Iconic is Haverford’s Step team, founded in 2018 and led by Raveen Green ’22 and Davion Williams ’22. Stepping uses the body as an instrument, and incorporates stomping, clapping, and spoken word to create a beat.
Club Life at Haverford is a blog series exploring student-run extracurricular activities.
Davion Williams ’22, center, leads the Iconic step team practice in Marshall Auditorium. From left: Cathy Zhu '23, Raveen Green ’22, Zarahy Rivas ’22, Davion Williams ’22 (facing away) Victoria Brown ’23, Erica Kaunang '22, and Natasha Rojas ’22. Photo: Holden Blanco '17
Haverford attracts intellectually curious, independent learners who value honesty, collaboration, and above all, new ways of seeing and improving the world.
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.
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.
Computer science major Isabella Muno ’21, who recently attended the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Detroit to explore possibilities for her own campus-created startup, writes about what she learned there.
This biology course for non-majors explores how human activities impact Earth’s climate and, in turn, all living things on the planet.
Sponsored by Haverford Innovations Program and Swarthmore’s Center for Innovation and Leadership, a daylong workshop led by Alexandra Wolkoff ’14 from Puentes de Salud gave participants direction on how to support Latinx immigrant communities in Philadelphia.
The Fall 2018 iteration of the “Impact Investing” course chose to support Vega Coffee, a direct-trade venture whose products are now available in the Coop and new Library Cafe.
This English course introduces students to the early English novel, as well as to the tradition of scholarship that seeks to explain its origins.
Founded in 2018, Haverford’s Step team isn’t afraid to be heard.
This music course examines musical change over a thousand-year span, uncovering how—and why—Western music evolved from a monastic ritual of plain, unaccompanied song into a secular entertainment for elite audiences in modern cities.
This semester the Quaker Affairs Office is welcoming Paula Palmer, an activist and a long-standing advocate for the rights of Indigenous peoples, to campus as this semester’s Friend in Residence.
A new club on campus encourages Fords to face their fears among friends.
Members of the community celebrated the changing season at the Arboretum’s Fall Festival, which included a Nature Trail night hike lit by handmade jack-o’-lanterns.
Nov
13
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
4:30PM to 6:00PM
VCAM 201
Join us for this talk by Distinguished Visitor Ozier Muhammad, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner.
Nov
13
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
5:00PM to 9:00PM
VCAM Screening Room
As part of the CPGC's Human Movement, Inclusivity, and Our Region film and discussion series, Philadelphia-based director Heidi Saman will be on campus to screen her film Namour, a drama centered around an Arab-American family in Los Angeles. We’ll also hear about the work of CPGC partner HIAS Pennsylvania, an organization that provides legal, resettlement, citizenship, and supportive services to immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers from all backgrounds in order to ensure their fair treatment and full integration into American society.
Nov
13
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
7:30PM to 10:00PM
Chase Auditorium
A new documentary short produced by the Wexler Oral History Project at the National Yiddish Book Center explores the life and legacy of the Yiddish poet, artist and activist Beyle Shaechter-Gottesman (1920-2013). Beyle’s poems and songs are part of the fabric of postwar Yiddish culture worldwide. Supplemented by excerpts from the film Songs of Autumn from the League of Yiddish's “Yiddish Writers' Film Project,” directed by Josh Waletsky. In Yiddish (with English subtitles) and English. Part of the Yiddish Culture Festival.
Nov
14
Thursday, November 14, 2019
6:00PM to 8:00PM
Stokes 106
Stephanie McCullough, founder and CEO of Sofia Financial presents a workshop for students, faculty and staff on the very real challenges women face in achieving financial security. Come and learn about what you need to know (and what you don't need to know!) to make wise decisions so you can control your future.
Nov
14
Thursday, November 14, 2019
7:30PM to 9:00PM
Gest 101
A talk by Distinguished Visitor Nandini Pandey, associate professor of classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Nov
15
Friday, November 15, 2019
1:00PM to 2:00PM
VCAM Maker Arts Space
Dana Donofree, Founder of AnaOno, a Lingerie Company for women effected by Breast Cancer, will be speaking about fashion design, bringing products to market and starting a business on a a shoe-string budget.
Nov
16
Saturday, November 16, 2019
12:00PM to 3:00PM
Greenhouse
Lend a hand as we prepare the Haverfarm plot for the winter! Help us tuck the farm into bed and close it down for the season. We will be covering beds with compost and mulch, finishing winter inventory, cleaning tools, and completing all the final tasks before snow. There will be hot chocolate, herbal tea, good tunes, and nice people! This event is open to all. Please email Jennie Ciborowski (jciborowsk@haverford.edu) with questions or to *RSVP. *Bi-Co students do not need to RSVP.
Nov
16
Saturday, November 16, 2019
8:00PM to 10:00PM
Marshall Auditorium
The Third Sound Ensemble's program features Johannes Brahms’ Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114, Ingrid Arauco’s Fantasy-Quartet (2001), Patrick Castillo’s Music for Four (2017), and Arnold Schoenberg’s Kammersymphonie No. 1, Op. 9 (1906) (arr. Webern). Tickets can be purchased in advance through Brown Paper Tickets.
Nov
18
Monday, November 18, 2019
4:15PM to 6:00PM
Lutnick 200
Join us for a reception at 4:15pm and talk at 4:30pm by Erin Schoneveld on her recent book, Shirakaba and Japanese Modernism: Art Magazines, Artistic Collectives, and the Early Avant-garde.
Nov
18
Monday, November 18, 2019
6:00PM to 7:30PM
Sharpless Auditorium
Join us for an Economics panel discussion on Central Bank Independence: Monetary Policy and Financial Stability with alums, Iqbal Zaidi '76, Laurie Pounder DeMarco '95 and Daniel Stackman '14. Reception immediately follows in the KINSC Rotunda.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.