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10 THINGS That Make Us Happy The prominent mention of Haverford in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about colleges adapting to virtual final exams.“When Haverford
The College’s donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) to local
College students took their final exams online this spring,” wrote reporter Susan Snyder, “they did what they always do: They signed a statement, agreeing to adhere to the school’s honor code. No online proctors or outside monitoring was needed. At the small, selective liberal arts college, exams aren’t supervised even when they are given on campus and students selfschedule them. There’s a long-standing atmosphere of mutual trust, professors and students say, that helped during the coronavirus.” The article went on to quote Honor Council Co-chair Soha Saghir ’21 (below): “Haverford was better prepared for the crisis than most schools. Taking tests on our own … is a practice that is very much ingrained in our culture already.”
healthcare workers and first responders. According to Professor of Physics and Astronomy Suzanne Amador Kane, Haverford was able to make that donation “in large part because we had the PPE in the first place, and that was because of the efforts of [Physics Laboratory Instructor] Paul Thorman and others—under the guidance of [Associate Director of Campus Safety] Mark Sweeney—to keep all of our students and employees on campus safe all the time!”
who carried a full course load remotely while working two shifts as an EMT in his hometown of Southampton, on Long Island. Vickery, who is a licensed EMT, also volunteered for as many additional hours as he could get.
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRADUATE R E S E A R C H F E L L O W S H I P S awarded to five Haverford young alumni.
Fellowship winners Sam Epstein ’19, Brett Pogostin ’18, Maurice Rippel ’19, Laura Seaberg ’20, and David Zegeye ’19 are or will be pursuing graduate degrees in anthropology, astrophysics, bioengineering, chemistry, and mathematics.
Madison Tillman ’18 and Margaret Zheng ’23 being recognized as Sustainability Champions by the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium. Tillman (left), Haverford’s Farm Fellow, runs the Haverfarm, which produces approximately 1,600 pounds of produce each year and serves as a learning space for the campus community as well as local schools. Zheng (right) started Haverford’s chapter of the Sunrise Movement, participates in the College Climate Action Coalition, and during Spring Plenary helped pass a resolution to put climate justice at the center of the College’s new strategic plan.
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PHOTOS: PATRICK MONTERO (SAGHIR, TILLMAN, ZHENG)
The COVID-19 response efforts of students such as James Vickery ’22,
