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.
Haverford’s a cappella tradition is only 30 years old, but it has become a driving force. What is it about these student-run singing groups that makes them such an important part of life on campus?
A cappella is the cover story of the Fall 2011 HAVERFORD magazine »
November 28, 7:00 PM
Strawbridge Observatory
For Astronomers of All Ages. A short student presentation will be given independent of weather. Observing will only take place if skies are clear. Event Details »
“Fellow Geology major Kelsey Meisenhelder ’13 and I sat on top of a hot, steaming vent from an older lava lake on Hilo, Hawaii. We also got to see a sulfur dioxide cloud glow red at red out of the active Kilauea volcano.” – Rachel Davis ’13
Haverford students can choose from 31 majors, including Geology at Bryn Mawr College, thanks to our academic partnerships.
“I cannot imagine writing a senior thesis of the same quality without my CPGC experience in Venice. …I felt it was essential to experience the urban environment first hand.” – Meaghan Ryan ’11
The Center for Peace and Global Citizenship funds a variety of activities, including student research, summer internships, and service learning.
Academic departments maintain state-of-the-art research instrumentation for both research and teaching. The equipment that students learn to use in introductory courses plays a major role in both their research and in classes such as Superlab.
Currently, Founders Hall is a mixed-use building that houses the President’s office, Institutional Advancement, classrooms and faculty offices and the Great Hall, which hosts myriad social functions.
Missed yesterday’s photo? See what the green looked like “Then”.
Once upon a time in the early 1900s Founders Hall featured a large, raised plaza at the steps of the building with a wide circular drive for wagons and later cars.
Come back tomorrow to see the green “Now”.
Guided by the College’s Honor Code—one of the oldest in the country—Haverford students demonstrate an awareness for the greater good in how they work, study, socialize, debate and resolve conflict.
Cricket is Haverford’s oldest and most distinctive sport and was possibly introduced by the English landscape architect who planned the campus in 1833, William Carvill.
James House is a student-governed home for the arts, open to all members of the Haverford community, at all hours of the day. The space is a comfortable, relaxed place for art-inclined students to hang out.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.