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Opening Talk & Reception

Friday, February 10, 2017
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Stokes Hall 102

Photographer Holden Blanco '17 unveils his perspective on the how the College presents itself with The Haverford College Photography Project.

The project is made possible by the Hurford Center's Student Arts Fund in association with the Haverford College Fine Arts Department. Details »

Haverford has more than 145 student clubs and organizations, like Nerd House's Dungeons & Dragons Club. 

 “Dungeons and Dragons is escapism at its finest. All you really need are some friends, dice, a pencil, and paper.” - Oliver Maupin ’18

Haverford fields 23 varsity teams, and club and intramural options include badminton, crew, golf, soccer, Ultimate, volleyball, and rugby.

53% of our students are on varsity or club teams.

Student and faculty research and innovation are helping to make classrooms more accommodating to those with a variety of disabilities and learning styles.

Haverford faculty mentor and partner with students, and not just in class and lab: 61% live on or near campus, facilitating close relationships that are a hallmark of our community.

Haverford has more than 145 student groups that 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.

In the 1930s, Haverford's admission viewbook was little more than a bound set of postcards illustrating the college experience. By the 1970s (as shown in the viewbook pictured left) hundreds of words did the talking.

The energetic design of the new viewbook (right) spotlights student agency, and unpacks today’s Haverford by portraying the lives and work of four specific students.

Considered pioneering when it was created, a history class called “Seminar on Historical Evidence” was unparalleled in exposing majors to hands-on work in historical research. This approach has since been incorporated into the senior thesis process.

“It was really surreal to be making music in the basement of the DC that was heard around the world.”–Howard Brown '12, rap artist, producer

Ben Hickernell ’00 takes us further into the lives of Haverfordians profiled in the documentary “Lives That Speak.”

“Revolutions in Neuroscience”

Taught by Assistant Professor of Psychology Laura Been and Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Mary Ellen Kelly, this survey of revolutionary developments in neuroscience included class visits by current leaders in the field and student trips to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia to visit the most complex piece of brain art in the world.

Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience.