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Upgraded facilities, more full-time coaches, state-of-the-art strength training and other enhancements have helped Haverford’s teams post impressive results in recent years. But the true measure of success for athletics is reflected in how well the program allows students to excel in both sports and academics.

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Then & Now: Music

The  Bi-Co orchestra will see its performance and rehearsal spaces upgraded thanks to the Lives That Speak campaign, which is investing in enhancements and additions to Roberts Hall, including a custom-built orchestra shell to improve acoustics in the auditorium, and a new rehearsal/recital hall facing the Duck Pond.

Missed yesterday’s photo? See the Orchestra back “Then“.

Then & Now: Music

Haverford’s first orchestra was founded in 1895, and in 1940, with its numbers dwindling, the group joined forces with Bryn Mawr. Under William Heartt Reese’s sustained guidance the orchestra grew in numbers and skill, and in 1963 and 1964 it undertook its most ambitious concert repertoire to date, including pieces by Bartók, Fauré, and Shostakovich.

Come back tomorrow to see the Music at Haverford “Now”.

Critical Disability Studies: Theory and Practice, a health studies course inspired by interested students, features a semester-long project in partnership with the Center for Creative Works, a studio and teaching space for artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience.

“During the panels, student poster sessions, and David Wessel’s keynote address, students were able to learn about policy issues from experts in their respective fields, while also hearing the personal stories of how these alumni made their way from Haverford toward their own career trajectories.” - Dean of Career and Professional Advising Kelly Cleary

The Public Policy Forum featured alumni discussing issues in education, environmental policy, health, incarceration and criminal justice, poverty and homelessness, and big data. 

In the Collection

Among Special Collections’ latest acquisitions is a second edition of a Zapotec catechism and several other religious texts published in Mexico in 1766. These bilingual works were purchased in consultation with Assistant Professor of Linguistics Brook Lillehaugen, whose research focuses on Zapotec, an endangered language family indigenous to southern Mexico.

The John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities seeks to enhance the intellectual and cultural life at Haverford by fostering challenging exchange among faculty, students, and diverse communities of writers, artists, performers, thinkers, activists, and innovators.

The Committee for Environmental Responsibility (CER) was created by the students, faculty, and staff of Haverford College, and founded on our socially responsible principles. CER's mission is to educate our community about global environmental concerns, and to be a positive example for students at Haverford and other colleges to follow.

Haverford is a residential college, and more than 98% of our students live in campus housing. Most living arrangements are coed, and residence halls offer a wide variety of accommodations from 4-person apartments to suites and singles.