Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Tri-College Creative Residencies Program encourages Swarthmore, Haverford, and Bryn Mawr faculty to design and implement arts residencies in conjunction with their curricular and scholarly agendas.

Cricket is Haverford’s oldest and most distinctive sport and was introduced by the English landscape architect who planned the campus in 1834, William Carvill.

Public Observing Night

October 25, 2012 — 8:45 p.m.
Strawbridge Observatory

Free screening of Saving Hubble at 7 p.m. followed by public observing through Haverford’s telescopes, weather permitting. Local amateur astronomers will be in attendance with their own telescopes. Event Details »

Then & Now: Campus Visits

Today, well over 15,000 prospective students and their families come to Haverford each year for campus tours conducted by a troupe of 30 student guides who volunteer for the Admission office.

Missed yesterday’s photo? See campus visits back “Then“.

Then & Now: Campus Visits

With only 300-500 applicants each year, a visit by prospective students and their families in the 1950s often included an appointment with the college president, in this case Gilbert White.

Come back tomorrow to see campus visits “Now”.

Public Observing Night

September 20, 2012 — 8:15 p.m.
Strawbridge Observatory

Public viewing through Strawbridge telescopes, plus modest crafts for the enjoyment of the youngest guests in attendance. Observing will only take place if skies are clear. Event Details »

Haverford’s Quaker Collection spans the history of the Society of Friends from 17th-century Britain to the present day in many parts of the world, with emphasis on Quakerism as lived and practiced in the eastern United States and antecedent American colonies.

Haverford players focused on the Native American roots of the game during a campus visit by a team from the Iroquois Lacrosse Program.

Cricket is Haverford’s oldest and most distinctive sport and was introduced by the English landscape architect who planned the campus in 1834, William Carvill.

“Many of my athletes are musicians, actors, singers, or are involved in community service. Nobody is just going to class, going to tennis and going home.”—Ann Koger, Head Women’s Tennis Coach and Associate Director of Athletics