Congratulations to the Class of 2013! You can follow along with this year’s Commencement ceremony in real time as we post live updates from our Twitter account (@haverfordedu).
Live posts will begin around 10 a.m.
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- RT @JenniferRBarr: Congratulations to our wonderful graduates! So proud and honored to be a part of the @haverfordedu community! about 20 hours ago
- RT @lisakadlec: Congrats to Haverford College Class of 2013! Still remember my time at @haverfordedu. Grateful to be part of the #Haverford… about 21 hours ago
- RT @HaverfordClerk: Congrats to the class of 2013! about 21 hours ago
- Theresa Tensuan closes the ceremony, noting that we are preparing to be dazzled by the ways the grads will use their talents in the future. about 21 hours ago
- And the caps are thrown in the air! t.co/f1lNDxnKlV about 21 hours ago
- Alana Zola is the last name called. She is 1 of 296 degree recipients today. Congratulations to you all! You did it! about 21 hours ago
- RT @HaverfordClerk: A standing ovation for Carl Sigmond, who walked the stage to receive his diploma about 21 hours ago
- All Fords must do a capstone project or thesis & these titles appear in the Commencement program. A sampling: t.co/TEwDpEmxHM about 22 hours ago
- RT @HaverfordClerk: …which say “take some time off…but not too much time off,” a reference to JoJos customs week speech. about 22 hours ago
- RT @HaverfordClerk: Seniors traditionally give the president a gift. This year students say theyve ordered 300 fortune cookies about 22 hours ago
- Computer Science major Rose Susan Abernathy is the first member of the Class of 2013 to be called for her degree. about 22 hours ago
- RT @HaverfordClerk: Kim benston conferring degrees! about 22 hours ago
- Wellington’s advice to women: “when you have something to say, don’t look down and apologize.” about 22 hours ago
- Wellington’s advice to grads? Perform beyond expectations, deliver more than people expect, don’t forget to blow your own horn. about 22 hours ago
- Wellington: “you have to be willing to learn from others… If someone gives you advice, pay attention.” about 22 hours ago
- “Be your own Athena, your own goddess of wisdom,” Hucks quoting Wellington in her intro. about 22 hours ago
- RT @katherineRTR: Is this real life? #graduation t.co/8oevw8ION4 about 22 hours ago
- Tracey Hucks presents Sheila Wellington,woman’s employment advocate, for her honorary degree “on behalf of Haverford’s 1st female prez.” about 22 hours ago
- “If this college has taught you anything it should be not to measure your success in money. Measure it in the service you can give.” about 22 hours ago
- “Only here, at my College, is Socrates teaching philosophy,” Rawlings on Prof. Aryeh Kosman’s resemblance to the ancient philosopher. about 22 hours ago
- RT @JohnsonMBA14_NW: Congrats to all of the @haverfordedu graduates! Can’t believe it’s been 5 years. about 22 hours ago
- Rawlings: “I love this College.” about 22 hours ago
- Deborah Roberts presents Hunter Rawlings ’66 for a Doctor of Letters for his stewardship of higher education and commitment to liberal arts. about 22 hours ago
- Nelson: “The sum of my 60 years of knowledge is: have fun… Take your time, explore, because it’s clearly your world now.” about 22 hours ago
- This ceremony is special for Nelson; it’s the 1st time he’s worn a cap/gown because he graduated midterm & received his diploma in the mail about 22 hours ago
- Maris Gillette presents documentarian Stanley Nelson for honorary Doctor of Arts degree. about 22 hours ago
- Essex: “Many of you will be successful…Remember the importance of giving back. It may be the latter that gives you the most satisfaction.” about 22 hours ago
- Christopher Dunne ’70 presents AIDS researcher Max Essex for his honorary Doctor of Science degree. about 22 hours ago
- Creighton: “Your Haverford education will be your polestar… Go out there and make Haverford proud!” about 22 hours ago
- RT @HaverfordClerk: Joanne Creighton; “our graduation…only yours is real and mine is a social promotion” about 22 hours ago
- Joanne Creighton acknowledges Beth Willman and Bret Mulligan, who both earned teaching awards this spring. about 22 hours ago
- RT @lionel_anderson: Up. Bright & early to be on campus with my #seniors! You did it! Happy Graduation Day. No crying! #HaverfordCollege #… about 22 hours ago
- . @BrynMawrCollege‘s Kimberly Wright Cassidy tells the Class of 2013, “Along with knowledge, you must seek wisdom.” about 22 hours ago
- Penney, the chosen student speaker, says her classmates don’t need good luck so instead she wishes them success in all their endeavors. about 22 hours ago
- “You terrified me,” says Aubree Penney ’13 of her talented classmates. “Yet come together we did, in pursuit of a Haverford education.” about 23 hours ago
- Visiting Prof of Writing Sue Benston gives the opening reading, saying, “Go forth, inscribe the best of what you are in the depths of time.” about 23 hours ago
- Joanne Creighton opens her final Haverford Commencement with a moment of silence. about 23 hours ago
- The bell is ringing!! about 23 hours ago
- The Class of 2013 gathered for the last time in Ryan Gym before graduating. t.co/rorIpZwO6W about 23 hours ago
- Graduates and faculty marshals are gathering in Ryan Gym for the processional. t.co/tEmOVOKe37 about 23 hours ago
- RT @thecamron: One two three four fifth @haverfordedu graduation in a row. #gottacatchemall #littlebitobsessed about 23 hours ago
- Friends and family are starting to pack the Field House. t.co/Nofsnavotz about 23 hours ago
- Only half an hour more until these seats are filled by the members of the Class of 2013! t.co/rXD3HYB8x0 about 23 hours ago
- The diplomas are here and ready to be awarded to the Class of 2013! t.co/UdZ05E5IbJ about 23 hours ago
- Honorary degrees will be awarded to Max Essex, Stanley Nelson, Hunter Rawlings ’66 & Sheila Wellington today. t.co/nfenYmsH4r about 1 day ago
- Due to the rain, today’s ceremony will be held inside in the Alumni Field House. Find it on a map here: t.co/cpZY72yp5z about 1 day ago
- It’s finally here, the day you’ve worked 4 years for: Commencement. Congratulations to the Class of 2013! about 1 day ago