Tag: Bureau of Study Counsel

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    College announces new Academic Resource Center

    Today, Harvard announced the creation of the new Academic Resource Center (ARC), which will launch in August and will provide a wide range of academic support services for students at Harvard College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

    A rendering of the new ARC space
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    Reconnecting academic support services

    After five years of gathering input from students, faculty, and staff, after lengthy planning, and after careful thinking about the best way to support undergraduates, the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) will return to Harvard College oversight starting July 1.

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    Students receive Barrett Award

    The Bureau of Study Counsel awarded Keerthi Reddy ’14 and Daniel Wilson ’14 the Joseph L. Barrett Award on May 5.

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    Students win BSC’s Barrett Award

    Ruth Goins ’13 and Kabungo “Yanick” Mulumba ’15 were presented with the Joseph L. Barrett Award at a special ceremony on Wednesday.

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    Resources in the aftermath of tragedy

    The following events are being held to help the Harvard community cope with Monday’s tragedy during the Boston Marathon.

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    BSC presents Barrett Award to students

    Miranda Morrison ’14 and Patrick Rooney ’14 were presented with the Joseph L. Barrett Award at a special ceremony on May 2.

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    Gen Ed connects the dots of life

    Harvard’s Program in General Education aims to tie what students learn at the College to the lives they will lead after graduation. A hit with both students and faculty, Gen Ed has expanded to more than 400 courses in less than three years, and now includes some of the most popular classes on campus.

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    Winter bounty

    As winter break approaches, College officials strongly encourage students to spend time away from campus and to reconnect with friends and family. But those hungry for something to do can return on Jan. 13 for Wintersession 2012, 10 days of innovative programming for students interested in exploring a creative passion, developing a new skill, or…

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    Finding meaning in loss

    Jennifer Page Hughes, a psychologist at the Bureau of Study Counsel, coped with a senseless death by helping others — from Harvard students to the families of 9/11 victims — deal with grief.

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    BSC presents Barrett Award to senior

    David Gootenberg ’11 was presented with the Joseph L. Barrett Award at a special ceremony May 2.

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    Registration for BSC summer course open

    Registration is open for the Bureau of Study Counsel’s 14-day reading course in July.

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    Senior relief

    Harvard offers a wealth of resources to help seniors manage stress and get as much from their last year of college as they have from their first three.

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    Registration open for 14-day reading course

    Registration is open for the Bureau of Study Counsel’s 14-day Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies. The fee is $150.

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    BSC offers 5-week fall course on reading

    The Bureau of Study Counsel’s Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies will open for registration on Sept. 7.

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    Reading and study strategies course open for registration

    The Bureau of Study Counsel’s 14-day reading course is now open for registration.

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    BSC set to offer course in reading, study strategies

    This fall, the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) will present the Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies. Harvard’s longest continuously running course uses readings, films, and classroom exercises to aid students in reading more purposefully and selectively, while gaining greater speed and comprehension.

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    Barrett Award presented to three

    Two Harvard seniors and a sophomore were honored as Joseph L. Barrett Award recipients at a special ceremony May 9. Administered by the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC), the award commemorates Barrett, who was killed in an auto accident in his senior year (1973). The award recognizes promising young people at Harvard College who pursue…

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    In brief

    Bok Center offering half time postdoc fellowship, HSPH symposium to tackle thorny international health issues, Grants, fellowships available to HMS members, HSPH announces new scholarship opportunity, Docent-led tour at Semitic Museum upcoming, HMS center honors trio for global environmental efforts, Center for Wellness and Health announces spring bounty

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    Painting of Kiyo Morimoto is unveiled

    The Harvard Foundation unveiled the portrait of Kiyo Morimoto, former director of the Bureau of Study Counsel in the Dunster House Dining Room last week (Feb 1). Morimoto served the bureau from 1958 to 1985 and is remembered as as a widely respected counselor by generations of students. A thoughtful listener, he offered soft-spoken, helpful…

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    In brief

    Chorus auditions this weekend ‘No End in Sight’ to screen at Kennedy School tonight ‘Stuff Sale’ for good cause to take over Science Center lawn ‘Stuff Sale’ for good cause to take over Science Center lawn Day of Service on Sept. 29 to celebrate civic engagement Visit Ancient Egypt on lunch break Reading and Study…

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    In brief

    BSC summer session upcoming The Bureau of Study Counsel will offer its summer session course in reading and study strategies from July 2 to 19. Through readings, films, and classroom exercises, students learn to read more purposively, selectively, and with greater speed and comprehension. One-hour sessions will be held Monday through Friday beginning at 4…

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    Senior, junior named Joseph L. Barrett Award recipients

    Two Harvard students were recently named Joseph L. Barrett Award recipients. Administered by the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC), the award commemorates Barrett (Class of ’73) and is given in recognition of promising young people at Harvard College who have enhanced the learning of others “with the vigor and openness so characteristic of Joe.”

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    BSC announces spring schedule

    The Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) will be offering morning and afternoon sessions of its spring-term “Reading and Study Strategy” course beginning Feb. 12.

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    In brief

    Course in reading, study strategies set to begin in mid-February; Lewis and Clark exhibit extends stay at Peabody Museum through 2006