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Then & Now: Music

Haverford’s first orchestra was founded in 1895, and joined forces with Bryn Mawr in 1940. Under William Heartt Reese’s sustained guidance the orchestra grew in numbers and skill, and in 1963 and 1964 it undertook its most ambitious concert repertoire to date, including pieces by Bartók, Fauré, and Shostakovich.

Come back tomorrow to see Music at Haverford “Now”.

Tuttle Creative Residencies encourage faculty from across the three divisions—natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities—to design and implement arts residencies in conjunction with their curricular and scholarly agendas.

Where They’re Headed: Sophia Gant '16

In late July, Sophia Gant '16 will be traveling to China to become a Global Academic Fellow in Writing and Speaking at NYU’s campus in Shanghai.

“Studying abroad enriched my academic experience by exposing me to new perspectives and encouraging me to critically reevaluate my existing intellectual assumptions.” – Ben Wohl '14

Each year more than 130 Haverford students take advantage of the opportunity to study abroad.

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.

Economics major Elisabeth Smith '04 became president and CEO of a machining and parts supplier to the aerospace and power-generation industries in 2014.

Read "Elisabeth Smith '04: Aerospace Industry CEO" in the Winter 2016 issue of Haverford magazine.

Political Science major and education minor Ankur Arya '12 is a teacher who created a program to help students earn admission to Delaware's top public and private high schools.

Read "Lighting the Way" in the Winter 2016 issue of Haverford magazine.

The Library's Dig Into The Archives series recently took a look at historical recipes. We wondered what the food would taste like, so we created a series called Cooking the Collection on the Haverblog and on the college’s official Facebook page, featuring some of these old-timey sweets.  

“Studying abroad enriched my academic experience by exposing me to new perspectives and encouraging me to critically reevaluate my existing intellectual assumptions.” – Ben Wohl '14

Each year more than 130 Haverford students take advantage of the opportunity to study abroad.