Advising
Marketing The Humanities
Members of a Harvard College alumni panel gather with freshmen in the Barker Center to discuss financial opportunity for those choosing to pursue a degree in the humanities. During Harvard’s Advising Fortnight, departments across the college host numerous events to attract potential concentrators.
Marketing the Humanities
A number of events over Advising Fortnight fit into the larger trend of job-oriented marketing within the Arts and Humanities as many concentrations seek to attract more students and address their career concerns through an increase in job-focused advising events, alumni interactions, and published materials.
Good Degree, Better Food: Best Harvard Concentrations
As Advising Fortnight draws to a close, students and faculty alike vie for the attention of freshmen at various concentration events. Of course, the best way to to get college students to like you or to sign up for your stuff is to shower them with free things. So, for the overwhelmed freshmen trying to choose a concentration, Flyby has a foolproof way to narrow down your choices: It all comes down to food.
Full-Time Advisers Make Economics Department More Intimate
As freshmen interested in Economics flood the department's Advising Fortnight events, they will interact with an advising structure that looks very different from five years ago.
Advising Fortnight
Kate Brady ’19 makes conversation with a Social Studies concentration adviser at the Social Studies Ice Cream Social Tuesday afternoon. The event was one of the many events being hosted by all 49 concentrations as part of Advising Fortnight, a two-week period of events, panels, and office hours intended to help freshmen discover more about their possible future concentrations.
Superhero Capes and Conversation Launch Advising Fortnight
Members of the Advising Programs Office donned bright-red capes at the packed kickoff for the Advising Fortnight in Annenberg Hall on Monday, allowing freshmen to learn about the College's 49 concentrations.
Consulting Harvard
Tiger Club Tutoring is just one of many student-run college admissions consulting businesses springing up across the nation; it’s also just one of many student-run college admissions consulting businesses at Harvard.
Advising Award Ceremonies Combined This Year
The Undergraduate Council and the Advising Programs Office will present their respective advising awards in a single ceremony for the first time this spring.
An Evening Chat
Aisha Bhoori '18, an active Crimson executive, William C. Sack '17, Resident Tutor Omobolaji O. Ogunsola, and Master's Aide James S. Ramsey chat about classes in the dining hall of Pforzheimer House.
House Life Survey Part II: Advising and Facilities
Results of a recent Crimson survey indicate that most students are generally satisfied with House resources, although they may not be involved with their residences day-to-day.
College Makes Two Offices Title IX Confidential Resources
Counselors at the Bureau of Study Counsel, the College’s Office of BGLTQ Student Life, and College peer counseling groups—unless legally compelled—will not disclose undergraduate reports of sexual harassment to a University Title IX coordinator or third party without the student’s permission.
UC Sets Presidential Election Timeline
The winning ticket in the Undergraduate Council's top race will be announced November 19.
History Professors Showcase Research at Department Panel
Professors discuss the relevance and application of their research projects at a panel called "History is Everything / Everything is History."
Quincy House Sophomore Dinner
“Your house will be your family,” said Quincy House Master Deborah J. Gehrke at the Harry Potter-themed sophomore dinner Wednesday. She said the event served to introduce sophomores to the resources offered through the house and to strengthen house community.
Academic Advisers Adjust to New Electronic Study Cards
Prior to this summer's redesign of my.harvard, students had to solicit signatures for all from their academic advisers in person.
Mather Pilots Sophomore Orientation Program
Mather House sophomores were placed into small groups meant to connect them with peers outside their blocking and existing friend groups.
Avik Chatterjee
Avik Chatterjee, a BGLTS, race relations, and pre-med tutor in Dunster House, poses before attending the Dunster Senior Dinner on Thursday.
In Dunster, a Search for BGLTQ Support
As students raise concerns about advising resources in one of Harvard’s upperclassman Houses, administrators respond.
Despite Student Concerns, College Says BSC Move Will Not Affect Privacy
Administrators say they will not use information gathered from students’ meetings with Bureau of Study Counsel counselors for disciplinary purposes.
FM Imagines: Food Fight Fortnight
FM suggests that the FDO try hosting Food Fight Fortnight, an opportunity for students to get real hands-on experience in their concentrations with like-minded freshmen. We imagine it would play out something like this...
Advising Fortnight - Classics
Freshmen students talk to faculty and current Classics concentrators about the department. The advising session was part of Harvard’s Advising Fortnight, a series of advising events aiming to inform freshmen about potential concentrations.
Freshman Advising Fortnight Garners Mixed Response
While some freshmen say that Advising Fortnight is useful for exploring diverse concentration options, others say events are impersonal and inconveniently scheduled.
Bureau of Study Counsel To Move Under College's Purview
Under the umbrella of Harvard University Health Services for the past 11 years, the Bureau of Study Counsel has created organizational difficulties for College administrators.