Melanie Smith '06, a biology major with a biochemistry concentration from Seattle, won one of four Fulbright Scholarships received by Haverford graduates this year.

As an English major, Jesse Mesner-Hage, from Montpelier, Vt., was spending his junior year away from Haverford in Egypt, studying colloquial Arabic, not sure what he was going to do with it, but certainly thinking of writing, producing, or directing.

July marks the beginning of the fifth year of the Haverford House Program. The program, run by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, provides a venue for the Haverford community to explore global citizenship in our own region and to strengthen connections between the College and the city of Philadelphia.

Tennis ace Laura Chaddock '06 has been named an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholar, the second member along with runner Grant Scott from the just-graduated senior class to receive that prestigious distinction. Chaddock, a psychology major, will study at the University of Illinois graduate school in the fall.

Will Coleman '07 recounts his study abroad experiences at Oxford University in England.

Lewis Bauer '06 and Professor of English Stephen Finley study the Karakung Valley under the auspices of the Hurford Humanities Center.

Emily Taber '07's backstage background comes in handy at People's Light and Theatre Company in Malvern, Pa., where she currently interns courtesy of the Hurford Humanities Center.

Stephanie Wu '09, Dylan Gasperik '09, Brian Johnson '08, and Nina Roach BMC '07 join Professor of History and East Asian Studies Paul Jakov Smith on a four-week exploration in Northwest China.

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As much as Amy Arundale valued the cultural and social benefits of her junior year in Scotland, it was always soccer that was at the top of her mind. In fact, it was a running joke among her friends that her penchant for all things soccer made her a rather distracted companion at pubs, where televised matches were extremely diverting.