Family & Friends Weekend: Schedule
Magill Library Hours
Main Library and General Collections
Friday, 8:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–Monday, 2:00 a.m.
Special Collections Hours
Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
C. C. Morris Cricket Library
Friday, 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Saturday, 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Whitehead Campus Center
Bookstore Hours
Friday, 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Coop Hours
Friday and Saturday, 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Light lunches and snacks will be available.
Friday, October 26 Activities
| 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Registration Please let us know you're here and check in for any schedule or location changes. Founders Hall |
| 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. | Attend Class with Your Student Parents are welcome to attend classes with their student. Students should obtain permission from professors in advance. |
| 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. | Lunch Tickets: $9.25 per person, payable at the door. No charge for students on the meal plan. Dining Center |
| 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. | Internship Fair Learn about College funding sources that help support summer internships. Connect with students who received College funding and hear about their experiences. Parents are encouraged to attend with their student. Dining Center, Sunken Lounge |
| 1:00–2:00 p.m. | Special Class for Parents: The Impossibility of Translation "Yet who would wish to discourage the peoples of the world from translating, merely because it is fundamentally impossible?" —Thomas Mann Mann's rhetorical question confronts us with the central paradox of translation: everyone knows it's impossible, and we do it anyway. Translation plays a crucial role in cultural interchange of all kinds, and engages us with a variety of issues: interpretation, historical context, cultural difference and cultural imperialism, and boundary crossing. In this seminar (based on the course "Translation/Transformation: Theory and Practice"), we will begin to explore the paradox of translation, asking what features of language or culture challenge translation, identifying categories of discourse that have proved particularly problematic, and discussing some of the different approaches translators have adopted. We will conclude with a close look at a couple of examples of translation and (if time permits) with a group translation exercise. Deborah Roberts, Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature Stokes Auditorium |
| 2:30–4:00 p.m. | Academic Centers Panel Discussion Join the directors of the three academic Centers for a presentation and discussion about their missions and research and also internship opportunities for students. Following the panel, there will be a question-and-answer period. Rob Scarrow: Director, Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center (KINSC); Professor of Chemistry Parker Snowe: Director, Center for Peace and Global Citizenship (CPGC) Laura McGrane: Koshland Director, Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities (HCAH); Associate Professor of English Stokes Auditorium |
| 4:30–6:00 p.m. | Academic Centers Open Houses Faculty and upperclassmen will be on hand to discuss their involvement in the Centers. Parents are encouraged to attend with their student. Center for Peace and Global Citizenship Stokes 104 (CPGC Café) Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center KINSC Rotunda Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities (Until 5:30 p.m.) Stokes 102 |
| 5:00–7:30 p.m. | Dinner Tickets: $11.50 per person, payable at the door. No charge for students on the meal plan. Dining Center |
| 6:15 p.m. | What Can A Body Do? Performance Performance artist Christine Sun Kim explores sonic media without the benefit of hearing, finding new ways to make sound more physical and establish a personal connection to the aural. Part of the opening reception of What Can A Body Do?, the latest exhibition by the HCAH. Whitehead Campus Center (second floor) |
| 6:30–8:30 p.m. | Shabbat Services and Kosher Dinner Tickets: $25 per person (must be preregistered and prepaid using the enclosed reply form or by contacting Morgan Kreider-Lane at hc-parents@haverford.edu by October 22). No charge for students on the meal plan. Dining Center, Swarthmore and Bryn Mawr Rooms |
| 8:30–10:00 p.m. | Student Performance: Lighted Fools—An Evening of Improvisational Sketches Stokes Auditorium |
Saturday, October 27 Activities
| 8:00–9:00 a.m. | Campus Arboretum Tour:
Celebrating Haverford's Landscape Haverford's environment extends beyond academic walls to a beautiful landscape as old as the College itself. Join the Arboretum staff on a walking tour of the oldest college arboretum in the country. Tour leaves from the Magill Library ramp |
| 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Registration Please let us know you're here and check in for any schedule or location changes. Founders Hall Lobby |
| 9:30–11:00 a.m. | Student Life Panel:
Session for Parents of First-Year Students Learn about student life and current events and issues on campus from a panel of deans, directors and students. Stokes Auditorium |
| 9:30–11:00 a.m. | Student Life Panel:
Session for Parents of Upperclassmen "Does It Really Work?" An inside look at Haverford student self-government, with the student leaders directly involved. Chase Auditorium |
| 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. | Brunch Tickets: $9.25 per person, payable at the door. No charge for students on the meal plan. Dining Center |
| 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | President's Welcome Hear plans for the coming academic year from Interim President Joanne Creighton. Following the presentation, there will be a short question-and-answer period. Stokes Auditorium |
| 12:00–1:00 p.m. | Students Doing "Good," Not Just Well Enjoy your brunch while students share their volunteer experiences in social services as part of Eighth Dimension, the College's community service program. Dining Center, Bryn Mawr Room |
| 1:00–4:00 p.m. | Study Abroad Fair Meet the representatives of partner institutions abroad. Stokes Auditorium Lobby |
| 2:00–3:00 p.m. | Career Development Services Panel "Work to Learn, Learn to Work: Tapping into Career Development" with the Career Development Office (CDO). Stokes Auditorium |
| 3:00–4:00 p.m. | Studying Abroad:
What Parents Want to Know Donna Mancini, Dean of Global Affairs Stokes Auditorium |
| 4:00–5:30 p.m. | President's Reception Join Interim President Joanne Creighton, members of the Parent Leadership Council and other members of the College community for wine and hors d'oeuvres. Founders Great Hall |
| 5:00–7:30 p.m. | Dinner Tickets: $11.50 per person, payable at the door. No charge for students on the meal plan. Dining Center |
| 6:30–8:00 p.m. | International Students Dinner Organized by the International Students Association (ISA). Whitehead Campus Center 313 |
| 7:00–8:30 p.m. | Film Screening: Discovering the Discovery and
the Grandfather Who Saved Millions Carl Sigmond '13 documents the life and legacy of his grandfather Albert Schatz, who discovered the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. A panel discussion follows. Sponsored by the HCAH and the KINSC. Stokes Auditorium |
8:30–10:00 p.m. | Annual Student Ensembles Concert The annual gala performance by the Haverford/Bryn Mawr Orchestra, the Chamber Singers and various a capella groups. Tickets are not required Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium |
Sunday, October 28 Activities
| 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. | Brunch Tickets: $9.25 per person, payable at the door. No charge for students on the meal plan. Dining Center |
| 10:30–11:30 a.m. | Meeting for Worship Friends Meeting House, 855 Buck Lane |
| 12:00–1:00 p.m. | Catholic Celebration of Mass Whitehead Campus Center, Room 313 |