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The honeybee hives, which were installed in May in the Retention Pond behind HaverFarm, were the idea of the Haverford’s BeeKeeping Club, which was formed by Alanna Matteson ’15 and Dana Ducombe ‘17 earlier this year.

With its inception, the Club joins a larger national effort that’s working to restore the population of honeybees in the country.

Where They’re Headed

This fall, B.J. Hillinck ’15 starts work as a production assistant for the media and technology department of Steinway & Sons, the famous piano makers.

“I’m doing work in the field that I want to go into—arts and music—and right now I’m fully confident in my ability to contribute meaningfully.”

Part of the Where They’re Headed series in the Haverblog.

In addition to sponsoring student research, the Marian E. Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center is home to a variety of students doing research alongside faculty over the summer.

With funding from the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, Renee King ’16 is working alongside the community liaison officer at the Tuberculosis & HIV Investigation Network in Durban, South Africa.

Where They’re Headed

Anna Pedersen ’15 will be a Global Academic Fellow in writing at NYU Abu Dhabi for the next academic year.

Pedersen worked as a peer tutor in the Writing Center for three years. “I liked working with other people on their projects and exploring departments and fields I wouldn’t have on my own, and getting hands-on teaching experience.”

Part of the Where They’re Headed series in the Haverblog.

The Class of 1965 alumnus moved to L.A. in 1988 with the ambition to make a feature film. Twenty-seven years later he did. Reuben’s award-winning experimental film is a meditation on memory that weaves together the strange sage of an elusive fellow Ford and strands of his own life.

Read The Walter Reuben Story in the Spring/Summer 2015 issue of Haverford Magazine.

The Center for Peace and Global Citizenship supports an array of domestic and international summer internships for students that aim to deepen Haverford’s connections with social change organizations and to encourage an integrated approach to pressing social, cultural and ethical concerns while promoting scholarship and teaching about the critical issues of our day.

“Being in a community like Haverford with such a strong code of ethics and honor helps form a basis from which to successfully interface with colleagues and grow a professional network in a field that relies heavily on collaboration and a degree of trust.” – Sarah Burke Spolaor ’06

The Department of Music at Haverford offers a creative approach to music theory, a curriculum in music history that deals with music in the social context and embraces world music and jazz, while our applied music program and ensembles provide students with opportunities for performances and tours.

With funding from the Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center, Abby Fullem ’16 is spending her summer collecting soil samples at Unionville Serpentine Barrens for her geology thesis research.