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Haverford College Softball Team The Softball team recently held a clinic to raise money for the American Cancer Society's StrikeOut Cancer initiative.

Softball at Haverford

“To me student-athlete means you have committed to a team and are accountable not only to yourself, but your teammates and coaches. Being an athlete is a time-consuming passion that is worth the extra hours you put in.“—Jordan Nieusma ’14, … Continue reading

Haverford College's Lighted Fools Lighted Fools is a bi-co improvisational and sketch comedy performing group that regularly takes part in competitions and festivals.

Community

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.

WHRC Equipment Check 1920s: An equipment check at the College’s then-radio station WABQ. Courtesy of College Archives.

Haverford on the Radio

Former WHRC DJ Jennifer C. Waits ’89 chronicles nine decades of campus broadcasting. Read “Haverford on the Radio” in the Spring/Summer 2012 issue of HAVERFORD magazine »

An intimate classroom setting. Advanced Latin Literature: Ovid's Love Poetry with Assistant Professor of Classics Bret Mulligan. Photo: Jim Roese.

Academics at Haverford

Haverford’s rigorous academic program focuses on individual growth, intellectual exploration and pushing the boundaries of each discipline. Most classes are taught seminar style with an emphasis on discussion and debate.

Inside Magill Library’s Philips Wing Students take advantage of the idyllic nature of Magill Library’s Philips Wing, one of the library's many study spots.

Inside Magill Library

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.

Student adjusts equipment at Kitt Peak Observatory. Students had hands-on time with the telescope and its control systems while gathering data and taking images of star clusters.

Kitt Peak

Peter Ferguson ’13, an astrophysics major, regulates the temperature of the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope with liquid nitrogen during a four-day field trip to Kitt Peak National Observatory.

Student adjusts equipment at Kitt Peak Observatory. Students had hands-on time with the telescope and its control systems while gathering data and taking images of star clusters.

Kitt Peak

Peter Ferguson ’13, an astrophysics major, regulates the temperature of the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope with liquid nitrogen during a four-day field trip to Kitt Peak National Observatory.

Inside Magill Library’s Philips Wing Students take advantage of the idyllic nature of Magill Library’s Philips Wing, one of the library's many study spots.

Inside Magill Library

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.

Plenary Now Plenary Fall 2011, Debbie Leter '15. "This was probably the shortest Plenary ever," commented SC Co-President Florencia Foxley '13.

Then & Now: Plenary Now

Then & Now: Plenary Students at Fall Plenary in 2011 were concerned with establishing an Honor Council liaison with Bryn Mawr; the campus alcohol policy; and allowing Honor Council juries to seek outside consultants. Missed yesterday’s photo? See the plenary … Continue reading

Plenary Then This photo from 1985 shows Plenary as held in Roberts Hall. Currently, the Gardner Integrated Athletic Center hosts Plenary.

Then & Now: Plenary

Then & Now: Plenary When students came to Roberts Hall for Spring Plenary in February 1985, resolutions included guidelines for the publication of Honor Council abstracts; ratification of the Honor Code; and a proposal that the College …[purchase] “new and … Continue reading

Albert Schatz, grandfather of Carl Sigmond Pictured: Albert Schatz. Read about Carl's summer work on Decentered, the blog of the Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities.

Discovering the Discovery and the Grandfather Who Saved Millions

Discovering the Discovery and the Grandfather Who Saved Millions Carl Sigmond ’13, through a grant from the Hurford Center for Arts and Humanities and the Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center, documented the life and legacy of his grandfather, Albert Schatz, … Continue reading