The Center for Peace and Global Citizenship Hosts Refugee Workshop
Students from across the Tri-Co spent Saturday learning about the refugees arriving in Europe in the mid ’90s and the ones trying to flee violence today and the solidarity movements designed to support them.
Where They’re Headed: Fangyu Xiong ’15
Fangyu (Panda) Xiong ’15 is starting work at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. in August as a software development engineer.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Catherine Casem ’15
Catherine Casem is looking towards a career in film production, but for her senior thesis the comparative literature major approached movies from a different angle, comparing the Paul Thomas Anderson film Magnolia with Marcel Proust’s seven-volume In Search of Lost Time.
It’s Buzzing Bees This Summer!
Haverford is now home to a student Beekeeping Club, two hives of honeybees, and our own beekeeper!
History Lesson: Haverford’s First Women Graduates
In 1918, Haverford began granting master’s degrees to women for the first time.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Adam Van Aken ’15
Adam Van Aken’s computer science thesis was motivated by the attempt to provide a new method of computer input, replacing a mouse and keyboard, for people with certain physical disabilities.
Where They’re Headed: Max Findley ’15
Max Findley’s work for the aquatic geochemistry laboratory at the University of Michigan will take him to Toolik Field Station, a research base in the far north of Alaska, to collect and analyze samples.
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.