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.
Junior Brittany Steele spoke to Haverford Magazine about the unusual heart condition that temporarily derailed her athletic career, as well as "yoga for track" and learning just how long a second actually is.
Read "Anatomy of an Athlete" in the Fall 2015 issue of Haverford Magazine.
Photo: Patrick Montero.
"I’ve taught public key cryptography as an upper-level elective, but I’m excited to learn alongside first-year students. I would rather assist beginning students to explore what they want to learn rather than teach them what I know and think is important. There are some natural questions to ask, of course, but it will be really fun to explore questions students ask that I haven’t anticipated." — Professor of Mathematics Lynne Butler
Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience .
Photo: (cc) Vergilius Eremite
Bricolage Co-op is a new student-run organization, born last spring from an anthropology course taught by Assistant Professor Joshua Moses. The group aims to foster community through D.I.Y. (do-it-yourself) projects, skills sharing, and exchanges of member-made items.
One of the recurring events the group sponsors is a potluck/clothing swap/craft fair held on the last Friday of every month. Photo: Caleb Eckert '17
The Library's Dig Into The Archives series recently took a look at historical recipes. We wondered what the food would taste like, so we are beginning a series called Cooking the Collection on the Haverblog and on the college’s official Facebook page, featuring some of these old-timey sweets.
English cake is a citrus-y, only slightly sweet loaf cake. Recipes have been modified with modern measurements and instructions, and have easy-to-follow, step-by-step videos. Photo: Patrick Montero
Reading Groups gather regularly to study texts of mutual interest. Some groups are student-driven, some for faculty only, and others are a mix of students, staff, and faculty.
Blood and Soap was recently discussed in the Reading Group Asian / American Non / Fiction. Photo: Elena Harriss-Bauer '19.
Less than a week after setting a new Centennial Conference record in the 3,000 meters, Charlie Marquardt '16 once again landed in the record book—he now holds the second-fastest mark in school history for completing the mile run in a time of 4:02.24.
Charlie Marquardt prepares to lap a UPenn runner on his way to setting a new Haverford College record. Photo: Ryan Gooding '16.
Haverford has more than 145 student groups that publish magazines, host symposia, sing a cappella, discuss religion and spirituality, stay politically active, maintain a system of student self-government, dance, demonstrate and create.
Every year around Valentine’s Day, Fords Against Boredom hosts its annual Loveshack competition, at which teams of students build and decorate delicious graham-cracker houses. Photo: Elena Harriss-Bauer '19.
Lives That Speak: The 1,833-Minute Challenge begins February 23 at noon (EST) and ends February 24 at 6:33 p.m. When 1,500 donors make a gift during the Challenge, Lives That Speak campaign leaders will donate $500,000. Let your life speak boldly for Haverford!
Make a gift, track overall and class-by-class progress, and sign up to be an advocate at Haverford’s special Challenge webpage.
The Center for Career and Professional Advising fosters career exploration, professional growth for students and alumni, as well as networking and outreach with employers.
“Madness and Wine in Classical Literature” is a writing seminar with a focus on classics including Plato's Phaedrus and Euripides' Bacchae. Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience .
Kylix With Symposion Scene, Greek, late Archaic, ca. 480 BC, Terracotta.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.