“To me student-athlete means you have committed to a team and are accountable not only to yourself, but your teammates and coaches. Being an athlete is a time-consuming passion that is worth the extra hours you put in.“—Jordan Nieusma ’14, softball

The Haverford campus is the oldest planned college landscape in the country. Our meticulously maintained 200 acres contain a nature trail, a Pinetum and flower gardens.

Haverford’s 31 departmental majors and 22 concentrations lead to a capstone academic project. Generally a thesis, and conducted at levels usually reserved for graduate students, senior projects are often informed by co-curricular research conducted through our three Centers for interdisciplinary study.

Haverford’s 31 departmental majors and 22 concentrations lead to a capstone academic project. Generally a thesis, and conducted at levels usually reserved for graduate students, senior projects are often informed by co-curricular research conducted through our three Centers for interdisciplinary study.

Haverford’s 31 departmental majors and 22 concentrations lead to a capstone academic project. Generally a thesis, and conducted at levels usually reserved for graduate students, senior projects are often informed by co-curricular research conducted through our three Centers for interdisciplinary study.

Haverford’s 31 departmental majors and 22 concentrations lead to a capstone academic project. Generally a thesis, and conducted at levels usually reserved for graduate students, senior projects are often informed by co-curricular research conducted through our three Centers for interdisciplinary study.

A collaboration between Haverford’s Arboretum Association and Thomas Devaney‘s Advanced Poetry Workshop led to “Under an Oak: A Tree Poetry Tour,” in which Devaney’s students read their original poems dedicated to campus trees.

“My college experience wasn’t like this. [Being here] made me think about thinking. It was amazing.” – M1
While on campus, Africana Studies Scholar-Artist In Residence M1 gave an intimate concert, spoke at the AcadeMIX hip-hop symposium, ran workshops, attended classes and gave lectures.

From the solidarity economy to the global economy, Craig Borowiak helps his students understand the realities—and possibilities—of the worldwide flow of goods and services, capital and influence.

Read the Fall 2011 Faculty Profile in HAVERFORD magazine »

The study of music at Haverford encompasses everything from academic study in the major to a robust concert series and countless student performance groups. (Haverford has more a capella groups per capita than any other school.)