Where They’re Headed

Though many Growth and Structure of Cities majors become urban planners and architects, Mariah Braxton ’14 knew she wanted to pursue a different career path. After receiving guidance from her thesis advisor and Haverford’s Center for Career and Professional Advising, she finally discovered the right fit: a consulting position at IBM.

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

“Studying abroad enriched my academic experience by exposing me to new perspectives and encouraging me to critically reevaluate my existing intellectual assumptions..” – Ben Wohl ’14

Each year more than 130 Haverford students take advantage of the opportunity to study abroad.

In the Collection: William Penn

William Penn’s 1687 publication of The Excellent Priviledge of Liberty & Property was the first American printing of his translation of the Magna Carta, and Haverford’s copy is the only surviving complete example.

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.

Once plagued by “brain drain”, Haverford’s big city neighbor has become an increasingly popular post-commencement destination for the College’s grads, many of whom are working to better life for all in their adopted hometown.

Read “Fords in Philly” in the Spring/Summer 2013 issue of Haverford magazine »

More than 1,000 alumni returned to campus the last weekend in May for Alumni Weekend. Missed it? Check out the photo gallery or our social media Storify on the HaverBlog.

Haverford has more than 145 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.

Taking the theme “Play. Power. Production.”, Re:Humanities ’14 featured interdisciplinary presentations by undergraduates theorizing relationships between new digital technologies and the webs of power and access that surround them.

Research conducted in the lab of Associate Professor of Biology Iruka Okeke has changed the thinking about E. coli.

Read the Faculty Profile in Haverford magazine »

The Committee for Environmental Responsibility (CER) was created by the students, faculty and staff of Haverford College and founded on the socially responsible principles of the college.