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.
Bleak House, like all of Charles Dickens’s novels, was originally published in serial form. Issued monthly from March 1852 to September 1853, each of the 20 numbers in Bleak House contained 32 pages of text and two illustrations by H.K. Browne (known as “Phiz”).
Today is #GivingTuesday™—a national day of giving that follows Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Every year, more than 7,000 alumni, parents, and friends give back to the College through the Annual Fund, volunteering, or in other ways.
Radio broadcasting began at Haverford in 1923, when an AM station—only the second in Pennsylvania—was launched. Today, WHRC lives on as an internet radio station with a live stream and DJ’ed shows.
Haverford has more than 145 student groups who 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. All of these groups and activities have one thing in common: students run them.
“A professor such as Terrence Johnson is unusual not only in his ability to foster an intellectual community within class but also in his desire to create a more moral society within the Haverford community-at-large.“—Elana Bloomfield ’08
Read the Faculty Profile in Haverford magazine »
“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
Through December 1, 2013
The Atrium Gallery, Marshall Fine Arts Center
A series of 35 black-and-white portraits that tell the story of the small, post-industrial East Coast city of Camden. Details »
“I enjoy a remarkable level of camaraderie with other student-athletes [which] comes from sharing similar passions for academics, athletics, and extra-curricular activities and a requirement for the discipline to be able to manage all of those things.” —Adam Morollo ’14, men’s soccer
Haverford College is one of only 182 institutions nationwide to earn NSCAA all-academic team recognition for both men’s & women’s programs.
If Instagram is your preferred social media site, then you’re in luck! The College has an Instagram account at “haverfordedu,” so please follow us there. Don’t forget to tag all your Haverford-related Instagram pics with the hashtag #HaverfordCollege!
Haverford’s 31 departmental majors and 22 concentrations lead to a capstone academic project. Generally a thesis, and conducted at levels usually reserved for graduate students, senior projects are often informed by co-curricular research conducted through our three Centers for interdisciplinary study.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.