Dean's Office & Student Life
Offices & Resources
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Access and Disability Services
Haverford College is committed to providing a liberal arts education in the broadest sense. Students with disabilities who meet the College's standards for admission matriculate each year. They perform well academically and lead fulfilling lives in the Haverford community.
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Athletics
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 for both men and women designed to meet the diverse and changing interests of its students body within the college's mission of excellence and individual growth.
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Campus Safety
Campus Safety of Haverford College is dedicated to keeping the campus a secure and healthy place to live, work, and study. Security can be reached at (610) 896-1111.
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Center for Career & Professional Advising
The Center for Career & Professional Advising (CCPA) fosters career exploration, professional growth for students and alumni, networking and outreach with employers.
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Center for Gender Resources and Sexual Education (GRASE)
GRASE (formerly the Women*s Center) is a safe, inclusive, intersectional space open to folks of all genders. As a safe space, we believe in cultivating trust, accountability, transparency, support, empowerment, and a commitment to growth.
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Counseling & Psychological Services
Services are available without charge to all full-time Haverford students. College faculty and other Haverford employees also may meet with us for a variety of reasons, including personal concerns and issues of student development.
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Customs
Customs is Haverford's First-Year Experience program, which includes a five-day orientation immediately preceding the fall semester. It is a yearlong program that involves nearly 200 upperclass students supporting, in a multiplicity of ways, the first-year class in their transition from high school to college life at Haverford.
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Dining Services
Dining Services feels that enjoying food with students and other members of the community is crucial to the development of the student as well as to the vitality of the Haverford experience. Dining Services is comprised of the Dining Center, The Coop, and Catering Services.
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First-Year Students
After Customs Week is over, there are a plethora of people and resources all readily available to help you successfully transition into college life.
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For Parents
Whether you volunteer your time, participate in events, or share your resources through the Parents' Fund, you can make a positive contribution and more fully appreciate your Ford's college experience.
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Health Professions Advising
Provides advising and support to students and alumni who are interested in exploring careers in the health professions, including medicine, dentistry, public health, and other related fields.
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Health Services
Health Services provides health promotion, education and medical care to all registered students who have completed their medical records forms. Over-the-counter medications for minor cold/flu symptoms and condoms are available free of charge.
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Honor Council
Through the Honor Code, Haverford students enjoy a bond of trust and mutual respect that shapes all aspects of their academic and community lives. The Honor Code encompasses both the academic and social spheres of life, influencing everything from the spirit of intellectual inquiry to personal interactions.
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International Student Support
The Office of International Student Support provides resources that support Haverford College’s international student population.
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Office of Academic Resources
The Office of Academic Resources (OAR) offers students an array of services designed to enhance their academic potential and supplement the many academic and enrichment opportunities already available to them through their course work and research at Haverford College.
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Office of Multicultural Affairs
The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) sustains and carries out Haverford College’s commitment to diversity by supporting student programs, faculty initiatives, and curricular innovations that cultivate a vibrant and multifaceted intellectual community.
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Office of Service
The Marilou Allen Office of Service & Community Collaboration (OSCC) works with both the Dean's Office (on the Diversity Access & Community Engagement team) and the Center for Peace & Global Citizenship to help build local relationships and partnerships, and position Haverford's campus as a welcoming gathering place for Ardmore community members.
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Pre-Law
Before looking into how to apply to Law Schools, it is very important to understand why you are applying to law school. For the right reasons, law school can be an incredible and life-altering experience that will take you to the next stage of your intended career.
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Registrar
The Registrar manages course registrations and records related to every aspect of a student's academic experience.
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Religious & Spiritual Life
Haverford College students engage in a wide variety of religious and spiritual activities. These activities may be affiliated with local places of worship, or they may be student led and designed.
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Residential Life
Haverford is a residential college with over 98% of students living in campus housing. Student housing is overwhelmingly coed, and residence halls offer a wide variety of accommodations from 4-person apartments to suites and singles.
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Sexual Misconduct
Haverford College does not tolerate sexual misconduct (sexual harassment and sexual assault, including rape). The College is committed to helping students affected by sexual misconduct deal with its impact.
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Student Engagement & Leadership
Serves as a resource to individual students, members of clubs and organizations, and faculty and staff members throughout the planning, development, and implementation processes of organizing campus-wide co-curricular events that are student-run and educational and social in nature.
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Students' Council
Students' Council is an elected body that advocates on behalf of students, serves as representatives to the Board of Managers, appoints students to all major committees at the College, and distributes the activities budget to all student clubs and groups.
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Study Abroad
Haverford College encourages interested students to spend a semester or a year abroad as part of their Haverford education. Expand, complement and enrich your undergraduate education, improve language skills, and perhaps find a new perspective on a college major.
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Summer Study Abroad
Summer Study Abroad is an option for students interested in spending summers taking courses overseas, and is not under the oversight of International Academic Programs (Study Abroad). Students must follow specific procedures in advance in order to receive academic credit for such programs.
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Writing Center
At the Writing Center, peer tutors and faculty members are available to talk with you at any stage of a writing project, from brainstorming ideas and framing a thesis to polishing syntax and style.