Freshman Dean’s Office
Yard Bulletin
Volume 2018
Issue XXVIII
April 17, 2015
You may view the Yard Bulletin on the FDO Website (fdo.fas.harvard.edu)
Upcoming Events
ARTS FIRST
FESTIVAL
April 30 May 3. Save the
dates for the
annual campus
-wide celebration of music, dance, theater, film, visual
arts, and more. Dancer and arts leader Damian Woetzel
MPA ‘07 will receive the Harvard Arts Medal. Campus
venues and the Plaza will host 100+ free events for the
community. Bring your parents, siblings, and friends!
For more information: ofa.fas.harvard.edu/arts
Emerging Choreographers Residency,
April 23 - 25 at 7:00pm, Harvard
Dance Center Studio 1. Come see the
spring 2015 Emerging Choreographers
Residency, featuring the original dance
works The Waning Heart by Ben Grimm
'18, and "I also like to make things
complicated" by Raeann Vuona GSE.
FREE; reserve tickets at: http://tinyurl.com/Echoreo
Jake's Women in the Agassiz
Theatre, April 23 - May 3. Jake, a
novelist who is more successful
with fiction than with life, faces a
marital crisis by daydreaming
about the women in his life. The
wildly comic and sometimes moving
flashbacks played in his mind are
interrupted by visitations from actual females. For showtimes and
tickets, visit bit.ly/1AV2K1k or our
Facebook event at
bit.ly/JakesintheAg
Cheer on Harvard vs. Yale! April 18.
Baseball @ O’Donnell Field, Softball @ Soldiers Field.
HUPD and Securitas Appreciation Day: April 20.
Students are encouraged to share their gratitude with
HUPD and Securitas employees throughout the Yard.
Stop by Ticknor Lounge (Boylston Hall) between
2:00pm - 4:00pm to write out a thank you note and
enjoy some treats. Sponsored by the UC.
Wastelanders: The First-Year
Musical is a hysterical show
about the unlikely survivors of a
zombie apocalypse. This original
musical has been put together
entirely by members of the Class
of 2018! Don’t miss out on one
of your six chances to see the
show in the Adams Pool Theater: April 23 at 7:30pm, April
24 at 9:00pm, April 25 at
2:00pm and 7:30pm, and April
26 at 1:00pm and 6:00pm.
Email [email protected]
to reserve your FREE tickets.
Improvitas, April 18, 11:00am - 4:00pm. During this
life-hack-athon, you'll learn how to better manage time,
eliminate social media as a time waster, and make relationships more meaningful. To purchase (SEF eligable)
tickets go to harvardlifehack.com/improvitas.
“THUDreams” Concert in Lowell Lecture Hall, April
25 at 8pm. You are getting sleepy… very sleepy…
when we snap our fingers (or pound our buckets or slap
our cups) you will come see the Harvard Undergraduate
Drummers (THUD), Harvard’s “Stomp”-inspired percussion ensemble, present their dream themed spring concert. Tickets $5 in advance from the Harvard Box Office,
any THUD member, or Facebook. $7 at
the door. FREE for pre-frosh! For more
info, visit https://www.facebook.com/
HarvardTHUD
Faculty Interaction
First-Year Faculty Dinner, April 21. Invite a faculty member,
teaching fellow, preceptor, administrator, or proctor to the
spring first-year faculty dinner in Annenberg. Reception in
the Cambridge Queen's Head Pub 5:00pm - 6:00pm.
Dinner in Annenberg 5:00pm - 7:00pm.
Professors and Pastries: April 24 3:30pm - 5:00pm, Straus
Common Room. “Of Languages, Literatures, and Ancient
Tombs: Explorations in the Arts & Humanities” with Dorris
Sommer (Romance Languages and Literatures+AAAS), Sandra
Nadaff (Comparative Literature), and Peter Manuelian (Near
Eastern Languages and Civilizations). Seats are available on a
first-come, first-served basis.
Luncheon and Discussion with Professor
Charles Davis. Join Professor Davis on April 22,
12:00pm - 1:30pm at the Harvard Herbarium
(22 Divinity Avenue) for lunch and conversation on the topic of “Should we allow some species to go extinct?” Signup is required at
fdo.fas.harvard.edu
Academic Events
Freshman Dean’s Office
Morton Prince House
6 Prescott St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-1574
Fax: 617-496-1624
E-mail: [email protected]
Submissions
Study @ 5 Linden
The second-floor seminar room at the
BSC (5 Linden St) is available for students
who are looking for a pleasant, distraction-free space to study or write. During the term: Tuesdays & Thursdays
11:00am - 5:00pm. Beginning April 30 through Reading and
Exam Period: Monday through Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Advising Corner, April 20, 12pm - 2pm, Annenberg Dining
Hall. History with Shaun Nichols and Marco Basile.
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
Wigglesworth defeated Weld in the 2015
IM Basketball championship game.
Resources & Opportunities for Freshmen
The Clothesline Project: April 1-30. Part of
the OSAPR’s Sexual Assault Awareness
Month (SAAM), this collection of experiences
through the eyes of survivors, their loved
ones, and allies is displayed across campus
as a physical reminder of voices often silenced. Stop by OSAPR or the Women’s Center to create your own. Stay upto-date with other SAAM events via the OSAPR website:
osapr.harvard.edu/pages/calendar; or facebook.com/harvardosapr. If you
have any questions, email: [email protected].
Give Life. Please come donate blood or volunteer at one of Harvard's upcoming blood drives. Visit hcs.harvard.edu/redcross to sign up. Together,
we can save a life! Red Cross blood drives: April 28 & 29, 1:00pm 6:00pm, Northwest Labs, 52 Oxford St.
BGLTQ Meet and Greet, April 25, 4:30pm 5:30pm, Office of BGLTQ Life, Boylston Basement.
VISITAS 2015. Don’t forget! The VISITAS Program to welcome the Class of
2019 is just around the corner! More than 1,000 newly-admitted members
of next year’s freshman class will be on campus from April 25 - April 27.
Harvard Sustainability Fair, April 22, 11:30am - 5:00pm.
The Plaza@ The Science Center, Shine Only, No Rain Date
Mindfulness
April 19 & 26, 4:00pm, Buttrick
Room, Memorial Church
Leading Lives of Joy and Purpose
is a new weekly Sunday afternoon discussion series for Harvard College students. Students
will explore how to lead lives infused with meaning and purpose.
Inspired by a corollary to the
Golden rule: Do unto others the
good that others have done unto
you, discussions will focus on
discovering and developing our
individual gifts and talents so
that we will ultimately emerge
from our college experience prepared to use our gifts in service.
For more information, contact
Karen-Alexandra Nogues ’18,
[email protected].