Welcome Dan Weiss
Welcome, Dan!
Dan Weiss became the 14th president on July 1, 2013. His inauguration will take place during Family & Friends Weekend, October 26, 2013.
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.
Dan Weiss became the 14th president on July 1, 2013. His inauguration will take place during Family & Friends Weekend, October 26, 2013.
Dan Weiss became the 14th president on July 1, 2013. His inauguration will take place during Family & Friends Weekend, October 26, 2013.
Student-faculty collaboration is a manifestation of core Haverford values such as trust, concern and respect by–and for–each participant. The Annual Fund supports opportunities for collaboration both in and out of the classroom.
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.
“To be a student-athlete is to be someone who sees the critical importance of the lessons learned both in the classroom and on the field. I truly believe that life rewards individuals who are hard-working, flexible, and capable of relating to many different types of people.” – Andrew Bostick ’12, epeeist
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 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.
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“.
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”.
Magill Library houses more than half a million volumes and provides access to 2.5 million more through a catalog system that connects it to libraries at neighboring Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.