Pre-Major Advising

The Advising Deans partner with students and colleagues across the campus to effectively support Haverford students as they navigate academic, social, and pre-professional experiences in pursuit of personal and community-focused goals.

Advising Deans seek to:

• Learn about a student’s aspirations and concerns through registers such as  one-on-one meetings, informal gatherings,  events around (and sometimes beyond) campus, and good old fashioned email
• Connect students with opportunities, resources, and networks of support and enable students to navigate college protocols and practices
• Identify structural barriers to equity and work with colleagues to enable all students to fully animate their gifts and get access to the opportunities and resources of the college
• Encourage students to reflect on the interrelations between their curricular, co-curricular, and community investments
• Provide scaffolding as students rise to meet challenges and identify opportunities and offer support in times of crisis.

We aim to meet students where they are; to listen wholeheartedly to students’ questions, concerns, and visions;  to learn from students’ multivalent experiences; and to work closely with our colleagues across the campus community to ensure equity in students’ educational experience.