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.
Sociology major and history of art minor Rachel Wolfson '19 is part of the Museum Studies Internship Program, helping the Philadelphia Museum of Art evaluate its pricing and membership-benefit practices in its group sales department.
"Summer Centered" is a series exploring our students' Center-funded summer work. Photo: Cole Sansom '19
The John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities (HCAH) supports the intellectual and artistic ambitions of faculty, students, and staff. They foster collaboration, experimentation, and critical thought through seminars, symposia, research and curricular support, working and reading groups, arts and performance residencies, exhibitions and visual culture programming.
The art installation DEARBED, sponsored by the HCAH through the E. Clyde Lutton 1966 Memorial Fund and created by Yoshifumi Nomura '18, transformed Founders Great Hall in April, 2017. Photo: Caleb Eckert '17.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Lou Charkoudian '03 has lots of books in her office, but two have particular significance: the chemistry textbooks she used when she was a Haverford student in the organic chemistry classes of professors Karin Åkerfeldt and Fran Blase, who are now Charkoudian’s colleagues.
Read Office Hour in the Spring/Summer 2017 issue of Haverford Magazine.
Charkoudian, who has a Ph.D. from Duke University, describes her research and teaching interests as lying “at the intersection of organic chemistry and biology.” Photo: Patrick Montero.
History major and Bryn Mawr film studies minor Gus Helbock '17 is moving to Los Angeles to begin his career in film production as a freelance production assistant.
"Where They're Headed" is a blog series detailing the post-graduation plans of the Class of 2017.
Hoping to help bolster community and culture through art, Alie Lin ’19 is interning at the Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia. With funding from the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship and John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities, the comparative literature major and gender and sexuality studies concentrator is helping reach out to community members and strengthening inter-organizational relationships.
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.
Summer Reading is a series that asks Haverford’s librarians and library staff for book recommendations that will enlighten, entertain, and educate you during this vacation season. Humanities librarian Anna Fodde-Reguer suggests two nonfiction titles and a beautifully drawn, almost-wordless graphic novel about creativity. Photo: Cole Sansom '19.
A talented team of student photographers helps the Office of College Communications document life at Haverford for the web, social media, the magazine, and posterity. These 10 Fords shot more than 30,000 photos at 236 different events during the 2016-17 academic year.
Students performing in Marshall Auditorium. Photo: Lily Xu ’19.
The Haverfarm is a year-round farming and educational space that introduces sustainable food and agriculture into the lives of Haverford students, faculty, staff, and community members.
Haverfarm produce—like this oversized cabbage held by Hayden Kesterson '19—is distributed to students, community members, the dining center, and local food banks. Photo: Cole Sansom '19
Rachael Garnick ’17 is launching her communications career in the tech startup hub of San Francisco. A political science major, she will work as an assistant communication strategist for Swirl, a brand marketing and advertising agency, analyzing methods of consumer outreach.
"Where They're Headed" is a blog series detailing the post-graduation plans of the Class of 2017.
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.
Summer Reading is a series that asks Haverford’s librarians and library staff for book recommendations that will enlighten, entertain, and educate you during this vacation season. Interlibrary Loan Specialist Rob Haley suggests five titles that will transport you to different countries and eras. Photo: Patrick Montero.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.