Virtual Family & Friends Weekend
Family & Friends Weekend went virtual this year! While we couldn't be together in person, we hosted a mix of live and on-demand online events. This switch to the virtual space enabled us to do our part to keep the Haverford community safe while allowing you to enjoy Haverford College from the comfort of home.
Zoom Backgrounds
Many of our events are hosted via Zoom. Check out these fun Haverford College Zoom backgrounds.
Get in Touch
If you have questions, feel free to contact Alumni and Parent Relations at hc-parents@haverford.edu.
Schedule
Thursday, October 22
Virtual Arboretum Tour
The campus may be closed to visitors, but we are inviting all friends and family of the College to take a virtual tour of our Arboretum. In this session, we will go through pictures of each of our gardens and learn about the history of the Arboretum. There will also be time for questions throughout. Registration is required for this event in order to receive the zoom link.
Haverford Connect 101: User Tips for Families
Available through January 15, 2021
Join Lisa (Bogdanski) Bildiren, from the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, as she gives new family users a guide to the College's new career mentoring platform, Haverford Connect. Families can learn how they can best support the student community, as well as get a 'peek behind the curtain' in understanding how their students are able to use and leverage the platform as they explore their career interests and goals.
A Quaker Astronomer Reflects
Available through January 15, 2021
Friend in Residence Jocelyn Bell Burnell, discoverer of the first radio pulsars known to modern science, and the recipient of the 2018 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, reflects on five and a half decades in the field and a lifetime seeking to be faithful.
Come Learn Improv With The Lighted Fools!!
Even with Covid-19 restrictions in place on Haverford’s campus, the student improv group, Lighted Fools are still having tons of physically distanced fun. Come join us for an evening full of virtual improv games and laughter. All are welcome. No prior experience needed.
Culture as the Root of Brand Promise: Leveraging Your Organization’s Culture to Achieve Optimal Organizational Performance
Available through January 15, 2021
Over the last two decades, Susan Salgado P’23 has learned a key lesson about customer experience that applies in every industry: Treat your employees well, and they will do the same for your customers. It is nearly impossible for team members to generate caring, thoughtful, patient, attentive customer service unless they, themselves, feel valued and appreciated by their Leaders. In this talk, Susan will sit down with Trachanda Garcia to talk about how leaders can create effective organizational cultures that bring out the best in employees to achieve outstanding results – whether the results you seek to achieve are remarkable customer or patient experiences, innovation, quality, profitability, or excellence. Drawing on her consulting, academic, and executive experience over the last 20+ years, she will share anecdotes and examples that reveal best practices for building and sustaining effective organizational culture that apply in any industry. We will also touch on the current Covid environment, and hear examples of how companies are learning from their circumstances and thinking about how to hardwire change into their cultures to be even more effective in the future.
Friday, October 23
Learning Live with Haverford Faculty: Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life
Available through January 15, 2021
Join Professor of English, Gus Stadler in conversation with Amira Abujbara '17 about writing, student research, and his new book Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life.
Woody Guthrie is often mythologized as the classic American "ramblin' man," a real-life Steinbeckian folk hero who fought for working-class interests and inspired Bob Dylan. Biographers and fans frame him as a foe of fascism and focus on his politically charged folk songs. Part biography, part cultural history of the Left, Woody Guthrie offers a stunning revelation about America's quintessential folk legend, who serves as a guiding light for leftist movements today.
Understanding the Job/Internship Search Process
Available through January 15, 2021
Join Amy Feifer, dean of Career and Professional Advising, as she shares tips for families who are new to the career exploration process for Haverford students. In this segment, families will gain insight into the resources available in the Center for Career and Professional Advising (CCPA), learn about career goals their student should be considering each year they are at Haverford, and come away with an understanding of the best ways families can support and encourage their student as they realize and uncover their career goals and passions.
Haverfarm Virtual Workshop
Join Haverfarm fellow, Tilly, for a virtual salve workshop! Make this herbal luxury from the comfort of your kitchen. This workshop will be held via Zoom, and all supplies will be delivered directly to your door. Choose one of two infused oils: a muscle and joint relief oil, or a skin reviving oil. Together, we will explore the health benefits of five different herbs.
The box of supplies includes beeswax, infused oil, two salve tins, and customizable labels. The infused oil is made with organic, air dried herbs, grown at the Haverfarm. The beeswax and tins are sustainably sourced. Other necessary material include a microwave safe container or double boiler, measuring spoons, and optional essential oil for smell.
Haverford Libraries in the Digital World: A Virtual "Gather"ing
Please join us for a virtual open house event at 2:30pm on Friday, October 23rd! Speak with librarians and student colleagues about their work, interesting projects, and other exciting topics in a new virtual platform called "Gather." The only technical requirements are a personal computer and a web browser. A webcam and a microphone will allow you to speak with attendees, but they are not required to participate. You will receive detailed instructions for joining the event during the week of the 23rd.
Nerd House Jackbox Party Pack Games
Join the student club, Nerd House, for an evening of fun games. All you need to play is a phone, computer, or tablet and an internet connection! The games range from making quippy remarks and voting on the best to trying to fool everyone with your clever fibs. The students will be hosting online games from the Jackbox Party Pack.
Music Department Construction Project
On-Demand
Today’s video features an inside look at an exciting building project on campus. Watch this tour of the Department of Music construction project, guided by Director of Facilities Management Don Campbell. You can also see realtime construction via the Truelook Construction camera. Learn more about the Music Building Renovation Project!
Saturday, October 24
Design, Animate, Innovate: A Virtual VCAM Summer
Join VCAM Director Laura McGrane and a panel of students, faculty and staff working across VCAM’s Summer Doculab, Design + Making Collaborative, and Innovation Incubator to learn about creative campus initiatives during the COVID pandemic. Hear about the “virtual pivot” this summer and get a preview of upcoming VCAM programs for the coming year. Contact: lmcgrane@haverford.edu. Download the Event Handout (PDF) for more information!
Live with President Wendy Raymond:
A Q&A for Families
Available through January 15, 2021
As the weekend's highlight, join President Wendy Raymond for a webinar discussing updates from campus. There will be an opportunity for live Q&A at the end of the event. The event will be capped at 450 participants. After the event we will ensure a recording of the event is made available for those unable to attend.
Alumni Affinities 101
Available through January 15, 2021
Did you know that Haverford supports a collection of alumni affinities, and that many of them work with your students? View our video to learn more about how your students can network and learn more from alumni by interacting with these groups.
Sunday, October 25
Inside the Arboretum
On-Demand
Join the Arboretum staff for some insightful tours around various campus garden highlights. You can explore the Treaty Elm, Green Roofs, Rain Gardens, HaverFarm, and more...
Athletics Update
On-Demand
Just because our Athletics teams aren’t competing against other colleges doesn’t mean that our student-athletes are taking this semester off. Learn more about the role of Haverford’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and their work promoting excellence in academics and athletics, sportsmanship, citizenship, and volunteerism. We also encourage you to check out this video highlighting the ways that our teams are staying sharp physically and building bonds socially.
Dining Services Safety, Quality, and Accommodations
On-Demand
Enjoy this video of General Manager of Dining Services Tom Mitchell as he shares information about meals on campus during this unprecedented time.
Finally, if you’re feeling adventurous, why not try out some of the Dining Center’s most popular recipes yourself?
A Small Concert by the Haverford ‘Ford S-Chords
On-Demand
The Haverford S-Chords are a student-led all-gender, low-voiced Haverford a cappella group. They have recorded a mini concert for our beloved families & friends to listen to, in lieu of being able to perform for you in person. Hope you enjoy!
From the Centers
Don't miss these other online events!
Speaking, Writing, and Resisting: Celebrating Zapotec Language Activism
October, 28, 2020
Registration was required by Thursday, October 22
Register and join us to learn from Zapotec language activists and educators about their work to reclaim knowledge and resist anti-indigenous ideologies in Mexico and the diaspora. Learn how dictionaries relate to weaving, hear Zapotec poetry, and listen to Zapotec language in context through a tour of San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca. Sign up to join in with a short Zapotec language lesson before or after this event.
Non-native partners, including linguist Dr. Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, will join the conversation around this international collaboration that seeks to center and celebrate Zapotec knowledge and expertise through research, education, and the creation of publicly available resources, such as Zapotec Talking Dictionaries and Ticha. Learn more about the event!
KINSC Summer Research Symposium
Every year, Haverford’s Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center (KINSC) hosts a fall research symposium showcasing the summer work of students from Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore, and other area colleges. The 2020 KINSC Undergraduate Student Research Symposium will be held virtually.
Catch up with Haverford
Students
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The political science major is one of 212 students from 39 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico who make up the 2021 cohort of the fellowship, which provides yearlong learning and networking opportunities emphasizing personal, professional, and civic growth.
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The Board of Managers established this new group at the end of 2020 to independently review the College’s progress in racial equity goals, and the inaugural members have now been selected.
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The economics and mathematics double major is now working in Los Angeles for Rothschild & Co. in mergers and acquisitions.
Faculty
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The assistant professor of computer science earned the NIH award for a project that will use machine learning to develop algorithms for analyzing genomic datasets.
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Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Karen Masters presented new work at the recent meeting of the American Astronomical Society showcasing discoveries made by more than 8000 citizen scientists as part of the Zooniverse project.
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Because the group’s preparation for and performance of J. S. Bach’s “Dona nobis pacem” was done online, the Chorale was able to welcome alumni singers from around the world to participate.
