Starting in August, history major Elizabeth Douglas ’13 will work for Match Corps, which runs Boston-area charter schools that prepare low-income students to attend four-year colleges.

“I decided to apply for the fellowship because it seemed like it offered exactly what I wanted: an opportunity to make a difference in a school dedicated to helping children and closing the achievement gap.”

“As a biology and anthropology double major, I’m looking at the social aspects of biofuels. I plan, in fact, to draw upon my experiences at LAFIECO … in my senior anthropology thesis.” — Katie Ulrich ’14

“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

“What I appreciate so much about the OAR is that they recognize that academic performance is so closely tied to a variety of other factors in a student’s life. When I meet with the staff, I’m not simply talking about my classes or my schedule, but we’re also discussing life and the factors of being a student that can impede my ability to be academically efficient in the way that I want to be.”
— a current student

Student-faculty collaboration is a manifestation of core Haverford values such as trust, concern and respect by–and for–each participant. The Annual Fund supports opportunities for collaboration both in and out of the classroom.

The John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities supports an array of summer opportunities, from internships at Philadelphia-based arts organizations, historical or scholarly societies, publishers and community groups with interests in humanities-related activity, to faculty assistantships designed to foster close interaction between students and faculty around humanistic inquiry.

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.

“Studying abroad in Paris gave me the confidence to set out on my own and explore the world around me. The challenge of becoming fluent in a different language gave me the strength to face many new experiences while abroad. It was also an amazing supplement to my French minor and an experience I would recommend to anyone studying a language as part of their degree. ” – Nora Landis-Shack ’13

“Studying abroad in Paris gave me the confidence to set out on my own and explore the world around me. The challenge of becoming fluent in a different language gave me the strength to face many new experiences while abroad. It was also an amazing supplement to my French minor and an experience I would recommend to anyone studying a language as part of their degree. ” – Nora Landis-Shack ’13

On May 19, 296 members of the Class of 2013 earned their degrees and became the latest group of alumni in the College’s 180-year history. Watch the video or view photos in the Haverblog.