Haverford Family & Friends

The College recognizes the central role family members and friends play in their student’s success. We are committed to connecting you with the tools you will need to support your student during their time at Haverford.

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Read the Spring/Summer 2024 Edition of the Magazine

Haverford is a magazine for alumni, families, and friends of Haverford College. Read the latest edition today.

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Meeting the Moment Enhances Haverford’s Commitment to Open Dialogues on Campus

The campus-wide initiative builds on the College’s previous work to build a stronger sense of welcome and belonging for all who live, learn, and work on Haverford’s campus.

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Family & Friends Weekend 2024

Save the Date for Family & Friends Weekend 2024—November 1-3!

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Resources

A collection of resources that are particularly useful for family members and friends of incoming and current students.

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Haverford offers a wide variety of newsletters and social media accounts to keep you up to date with what's happening on campus and throughout our broader community. Each can be individually subscribed to or followed, according to your interests and preferences.

Publications

Published tri-annually, Haverford is a magazine for alumni, parents, and friends of Haverford College.

Haverford Magazine

Connections features news, updates, and general information about the Library, and is posted biannually.

Connections

Social Media

College Communications maintains accounts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat. In addition to highlighting news and events, these accounts often feature student photos and perspectives.

Email Newsletters

Haverford Headlines & On-Campus Events

Haverford Headlines features student, faculty, and alumni news and is sent periodically throughout the year. On-Campus Events showcases events that are open to the public and is sent occasionally during the academic year.

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Arboretum E-news

Information, events, and activities from the College Arboretum, sent occasionally.

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Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery

Information about upcoming exhibitions showing in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery.

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Global Citizen Weekly

News, updates, and general information about the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship sent weekly.

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Hurford Center

Updates and program announcements from the John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities.

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IDEA Office

Join our newsletter list to receive periodic updates from the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Access.

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Library Events

Join the Haverford College Libraries email list to receive periodic communications about Events in the Libraries. .

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Music Department Newsletter

Announcements of upcoming College Musical performances and events sent monthly.

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Yiddish Culture Festival

Announcements of upcoming Yiddish Culture Festival performances and events sent approximately monthly.

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Volunteer

Family members and friends can get involved in the life of Haverford through a variety of volunteer opportunities. Whether you’re interested in assisting current students with developing their career skills, willing to host an event in your home or workplace, or looking to share your enthusiasm with your fellow family members and friends, the Office of Alumni and Family Engagement can help connect you with a volunteer role that is meaningful to you and beneficial to the life of the College.

To find out more, please email us at hc-families@haverford.edu.

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Parent Giving

Parent Annual Giving supports the complete Haverford experience, by enriching academics, creating opportunities for student-faculty research, providing for increased student co-curricular activities on campus, and sustaining student financial aid.

All annual gifts are used in the current year and benefit your own child as well as their classmates. Making an annual gift a wonderful way to show support for your child's education. We welcome gifts of all sizes. Parents, family members, and friends are encouraged to support Annual Giving. Last year, approximately 1,000 parents and grandparents made annual gifts totaling over $600,000 that directly benefited the student experience at Haverford.

To find out more about Annual Giving or to make your gift, please contact annualgiving [at] haverford.edu.

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Parent Leadership Council

The Parent Leadership Council (PLC) is a leadership level volunteer committee of parents and families, both of current students and of alumni, who work closely with the Office of Alumni and Family Engagement and the Philanthropy Team.

Members are active volunteers, advisors, ambassadors, and philanthropic supporters of the College. They also serve as strategic partners with the College in outreach, engagement, solicitation, and stewardship efforts to the parent community and act as a liaison between the two. Council members are asked to:

Give an annual gift of $10,000 or more
Solicit current parents and families
Make welcome calls to families of newly admitted students
Host and attend events in their community
Write thank you notes to families who make their first gift
Attend biannual PLC meetings for an exclusive audience with College leadership
Mentor students, offer internships, serve on industry panels, or host informational interviews
Consider making a celebratory gift or legacy gift before their student graduates
Create a philanthropic example for their student to follow

Membership is by invitation, and members are encouraged to serve a term of at least two years. Upon their student's graduation from the College, members may be invited to remain on the PLC or choose to retire from their duties.

Contact jmiller3 [at] haverford.edu (Jill Miller) to learn more about the Parent Leadership Council.