The New Student Check-In process includes verifying health records, satisfying student accounts, picking up room keys, and receiving student identification cards.

Lunch is provided to new students and their families and a program for parents begins at 1 p.m. If students expect to arrive after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, August 29, 2018, please inform Dean Katrina Glanzer (kglanzer@haverford.edu). For those who arrive after 4:00 p.m., your room key and OneCard will be available at the Campus Safety Office.

International students are required to arrive on August 25, 2018, to participate in the International Student Orientation program (ISO) coordinated by the office of International Student Support. Eligible students have received a mailing from Denise Allison, Director, during the spring. Further information regarding ISO can be found on the International Student Support site. Any questions about this program should be directed to Denise Allison at (610) 896-2960 or dallison@haverford.edu.

International Student Support

Special permission may be granted to arrive on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, if a student is flying alone and directly to Philadelphia either from the West Coast or from abroad. To request permission to arrive on August 28, please email Dean Glanzer at kglanzer@haverford.edu before 4 p.m. on July 21, 2018. 

Students with special permission to arrive early can obtain their room key at the Facilities Management Office before 3:00 p.m. or at the Campus Safety Office after 3:00 p.m.

If you have not been pre-approved to arrive early, please arrive on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. Regardless of arrival date, all First-Year students are required to go through New Student Check-In on Wednesday, August 29, 2018.

We strongly encourage all students to arrive during the registration hours on Wednesday, August 29, 2018, however, if you must arrive after registration closes, please notify the Office of Residential Life (610-896-1298 or hc-reslife@haverford.edu) before 4 p.m. on August 29, 2018, so that arrangements can be made to leave the student’s room key at Campus Safety and to notify their Customs group to expect a late arrival.

Unexpected Delay

If a last minute emergency creates an unexpected delay on arrival day, please notify the Office of Residential Life (hc-reslife@haverford.edu or 610-896-1298). After 4 p.m., please leave a message with Campus Safety at (610) 896-1111.

For students traveling alone, it is helpful to have a print out of the Haverford Campus Map. Taxi fare from Philadelphia airport to Haverford College is approximately $45, and the trip takes about 30 minutes. The service is available through the Information Desk at the airport near the baggage claim area from 6 a.m. until 11 p.m.

• Visiting Campus
• Download Campus Map
• Google Maps Directions 

Meal service for first-year students does not begin until lunch on Wednesday, August 29, 2018, but students who have permission to arrive early may pay cash for meals until then. Meals will be provided without charge for students attending pre-customs programs.

New students and their parents, as well as any accompanying family members, are invited to lunch as guests of the College on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Dining Center. Free tickets will be available at New Student Check-In.

Dining Services

You are invited to a series of informal talks and seminars designed specifically for incoming students and their families. Family and friends will say goodbye to their students by 4 p.m. and will be invited to attend a wine and cheese reception from 4–5:00 p.m.

• New Student Check-In
  8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
  Begin at the Douglas B. Gardner Integrated Athletic Center (GIAC) *New Location.
  Stop by the Parent Program table!
• Lunch (provided by the College)
  11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
  Dining Center
• Athletics Panel
  12:00–12:30 p.m.
  Stokes Hall, Auditorium
  (Relevant to varsity athletes and parents) Meet members of the athletics staff and learn about the life of an athlete at Haverford.
• Deans/Student Life Panel
  1:00 p.m.
  Stokes Hall, Auditorium
  Meet members of the Dean’s Office and Student Life staff and learn about the roles they play in students’ lives at Haverford.
• Student Panel: Customs & the First Year Experience
  1:00 p.m.
  Chase Hall, Auditorium
  (Students only!) Current students share insights about what first-years can expect.
• Parenting During the College Years
  2:00 p.m.
  Stokes Hall, Auditorium
  Discuss how parents--being tuned to the “psychology” of their adult student--keep parenting during the college years: including saying “goodbye”, the first visit home, sophomore angst, and romantic turmoil. The panel will include members of the Counseling and Psychological Services.
• Welcome Ceremony
  3:00–4:00 p.m.
  GIAC *New Location
  President Kim Benston and Dean of the College Martha Denney will welcome students, families, and friends before students join their Customs group to being Customs Week.
• Customs Activities Begin!
  4:00 p.m.
  Families share final goodbyes.
• Parent Reception
  4:00–5:00 p.m.
  KINSC, Zubrow Commons
  College faculty and staff will be available to greet families and friends.

• Parents Site
• Family & Friends Weekend

Customs is Haverford College's First-Year Experience program, which includes a five-day orientation immediately preceding the fall semester. This orientation week, called ‘Customs Week’, is a great opportunity to get to know your hall-mates and start building a community in your new home. But it doesn’t end there! The Customs experience is designed to give first years the resources needed to thrive at Haverford. This includes helping them feel at home on their hall, become more aware of their own identity and the different identities that are represented at Haverford, as well as helping them to understand the community values at Haverford and in the Honor Code. To help in this process, each group of first years is assigned a customs team that will guide them throughout the year.

Customs teams are made up of:

• 2 Customs People (CPs) who live on the hall and act as social ambassadors and support people to their first years.
• 1 Upper Class Advisor (UCA) who lives on the hall and serves as an academic support person.
• 1 Peer Awareness Facilitator (PAF) who does not live on the hall and helps to facilitate conversations about topics including gender identity, race, class, (dis)ability, and other markers of identity.
• 1 Honor Code Orienteer (HCO) who does not live on the hall and helps to facilitate conversations about Haverford’s Honor Code.
• 1 Ambassador for Multicultural Awareness (AMA) who does not live on the hall and helps facilitate conversations about the various cultures and backgrounds that are represented at Haverford.

Customs Program

When you arrive on campus, you can connect to the Wireless network "eduroam." Unlike other Haverford services, the username for this network is your full email address: username@haverford.edu. For further details and troubleshooting, visit the Instructional & Information Technology Services (IITS) website.

Learn about technology resources and services available from the IITS ProDesk.

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