Yard Bulletin - Freshman Dean`s Office
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Yard Bulletin - Freshman Dean`s Office
Freshman Dean’s Office Yard Bulletin Volume 2018 Issue XXIX April 24, 2015 You may view the Yard Bulletin on the FDO Website (fdo.fas.harvard.edu). ARTS FIRST Check out the ARTS FIRST Festival, Thursday, April 30 - Sunday, May 3. Experience this annual campus-wide celebration of music, dance, theater, film, visual arts, and more! Campus venues and the Science Center Plaza will host 150+ free events for students, families, and the public. For more information, visit ofa.fas.harvard.edu/arts. Highlights include: Harvard LITfest. Five days of extraordinary readings and panels! Learn craft with workshops on spoken-word, fiction, metaphor, and poetry. Reimagine the book and its future. All events are free. Visit litfest.fas.harvard.edu for details. Monday, April 27 - Friday, May 1. 2015 Arts Medal Ceremony: Damian Woetzel, dancer and arts leader, MPA ’07, is recipient of the 2015 Harvard Arts Medal. He will be hosted in a discussion with actor John Lithgow ’67, followed by the medal presentation by President Faust. Free tickets (limit 2) are available at the Harvard Box Office. Thursday, April 30, 4PM, Farkas Hall. Jazz on the Plaza. Groove to music by Harvard Jazz Band, conducted by Don Braden ‘85, and special guests Vijay Iyer, piano, and Ralph Peterson, Jr., drums. Friday, May 1, 5:30 - 7:00PM, The Plaza. Saturday on the Plaza. Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and soloist Sasha Scolnik-Brower ’17 play Dvořák 11AM; Swan Lake: For the Birds! features Harvard Ballet Company, River Charles Ensemble, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, and “soloists” Deans Rakesh Khurana and Tom Dingman, Profs. Diana Eck and Steven Pinker, 12PM; Harvard University Band at 12:30PM; followed by the Performance Fair and Global Arts on the Plaza, 1 - 5PM. Saturday, May 2, The Plaza. Spring Forward: Stories and Music for a New Season features a storytelling hour by The Sloth and Appalachian Spring by the Eurydice Chamber Ensemble. Sunday, May 3, 1 PM. Later that evening, watch a screening of “Whiplash,” by Damien Chazelle ’08, with free popcorn and soda. 9PM,The Plaza. Join Professors Lawrence Buell, Lawrence Kramer, and Elisa New for a discussion of Walt Whitman’s Drum-Taps in honor of the 150th anniversary of this stunning collection of Whitman’s Civil War poetry. The event features a musical performance and marks the first publication, by New York Review Books, of Drum-Taps in its original form since 1865. Thursday, April 30, 6PM, Paine Hall, Music Building, 1 Oxford Street. Free and open to the public. Upcoming Events The Women Sheriffs of Wall Street: A Discussion with Senator Elizabeth Warren, Sheila Bair, and Mary Schapiro. Monday, May 4, 10AM - 12PM, Memorial Church. Free and open to the public, but you must get tickets (available now) at womensheriffs.eventbrite.com. Sponsoring Harvard.org: the Project on Public Narrative at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. Middletown on the Loeb Mainstage. When Mary Swanson moves to Middletown, it seems as humdrum as a small American town can be. But as she befriends townsfolk like Librarian the librarian, Cop the cop, and the peculiar John Dodge, she begins to question if anything is truly ordinary. Hilarious yet beautiful, Middletown is a quirky and touching exploration of birth, death and everything in between. April 24 - 26 and April 30 - May 2, 8PM, Loeb Mainstage. Tickets (FREE for Harvard students on April 24 and 30) are available at the door, by phone at 617.547.8300, or online at bitly.com/middletownhrdc. Bachelorette, April 24 - May 3, Farkas Hall. Three high school friends gather in a hotel penthouse the night before their best friend’s wedding. Leslye Headland’s wicked black comedy is a vicious look at modern friendships, jealousy, and how sometimes the people whom you hate most in the world are your best friends. Tickets are $8 with a HUID and available at the door. Opening night is FREE and tickets are available now at the Harvard Box Office or online at ofa.fas.harvard.edu. A Blast from the Past: A Talk with Professor Sergio Campos, COL '00 & YLS '03, about his time at Harvard as an undergrad, his journey to Yale Law, and now as a visiting professor at HLS. Look through archives of organizations of which he was president. This is an opportunity to reflect alongside Professor Campos while receiving advice. Free, Friday, April 24, 7 - 9PM, Straus Common Room. On Saturday, May 2 at 8PM, the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, the Boston Children’s Chorus, and the Harvard Dance Project present Battle Hymns, a reflection on the American Civil War. The concert features the New England premiere of David Lang’s dynamic and immersive work, after Stephen Foster. Composer and classical guitarist Jeffrey Van will also accompany his lyrical setting of Walt Whitman poetry for chorus and guitar, A Procession Winding Around Me. Student tickets from $8 (SEF eligible) available at the Box Office or from Collegium members. Summer Storage Freshman Dean’s Office Looking for a place to store your stuff this summer? You can check with your upperclass House to see if they have a storage area in their basement. Many Houses allow students to store their belongings over the summer on a first-come, first-served basis. Morton Prince House 6 Prescott St. Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617-495-1574 Fax: 617-496-1624 E-mail: [email protected] Hours: Mon. - Fri., 9AM-5PM Submissions Please send submissions by Tuesday at 9:00AM to: [email protected] Published Fridays. Safety Notice To contact an FDO representative in the event of a serious, non-academic emergency, please call your proctor, or the Harvard University Police at (617) 495-1212, or, on campus, 5-1212. Safety and other emergency messages are displayed as soon as possible on the News and Notices section of the College home page at www.college.harvard.edu. Another option is to check out www.collegeboxes.com, the number one student storage and shipping provider in the country. Sign up online, order boxes, and select a pickup time. Enjoy free "At Your Door" pickup when you move out, secure storage space over the summer, and free "At Your Door" delivery when you move back this fall. Shipping and other moving supplies are available as well. Summer Jobs Interested in College Consulting? Apply for HSCC! Started out of the SYNERGY Social Innovation Incubator, Harvard Square College Consulting is a new social enterprise that aims to help high school seniors of all socioeconomic backgrounds successfully navigate the college application process. We are looking to hire current students as college admissions consultants. Wages start at $25/hour, and previous work or tutoring experience is preferred. Please email [email protected] for an application. Deadline to apply: 11:59 PM on Monday, April 27. Don’t have summer plans yet? No problem! The Student Employment Office is hosting a Summer & Commencement Week Job Fair on Wednesday, April 29 from 3 - 4PM in the Lyman Room of Agassiz House. We have 15 employers excited to meet you. Some will even provide summer housing. Sign up at http://seo.harvard.edu/event/summer-job-fair. Resources for Freshmen Advising Corner, 12PM - 2PM, Annenberg Dining Hall. Monday, April 27 - Electrical and Biomedical Engineering; Tuesday, April 28 - Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Sciences (Environmental Science and Engineering.) The Nuts and Bolts Research Paper Clinics: Need help finding sources? Figuring out how to start your research paper? Have a project in process already? Come for one-on-one help with Harvard Library reference staff and with Writing Center tutors. Registration required: writingprogram.fas.harvard.edu (Please enter your preferred times, and you will receive an email confirming your appointment). All research paper clinics meet in Lamont B30. Tuesday April 28, 4 - 5:30PM / Thursday, April 30, 3 - 4:30PM / Monday, May 4, 1:30 - 3PM. Need kitchen supplies? In addition to the collection offered by the Freshman Dean’s Office, Dorm Crew, located in Weld Basement, now provides a limited selection of pots, pans, silverware, and baking supplies that may be checked out for up to three days at a time. For baking needs during the week (Monday through Friday) go to the FDO; but if you need supplies on weekends (Saturday and Sunday), visit Dorm Crew. Sponsored by the Freshman Undergraduate Council representatives and the Freshman Dean’s Office. Contact [email protected] with questions or suggestions. Opportunities PBHA is kicking off Volunteer Appreciation Month with our annual BBQ! Whether you're a volunteer with PBHA or a pre-frosh, we want to celebrate your commitment and dedication to service! This will be a festive occasion filled with fun, food, and friends. All are welcome to join us for this joyous occasion. Hope to see you there! Saturday, April 25, 12 - 2PM, at PBHA. For more information about service opportunities at PBHA, visit our website at http://pbha.org. The Ecker Short Story Prize for first-year students. Deadline: Monday, May 18, by 4:00PM. Whether you have been writing fiction in a creative writing class here at Harvard or working on your own, we hope you will consider submitting a story to the Ecker Short Story Prize, which honors a short story written by a Harvard freshman. Submissions will be accepted electronically. To enter, submit an original short story (or several stories) totaling no more than 25 pages to the Harvard College Writing Program at [email protected]. The subject line of the email must be “Ecker Short Story Contest.” The winner will receive a generous award, with the possibility of online publication. Questions? Contact Karen Heath at [email protected]. Visit www.writingprogram.fas.harvard.edu/ news/ecker-short-story-prize-deadlinecoming for specific entry requirements.