"My Religion and Violence class really challenged me to think, and the class developed an incredibly close, personal dynamic, and that made learning that much more interesting."
"I came to Haverford for the social justice mission, the laid-back student body, the academic challenges and the opportunities for exploration. I was also excited to experience the East Coast."
"The small and intensive nature of the Art Department in conjunction with my academic classes has provided me tremendous growth in both intellectual and artistic forms of expression."
"When I came to college I didn’t know I would ever take a religion class, but Haverford encourages you to stretch beyond your personal boundaries when it comes to choosing classes."
"My favorite class was Psychology of Language. I most enjoyed exploring the degree to which language and thought influence each other through a combination of psychological and cultural factors such as gender, race, and socioeconomic status."
"The Customs program is a unique orientation program in that most students become really close with the people that they are living with as well as some upper-classmen before school even begins, and then have a quasi-family for the rest of the school year."
"Understanding the inner workings of the Honor Code has been very influential in my view of Haverford. The respect between the faculty, administration, and the students is very impressive. Being on Honor Council has reinforced my enthusiasm and respect for the Code and the community."
"The summer after my sophomore year, the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship supported my summer trip to Guatemala to research truth and reconciliation following Guatemala’s 36-year civil war."
"The presence of the three academic centers makes scholarship a focal point of the Haverford experience, emphasizing from day one the rigor and growth one experiences here."
"I’ve have many good experiences at Haverford, but one that stands out is a trip I took with my Non-optical Astronomy class. We flew to Socorro, New Mexico to make observations with the VLA (Very Large Array), one of the world’s most advanced radio astronomy observatories."
Ammanuel Zegeye
Oxford, England & Tshwane, South Africa
"I teach high school students every Saturday during the second semester, and this has been incredibly rewarding as I have been able to see my students develop and improve into more confident writers throughout the program."
