors such as Dean of Academic Affairs Phil Bean.
In addition to his advising duties, Phil Bean also oversees the fellowship application process. Haverford has been named a 'Top Producer of Fulbright Students and Scholars'. Photo: Patrick Montero.
The #Classof2021 has arrived and is now immersed in Customs, Haverford College’s First-Year Experience program, which includes a five-day orientation immediately preceding the fall semester.
Incoming students participate in a "trust walk", just one of many Customs week activities.
It's move-in day for our first-year students! Follow along with the excitement of their first day and share your own experiences using #FordsMoveIn on Twitter and Instagram.
Photo: Patrick Montero.
The Haverfarm is a year-round farming and educational space that introduces sustainable food and agriculture into the lives of Haverford students, faculty, staff, and community members.
Haverfarm produce—like this oversized cabbage held by Hayden Kesterson '19—is distributed to students, community members, the dining center, and local food banks. Photo: Cole Sansom '19
For Sophie Frank ’19, a comparative literature major, a French minor, and a concentration in Africana studies means having the tools to tell the stories that don’t always make it into the limelight. This summer, at her internship at ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, funded by the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities, the Los Angeles local is hoping to learn and share the stories of the LGBTQ community in her hometown.
Sophie Frank '19 at the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archive in Los Angeles. "Summer Centered" is a series exploring our students' Center-funded summer work.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.