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Tag: Freshman Dean’s Office
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Nation & World
Composting program grows in the Yard
To create a more sustainable campus, the College will implement composting in all freshman dormitories.
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Nation & World
Digging the Yard work at Harvard
For the second consecutive year, Harvard’s landscaping staff brought trees, shrubs, boxes of bulbs, and a new bench to Harvard Yard. With their help, students, proctors, and administrators transformed the space into a more inviting setting.
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Nation & World
Former College Dean Jewett dies at 75
L. Fred Jewett ’57, former dean of Harvard College and a longtime University administrator, died on Nov. 27. He was 75.
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Nation & World
Beautifying dorm grounds
More than a half-dozen freshmen joined Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds, Freshman Dean Thomas A. Dingman, and members of the College’s operations staff to create garden spaces in the areas between Greenough and Hurlbut Halls, and the dean’s office. The landscaping project was part of a new push to get students involved in the campus community.
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Nation & World
The college transition
Freshman Parents Weekend involves first-year students and family in sessions designed to smooth the transition to college.
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Nation & World
Freshman advising draws lively crowds
Students and administrators have declared Advising Fortnight a success. The two-week event organized by Harvard College marked the beginning of pre-concentration advising for the Class of 2010. First-years flocked to advising events — scores of them — held by every academic department and degree program, with attendance approaching 3,000.