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The circa-1925 machine shop in long-gone Whitall Hall was a prime teaching tool for the engineering program of the time. According to the 1925 course catalog, there were woodworking and metalworking shops, a drafting room, and a materials laboratory for the testing of boilers, engines, air compressors, and the like.
Come back tomorrow to see the machine shop "Now."
Photo: College Archives.
As a core institutional principle, sustainability animates Haverford's broad mission of stewarding its financial, ethical, and curricular endowments in the interest of educating principled global citizens while safeguarding intergenerational equity as a perpetual institution.
The annual Do it in the Dark energy-saving competition featured a month of energy reduction, sustainable food practices, and environmentally focused events sponsored by the Committee for Environmental Responsibility. Photo: Patrick Montero.
The Center for Peace and Global Citizenship grew out of faculty and student interests that emerged in the late 1990s. Since then, the Center has developed and expanded into a flourishing nexus of social responsibility, civic engagement, and global peace work, both on campus and in the greater community.
Alicia Lopez-Torres '20, Program Manager for Ethical Global Learning for the CPGC Stephanie Keene, and film director El Sawyer speak after a screening of Pull of Gravity, part of the CPGC Social Justice Film Series. Photo by Soha Saghir '21.
The Committee for Environmental Responsibility (CER) was created by the students, faculty, and staff of Haverford College, and reflects our socially responsible principles.
The now fully mature green roof on the Tritton Hall dormitory is one of three green roofs on campus. Photo: Patrick Montero
Our campus has 200 acres of award-winning architecture and landscaping; more than 50 academic, athletic, and residential buildings; and a nationally recognized arboretum with 400 species of trees and shrubs, a 3.5-acre duck pond, gardens, and wooded areas.
Aerial shot of Founders Hall.
The Haverford Innovations Program (HIP) encourages and supports creative and strategic thinking around a problem, a need, a question, or simply an interest. The goal is to find new solutions and opportunities for entrepreneurial projects and paths of learning.
For the second year in a row a team of Fords was named the winner of the Tri-Co Hackathon by a panel of faculty and industry judges. The winning team, called Gradual—from top left: Bella Muno '21, Ziyao (Claire) Wang '20, Blien Habtu '21, Jason Ngo '21, and Iryna Khovryak '22—made a website that students can use to map their major requirements and ensure that they are on track to graduate. Photo: Shayna Nickel
The Friend in Residence program brings gifted and experienced Quakers to campus for extended interactions with students, staff, faculty, and the community to stimulate reflection on the connections between academic pursuits and “letting one’s life speak.”
(From left) Sterling Duns and Caselli Jordan, who make up the duo City Love, are the 2019 spring Friends in Residence. They kicked off their campus residency with an "Ice Cream Social Justice" event on the topic of belonging on campus. Photo: Sarah Jennings '21.
As a core institutional principle, sustainability animates Haverford's broad mission of stewarding its financial, ethical, and curricular endowments in the interest of educating principled global citizens while safeguarding intergenerational equity as a perpetual institution.
Disturbed by how much castoff clothing goes into the trash stream, Griffin Vanze ’05 launched a company that makes womenswear out of recycled fabrics. Photo by Webb Chappell.
The Committee for Environmental Responsibility (CER) was created by the students, faculty, and staff of Haverford College, and reflects our socially responsible principles.
The now fully mature green roof on the Tritton Hall dormitory is one of three green roofs on campus. Photo: Patrick Montero
The departments of astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics, and psychology are housed in the state-of-the-art Marian E. Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center (KINSC).
Chemistry students participate in a peer-led team learning workshop, an initiative supported by a grant from the Lumina Foundation. Photo by Holden Blanco '17.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.