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Harvard Affiliates Discuss Integration of Service, Courses
Public service ought to be further integrated into the academic offerings at Harvard, Harvard affiliates said Friday at a symposium hosted by the FAS Standing Committee on Public Service.
Presentation
The Honorable Shaun Donovan, United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is presented the 7th Annual Robert Coles "Call of Service" award by President Drew G. Faust. The lecture and presentation took place in Memorial Church Friday.
U.S. Secretary of Housing Speaks at PBHA Coles Lecture
United States Secretary for Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan ’87 spoke about the impact that his volunteer experience at Harvard had on his career path in a speech in Memorial Church on Friday evening.
Activities Fair
Students talk to representatives and sign up for various clubs on campus on display at the Activities Fair. It was held at the Student Organization Center at Hilles last Friday afternoon.
Activities Fair
Students talk to representatives from various clubs on campus on display at the Activities Fair. It was held at the Student Organization Center at Hilles last Friday afternoon.
Chickwich
Institute of Politics Director Trey Grayson '94 takes a brief pause from his sixth "chickwich" of the day as part of the "chickwich challenge" put on by he and William H. Marks '13 to raise money for the Phillip Brooks House Association. The duo were sponsored by Harvard affiliates in their attempts to eat 13 chicken patties in all 13 dining halls during a single lunch period.
Chickwiches for a Cause
This Wednesday, two men partook in a true test of heart and stomach when they set out to consume thirteen Chickwiches in all thirteen dining halls over the course of one lunch period. William H. Marks '12-'13, an inactive Crimson business editor, and C. M. Trey Grayson '94, director of the Institute of Politics, attempted what has been deemed the "Chickwich Challenge" to raise money for the Phillip Brooks House Association.
Ben & Jerry's Teams Up With PBHA
Today may have been free cone day, but the more-than-usual goodness is lasting all month at our local Ben & Jerry's. People in Harvard Square now have a new option for delicious food that will satisfy both their physical hunger and their desire to do good. PBHA has teamed up with Ben & Jerry's to offer a new flavor of ice cream called "What-SUP."
PBHA Honors Cortes for Service
The Philip Brooks House Association honored Co-Director of Industrial Areas Foundation Ernesto Cortes, Jr., on Friday for his work as a community organizer through IAF, which provides leadership development for the politically disenfranchised.
Call of Service
Ernesto Cortés, Jr is the worthy recipient of the 2012 PBHA's Robert Coles "Call of Service" Award. He speaks about his 24 community-based organizations and San Antonio's role in his indentity
PBHA Programs Awarded Grants From Public Service Fund
Forty-six public service programs received a total of over $150,000 from the College-run President’s Public Service Fund on Tuesday.
Celebrating Harvard's 300th Birthday
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Giving Out Free Money Is a Crime?
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past. May 29, 1936: News from the Houses On Monday Phillips Brooks House will start its annual spring textbook and clothing drive, to be carried on in both the Houses and the Yard.
Free Cone Day
Visitors line up at Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream in the Garage to celebrate National Free Cone Day. Customers also had the opportunity to donate money to Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment Summer, one of ten Summer Urban Programs run by the Phillips Brooks House Association.
First Woman Tapped To Head PBHA
Maria J. Dominguez Gray will serve as the first female executive director of the Phillips Brooks House Association, PBHA leaders announced on Wednesday.
Boston Universities Team Up To Help Kids Through Cradles for Crayons
Students, faculty, and staff from Harvard, Boston College, Boston University, MIT, Northeastern, and Wellesley gathered together to volunteer for Cradles ...
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PBHA Conference Empowers Women
On a poster taped to the window of the penthouse in the Student Organization Center at Hilles, one girl had written the phrase, “Not conforming,” next to which she had drawn a heart in pink marker.
PBHA Hosts Wine and Cheese Fundraiser for Summer Urban Program
Guests mingled over wine and cheese while bidding for the items up for auction at a Phillips Brooks House Association fundraiser held in the Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub last night.