Customs Introduces 357 New Fords to Campus Life
After moving into their dorms on Aug. 29, the Class of 2022 began their first year at Haverford with the College’s traditional five-day orientation program.
COOL CLASSES: “Human Rights in Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania, and in National and Global Contexts”
This course considers human rights theory and civil society action as they relate to students’ recent Center for Peace and Global Citizenship-sponsored summer internship experiences to interrogate the relationship between social issues and policy structures.
The Rhythm of the Words and the Pleasure of the Sounds
Award-winning poets Joan Larkin and Robert Hershon read a selection of their work last week at an event organized by Visiting Assistant Professor of English Thomas Devaney and sponsored by creative writing programs at Haverford College, Swarthmore College, and the Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities.
How To Make a Fork
In a workshop in the VCAM building’s new Maker Space, students learned 3D modeling software and digital fabrication equipment.
COOL CLASSES: “Health Economics”
This course explores the important issues of health and healthcare from an economic perspective, including the roles and perspectives of individuals, providers, insurers, and governments, and how their decisions are shaped by different economic, political, and ethical motivations.
Haverford’s Yiddish Cultural Festival Goes Punk
The two-decade-old tradition, which invites community members to enjoy film, music, and speakers encompassing all things Yiddish every semester, welcomed queer, Yiddish, anarchist band Koyt Far Dayn Fardakhtn, featuring bassist Rose Kaplan-Bomberg ’10, to campus.
Pushing the Edges of Human Rights Work
Haverford hosted scholars, activists, educators, and creators for a symposium on extending the guarantees of human rights policy more broadly.
Cool Classes
The Club Life @ Haverford
A series exploring the many varied student clubs on campus.
What They Learned
A series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates.
Where They’re Headed
A blog series detailing the post-Haverford plans of our recent graduates.