Haverford Welcomes Class of 2024, Starts New Semester
Over the past few weeks, 998 Fords moved into their single dorm rooms on campus, and over the last few days, 338 first-year students were oriented to their new home as part of Customs.
Where They’re Headed: Gabe Halperin-Goldstein ’19
As a Haverford House Fellow, Gabe Halperin-Goldstein ’19 will spend next year working at the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, which advocates for policies that relieve food insecurity in Philadelphia.
What They Learned: Olivia Legaspi ’19
For her thesis, the English major wrote two linked short stories, centered on themes of mental illness and coping.
What They Learned: Marley Asplundh ’19
The linguistics major spent time in a Philadelphia classroom to research the relationship between linguistic discrimination and education for her thesis.
What They Learned: Rebecca Chang ’19
Personal experience and a semester abroad in Peru informed the growth and structure of cities major’s thesis.
Quaker Values and Digital Scholarship
Haverford is committed to making important texts accessible to all, and recently made “Studies in Mystical Religion” by famed Quaker educator and philosopher Rufus M. Jones available to the HathiTrust, a digital library offering millions of titles.
Where They’re Headed: Kirsten Mullin ’19
The political science major was motivated to pursue a MENAR Fellowship teaching in Tunisia following a CPGC summer-internship abroad in Morocco.
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.