The view from one of Haverford's many flower gardens with Founders Hall in the distance.
Spring Break Friday, March 8—Monday, March 18, 2013 The Haverford campus is the oldest planned college landscape in the country. Our meticulously maintained 200 acres contain a nature trail, a Pinetum and flower gardens.
Haverford's 3.5-acre Duck Pond is also home to a giant snapping turtle.
Spring Break Friday, March 8—Monday, March 18, 2013 The Haverford campus is the oldest planned college landscape in the country. Our meticulously maintained 200 acres contain a nature trail, a Pinetum and flower gardens.
A view of Sharpless Hall, part of the Marian E. Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center.
Spring Break Friday, March 8—Monday, March 18, 2013 The Haverford campus is the oldest planned college landscape in the country. Our meticulously maintained 200 acres contain a nature trail, a Pinetum and flower gardens.
Pinwheel Day, which is meant to celebrate the beginning of spring, is a beloved, mysterious tradition.
Spring Break Friday, March 8—Monday, March 18, 2013 The Haverford campus is the oldest planned college landscape in the country. Our meticulously maintained 200 acres contain a nature trail, a Pinetum and flower gardens.
Professor Anita Isaacs of the Department of Political Science takes advantage of spring weather to hold class outside.
Spring Break Friday, March 8—Monday, March 18, 2013 The Haverford campus is the oldest planned college landscape in the country. Our meticulously maintained 200 acres contain a nature trail, a Pinetum and flower gardens.
Students take advantage of the idyllic nature of Magill Library’s Philips Wing, one of the library's many study spots.
Magill Library houses more than half a million volumes and provides access to 2.5 million more through a catalog system that connects it to libraries at neighboring Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges.
The C. Christopher Morris Cricket Library and Collection is the largest collection of cricket literature and memorabilia in the Western Hemisphere.
Cricket is Haverford’s oldest and most distinctive sport and was possibly introduced by the English landscape architect who planned the campus in 1834, William Carvill.
Founders Hall (pictured here ca. 1955) had 96 60-watt incandescent light bulbs replaced with LED bulbs, which saves 4,608 watts per hour. Photo: Courtesy College Archives.
The Committee for Environmental Responsibility (CER) was created by the students, faculty and staff of Haverford College and founded on the socially responsible principles of the college.
Founders Hall is the original academic building of the college and was built in 1833.
Then & Now: Founders Green Founders Hall houses the President’s office, Institutional Advancement, classrooms and faculty offices and the Great Hall, which hosts myriad social functions. Missed yesterday’s photo? See what the green looked like “Then”.
Photo by J.B. Whitson, class of 1917. Courtesy of Haverford College Special Collections.
Then & Now: Founders Green Once upon a time in the early 1900s Founders Hall featured a large, raised plaza at the steps of the building with a wide circular drive for wagons and later cars. Come back tomorrow to … Continue reading
Josh Mussa '13 poses a question to one of the speakers during the re-dedication of the Ira De A. Reid House. Photo: Brad Larrison
“When I think about higher education, it’s ultimately about leadership. We want people who will go out and change the world and Haverford prepares you to do that.” Garry Jenkins ’92
The Throng, Haverford College's longform improv comedy group, performs in the DC Black Box Theater, February 2013. Photo: Brad Larrison
Haverford has more than 145 groups who 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.