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Harvey Mudd College seeks to educate engineers, scientists, and mathematicians well versed in all of these areas and the humanities and the social sciences so that they may assume leadership in their fields with a clear understanding of their impact work on society. When Maria Klawe was installed as the fifth president of Harvey Mudd College in 2006, she shared with the Harvey Mudd community the results of a year of planning and discussion on campus and across the country. “HMC 2020: Envisioning the Future” is an ambitious outline of the College’s aspirations for the next decade and beyond. The Division of Student Affairs coordinates programs, facilities, resources, and support compatible with Harvey Mudd College’s academic mission to enhance students’ learning and growth. Our staff is responsible for residential life, student activities, club advising, leadership training, volunteering, and community service. Along with close collaboration with other student services of The Claremont Colleges, we also oversee the College’s recreation and fitness facilities, career services, personal counseling and referrals, leaves of absence, accommodations for students with disabilities, new student orientation, and commencement. Driven by the College’s strategic vision, Harvey Mudd College Wellness is a campus-wide educational initiative to help students thrive, achieve a sense of well-being, reduce risk factors, and bring about balance in their lives. At the Division of Student Affairs (DSA), we are committed to educating our students to be ethical and caring leaders. We envision a campus that nurtures and develops the whole person. The Office of Campus Life (OCL) fulfills these values by enhancing students' overall co-curricular experience through development, exposure, and participation in programs and activities. Our OCL staff strives to improve student cooperation and leadership while preparing students to be responsible advocates and citizens by complementing their academic programs. The Clinic Program, a unique program of collaboration between industry and Harvey Mudd College that has been a hallmark of this institution for more than 50 years, engages juniors and seniors in the solution of real-world, technical problems for industrial clients. Founded as an innovation in engineering education in 1963, the Clinic Program expanded to other Harvey Mudd academic departments and copied by institutions worldwide. Since its inception, over 1,600 projects have been completed for more than 450 corporate, national laboratory, and agency sponsors. Companies retain all intellectual property rights that arise out of the project, and it is not uncommon for Harvey Mudd students to be named on patents. In recent years, Clinic sponsors have averaged between 10 and 15 patent disclosures at the end of their projects. Harvey Mudd College, the nation’s top liberal arts college of engineering, science, and mathematics, was chartered in December 1955. In 1957, when the Space Race made technical education a priority in the United States, the College opened its doors. The founders’ vision—to attract the nation’s brightest students and offer them a rigorous scientific and technological education coupled with a robust curricular emphasis in the humanities and social sciences—has been successfully realized and expanded. In 1963, the College initiated the nationally recognized Clinic Program, allowing student teams to solve problems posed by sponsoring industry, government, and nonprofit organizations. The emphasis on undergraduate research for all students has led to Harvey Mudd graduates earning Ph.D. degrees in science and engineering at one of the highest rates in the nation. Harvey Mudd College opened in September 1957, less than a month before Sputnik I ushered in the Space Age. Forty-eight students and seven faculty who shared the dream of starting a technical college that would emphasize technology's humanistic aspects were on hand when the school opened its doors. Nuclear physicist Joseph B. Platt served the fledgling institution as to its first president, and new courses and a new curriculum were formulated under a grant from the Carnegie Corp. When the first class arrived, the Harvey Mudd College campus consisted of one (almost) completed dorm and borrowed classrooms and equipment. During the early years, most faculty members readily took on administrative responsibilities and their teaching jobs. Some classes were even held in the homes of faculty and staff. In June 1959, the College held its first commencement ceremony graduating Stuart Black and Peter Loeb, who transferred to Harvey Mudd in their junior years. Because of the diminutive size of the graduating class, the ceremony drew national attention and was televised. Both graduates later became university professors. Slowly, classrooms and dorms were built, and students began to fill them. By 1965, 284 students were enrolled in classes, and faculty numbered 43. Harvey Mudd celebrated its 20th anniversary in 1975, with student enrollment at 497 and climbing. In 1976, D. Kenneth Baker became the second president of Harvey Mudd College, followed by Henry E. Riggs in 1988, Jon C. Strauss in 1997, and Maria M. Klawe in 2006. Today, about 800 extraordinary students are enrolled at Harvey Mudd College, learning through rigorous and challenging educational experiences from a highly committed faculty. Recently, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges reaffirmed the institutional accreditation for the College. In their final report, the WASC team wrote, “Harvey Mudd is characterized by excellence and success, and is widely regarded as among the nation’s best undergraduate science and engineering colleges.” View full university

Our students, whether they are in the classrooms or the hallways, in school, or representing Harvey in the community beyond our campus, leave their imprint on the world and the future. The Harvey School provides a college-preparatory program that fosters lifelong learning and inspires students to develop the confidence and leadership qualities necessary to succeed in a diverse, competitive, and changing world. With our commitment to small class size, our community cultivates each student's strengths through academic excellence, artistic exploration, athletic achievement, community service, and global understanding. The Harvey School was founded by Dr. Herbert Carter and his wife Mabel Carter in 1916 as a residential school for boys, enrolling students through the secondary grades. Dr. Carter, a New York City pediatrician, built the school at his farm in Hawthorne, New York. He intended to provide a country environment and an educational program for his son, Herbert Swift Carter, Jr... The latter had some physical limitations due to scarlet fever as a child. We are a day and boarding school comprised of 360 students in grades 6 through 12 with 100 faculty and staff members. The five-day boarding program accommodates 40 students in grades 9 through 12. As a community, we value the learning that takes place in our classrooms and the dormitories, on the fields and stages, and anywhere faculty and staff connect with our students. Each of us embraces the importance of lifelong learning, and we support one another in developing individual talents. Each of our students brings a blend of talents, abilities, and passion to our unique school community. Our faculty strives to bring out the best in each student, so they discover their strengths, develop confidence in their abilities, and reach their highest potential. Small classes are a significant feature of our school, allowing teachers to work closely with each student to develop skills and master the content in their courses. Our teachers are role models and guides, in and out of the classroom. We utilize traditional teaching methods combined with the use of cutting-edge technology to help our students find success. We prepare students for continued academic success, perpetuate their love of learning, and inspire them to reach their potential in a stimulating learning environment. Our curriculum, delivered by a gifted faculty who is attentive and dedicated to every child's learning experience, balances innovation and tradition and is responsive to the changing world. View full school