The Athletic Department is committed to the belief that physical education is an integral component of each student’s liberal arts education and offers a wide range of athletic opportunities including intercollegiate varsity teams, club teams, intramural programs, instructional classes, and recreational activities.
Athletics
The women's basketball team secured the number one seed in the conference tournament and hosting privileges throughout championship weekend. The Fords will be hosting the conference tournament for the third time in program history and the second time in four years, as Haverford previously gained the top seed following the 2016-17 regular season.
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Character
Haverford attracts intellectually curious, independent learners who value honesty, collaboration, and above all, new ways of seeing and improving the world.
Mind
As you perform real-world research and immerse yourself in hands-on learning, you'll work side-by-side with professors who are at the top of their fields.
Squirrels
Our mascot—the Black Squirrel—has a genetic adaptation that gives it a bold, black coat. Join our distinctive community and stand out from the pack with your fellow Haverfordians.
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The Federation United Concert Series is a group committed to bringing an eclectic range of musical acts right to your doorstep.
This semester’s iteration of Haverford’s long-standing tradition celebrating self-governance focused on resolutions addressing sustainability, environmental justice, and student agency.
The Quaker South African politician and activist will be on campus all semester long, teaching a class and offering several public talks.
With two screenings and an exhibition planned for this semester, the ninth year of the Strange Truth series will examine themes of gender, justice, and historical memory across modern media.
The talk was the latest in the yearlong Technology and Justice Series, sponsored by the President’s Initiative for Ethical Engagement and Leadership, which aims to help the Haverford community grapple with issues in the intersection of technology, equity, privacy, surveillance, sustainability, and more.
This seminar encourages students to analyze primary sources and secondary works to explore how and why early Friends came to see both war and slavery as immoral.
This course examines how anthropologists contribute to human rights in law and grassroots movements.
Five recent graduates earned 2019–2020 Fulbright Student Awards.
Head coach Bruce Berque ’88 led the University of Texas men’s tennis team to the program’s first national championship.
This political science course integrates diverse disciplinary approaches—legal, political, sociological and anthropological—to explore the causes of migration, the dynamics of assimilation and incorporation of migrants in the U.S., and the process and impacts of deportation and (re)incorporation in Mexico and Central America.
Upcoming Events
Feb
21
Witch Hazel Walk
Friday, February 21, 2020
1:00PM to 2:00PM
Nature Trail
Leaves may steal the show during the warmer months, but during the winter bark, berries, and witch hazel blooms take the stage. The arboretum director will take you on a tour focusing on shrubs with winter interest, including our many varieties of witch hazel. Wear good walking shoes, dress for the weather, and meet the tour in front of the Facilities Management Building. In the case of inclement weather this walk will be moved to Friday, February 28 from 1–2:00 p.m. Registration is required for this event. Free for members, students, staff, and faculty; $5 for non-members.
Feb
21
Distinguished Visitor Barbara Montero
Friday, February 21, 2020
1:30PM to 2:30PM
Gest 101
Barbara Montero is a professor of philosophy at the City University of New York (CUNY), where she has been a member of the doctoral faculty of the philosophy program of the Graduate Center since 2004 and a member of the philosophy faculty at the college of Staten Island since 2003.
Feb
22
HCA Garden | Bed Building Workday
Saturday, February 22, 2020
12:00PM to 3:00PM
Haverford College Apartments
Calling all carpenters! Help us get HCA Garden back in shape for the 2020 growing season. At this workday, we will replace the wood on our raised beds to ensure many more years of productive growing space. Learn with us as we tackle this project together. Email Jennie Ciborowski to RSVP. Snow Date: March 1, 2020.
Feb
24
EPHEMERAL & MUNDANE Life and Death in 19th-century Brazil
Monday, February 24, 2020
4:30PM to 6:00PM
Chase Auditorium
Distinguished Visitor Zephyr Frank is Professor of Latin American History and Gildred Professor of Latin American Studies at Stanford University. He was also the founding Director of the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis. He is the author of Reading Rio de Janeiro: Literature and Society in the Nineteenth Century and Dutra's World: Wealth and Family in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro, among several other publications concerning urban history and the social and cultural history of Brazil.
Feb
24
Race, Power, and Quakerism in South Africa
Monday, February 24, 2020
4:30PM to 6:00PM
Lutnick Library 200
Are there Quakers in South Africa? How and when did they get there? What roles did they play before, during, and after apartheid? How do South African Quakers address issues of race, position, and power both within the Religious Society and the larger culture today? Come hear stories, ask questions, and share thoughts with Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, our current Friend in Residence, and her husband Jeremy.
Feb
26
"Adventure Capital: Migration and the Making of an African Hub in Paris"
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
4:30PM to 6:15PM
Lutnick Library 232
Join us for refreshments at 4:30 p.m. and a talk at 4:45 p.m. by Julie Kleinman '04, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Fordham University, on her recent book. In this groundbreaking work, Kleinman chronicles how West Africans use the Gare du Nord to create economic opportunities, confront police harassment, and forge connections to people outside of their communities. Part of the Young Academic Alumni Lecture series.
Feb
28
Technology and Justice Symposium: To Be Human: Surveillance, Recognition, Distortion
Friday, February 28, 2020
1:30PM to 6:00PM
VCAM 201
This series focuses on the ethics of technological adoption and adaptations, inviting technologists, academics, activists, and artists to examine issues from algorithmic decision-making in the criminal justice system to the near constant surveillance of our actions to the future of work in an automated world.
Feb
28
Public Observing
Friday, February 28, 2020
6:45PM to 8:45PM
Strawbridge Observatory
These events include observing though one or more of our telescopes (weather permitting), activities for children, and a student-led talk on a topic in astronomy. This event takes place rain or shine.
Mar
1
Concert Artist Series: Lorelei Ensemble
Sunday, March 1, 2020
3:00PM to 5:00PM
Marshall Auditorium
Lorelei is an all-professional vocal ensemble, comprising nine women whose expertise ranges from early to contemporary repertoire. Their a cappella program “Without Walls” presents music by Perotin, Sungi Hong, David Lang, Jessica Meyer, Hildegard von Bingen, and a traditional arrangement of "Wayfaring Stranger." Ticket prices are $20 (adult), $15 (senior), $10 (student) $5 (child age 7-17), and free to the tri-college community. Tickets can be purchased in advance through Brown Paper Tickets.
Mar
3
"Crossing Borders: From Slavery to Abolition, 1670-1865" Opening Talk and Reception
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
4:30PM to 6:00PM
Lutnick Library 200
Join us for a reception and talk celebrating the opening of "Crossing Borders," curated by Sarah Wilma Watson and the students of the Fall 2019 Crossing Borders writing seminar. This exhibit explores the themes of authorship, perspective, and abolitionism in a global context through engagement with Behn’s novel and Haverford’s rare materials.
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