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Haverford's location offers the best of all worlds: a serene yet dynamic campus, close proximity to our extraordinary consortium partners, and a site nestled within one of America's greatest metropolitan areas.
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.
Haverford Headlines
Results of the 14-day strike include improvements to recruitment and enrollment of Indigenous students, a new interim chief diversity officer and student-centered changes of that role going forward, budget for renovations to the Black Cultural Center, anti-bias training for College employees, Election Day as a holiday, and more.
As Big Homie, the sophomore begins to pursue his musical ambitions by releasing his first five-song EP.
The political science and music double major, who released her first single as Tendertwin during the pandemic, writes about her experience studying abroad at the onset of COVID-19 and what life is like on campus this semester.
The College provost, who joined the Haverford community in August, replaced President Wendy Raymond in the role on Nov. 6 and will be joined by an interim co-CDO in December.
Assistant Professor Erin Schoneveld’s seminar “Japanese Modernisms Across Media” overcame the obstacles of the COVID-19 pandemic to create Romanticizing Japan: Contextualizing Japan through the Western Gaze, which is on view through February 5, 2021.
The curator of rare books & manuscripts and head of Quaker & Special Collections writes about shifting her work from sharing physical editions to digital ones and becoming “the hands” for researchers far from campus, turning pages for them onscreen.
Jacob Lowy '14, a Haverford political science major, writes about pivoting his career to medicine during a global pandemic.
Haverford’s political clubs have been working together this semester to increase student voter participation in the 2020 election.
Dana Nichols '14 writes about her journey from childhood ballet student to Haverford College student to professional dancer and writer of a recent piece in "Dance Magazine" about blackface in ballet.
The Arboretum Program Coordinator describes her work on campus during the College’s closure in the spring, and how it relates to Haverford’s sense of community.
- 9:1 Student to Faculty ratio
- >50% Receive a college grant
- 145+ Student Clubs and Organizations