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Patrick Montero
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Farewell Joanne Creighton

Thanks, Joanne!

After two years as interim president, Joanne V. Creighton returns to western Massachusetts where she will be teaching as a Five College Professor at UMass. Her successor, Dan Weiss, takes office July 1.

While president, Joanne and her family lived at 1 College Circle, home of Haverford presidents since 1940.
Monday, June 24, 2013

Astronomy Library

The Haverford College Libraries act as a locus of intellectual activity supporting the teaching, research and learning needs of the Haverford community. Infused with Haverford’s Quaker heritage and values, they support the mission of the College to develop academic excellence and personal growth through a liberal arts education.

The Astronomy Library inside of Strawbridge Observatory.
Sunday, June 23, 2013

Summer Internships

The John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities supports an array of summer opportunities, from internships at Philadelphia-based arts organizations, historical or scholarly societies, publishers and community groups with interests in humanities-related activity, to faculty assistantships designed to foster close interaction between students and faculty around humanistic inquiry.

Women of Progress by Cesar Viveros and Larissa Preston, 1317 Locust Street, Philadelphia. Photo: Kat Poje '16.
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Then & Now: Campus Visits Now

Then & Now: Campus Visits

Today, well over 15,000 prospective students and their families come to Haverford each year for campus tours conducted by a troupe of 30 student guides who volunteer for the Admission office.

Missed yesterday’s photo? See campus visits back “Then“.

Jacob Lowy '14 shows a tour group around campus.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Then & Now: Campus Visits Then

Then & Now: Campus Visits

With only 300-500 applicants each year, a visit by prospective students and their families in the 1950s often included an appointment with the college president, in this case Gilbert White.

Come back tomorrow to see campus visits “Now”.

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