Haverford Headlines


  • Richenda Cope '05, Hannah-Ruth Miller '10, and Goda Trakumaite '10 found artistic inspiration in the scenic beauty of Newfoundland thanks to a program sponsored by Mark Chehi '78 and Johanna Chehi.
  • The new program of the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship brings scholar/activists from abroad to campus to co-teach classes with Haverford faculty and participate in a series of forums.
  • At a Magill Library open-house event this week, Haverford's new first-year students got a glimpse of some of the treasures held by Special Collections. Among them: a Buddha Scroll from the Ming Dynasty, a deed signed by William Penn and (pictured) the first of the Four Folios of Shakespeare's plays, a rare and beautiful volume that dates to 1623.
  • Kate Alfieri and Heather McMahon from the class of '10 were honored by the Protein Society for having the best undergraduate poster at the Society's annual symposium.
  • Through an internship funded by the Hurford Humanities Center, Madeline Kreider-Carlson '10 spent the summer at the Library Company of Philadelphia uncovering the lives of American women in the pre-Civil War era.
  • Haverford students and alumni are playing featured roles—both onstage and behind the scenes—at the 2009 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe.
  • Stephen Janick '87 is featured in this Philadelphia Inquirer article about Rittenhouse Needlepoint.

  • Students have arrived for Customs Week, our first-year student orientation program.
  • As a teacher of mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques, Baime works at the frontier of mind-body medicine.
  • Taylor Goodman (far right), Kathleen Abels, Jesse Paulsen and Luke Van Meter, all Class of '09, are among the 2009-10 Philly Fellows. The AmeriCorps-sponsored, year-long program, which gives 20 recent college graduates the opportunity to work for Philadelphia area non-profits, was created by two Fords from the Class of '03, Tim Ifill and Matt Joyce.

  • Through the Hurford Humanities Center, Danielle Helme '10 spent the summer interning at Philadelphia's World Cafe Live and its nonprofit partner, LiveConnections.org.
  • An impressive roster of Haverford grads is working on environmental issues around the country and the world. We asked a few of them to tell us about the exciting projects they're engaged in and to give us their take on the current prospects for moving the world toward sustainability.
  • Through the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, Colleen Hotchkiss '11 spent the summer interning at Grupo Venancia, a nonprofit that works to empower women in Matagalpa, Nicaragua.
  • A summer internship sponsored by the Hurford Humanities Center gave aspiring director Matthew Bessey '10 the chance to learn about documentary film production at Philadelphia's Scribe Video Center.
  • Center for Peace and Global Citizenship intern Kaia Davis '10 is spending the summer in South Africa assisting on a reality TV show with a social justice theme.

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