Customs 2015

On Wednesday, August 26, we officially welcomed the newest members of the Haverford community—the Class of 2019—to campus and kicked off Customs, the College’s first-year orientation program.

Customs people with the Black Squirrel

On Wednesday, August 26, we officially welcomed the newest members of the Haverford community—the Class of 2019—to campus. But Move-In Day, which once again featured an appearance by the College’s elusive Black Squirrel, was only the beginning. It served as the kick off to Customs, the College’s first-year orientation program. For five days, leading up to the first day of classes, new Fords explore the College, get to know their classmates, and begin to create their own community at events that include a tea highlighting different academic departments, a barbecue with their Bryn Mawr counterparts, an evening with a hypnotist, a trust walk, and the traditional Dorm Olympics.

Here’s just a brief look at how Haverford’s newest students spent their busy first few days on campus.

 

Customs people with the Black Squirrel
Moving into Tritton
Getting an ID made at registration
Move-In Day in Barclay
The Black Squirrel welcoming families at Tritton Hall
The Black Squirrel helps unload one student’s belongings
The Academic Tea at Magill Library
The Academic Tea at Magill Library
Academic Tea at Magill Library
An Okame Cherry tree was planted in honor of the newest group of Fords
The Class of 2019 tree planing
The Class of 2019’s tree, an Okame Cherry
A packed house for the hypnotist show in Marshall Auditorium
Marshall Auditorium was packed to the rafters for the hypnotist show
Eating with their Bryn Mawr “cousins”
Mingling at the Bi-Co Barbeque on Founders Green
The trust walk obstacles
The trust walk
President Kim Benston walks towards Founders with his student entourage
A Barclay juggler
Barclay’s gymnastics
Gummere’s musical talent
Cups at Dorm Olympics

 

Photos by Hina Fathima ’15