1) CURRENT DEADLINES AND DATES OF NOTE
November 23, Monday
• Final applications for March 2010 degree candidates due
• Last day to change concentration for March 2010 degree candidates without Administrative Board approval
• Last day upon which March 2010 degree candidates may submit a completed and signed foreign language citation study plan to the Office of the Registrar. There are no exceptions to this deadline.
• Advanced Standing-eligible students planning to graduate after six or seven terms in March 2011, or to begin a fourth year AM program in spring term 2010, must file “Advanced Standing Activation Form” by this date.
November 26, Thursday through November 29, Saturday
• Thanksgiving Recess
November 30, Monday
• Spring term inter-House transfer decisions made
December 4, Friday
• Last day ordinarily granted a leave of absence for fall term
• Students leaving by this date are charged three-quarters of tuition and the Student Service Fee. After this date, students charged the full amount of those costs.
December 4, Friday through December 11, Friday
• Reading Period
2) HOUSE EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
2.1) Thanksgiving 2009 Dining Hall Closings & Openings
• OPEN throughout break – Dunster
• Closing after dinner, Tuesday, November 24 – Currier, Quincy
• Closing after dinner, Wednesday, November 25 – Adams, Annenberg, Cabot, Pforzheimer, Mather, Eliot, Kirkland, Leverett, Lowell, Winthrop
• Opening for breakfast, Friday, November 27 – Currier, Quincy
• Opening for brunch, Sunday, November 29 – Annenberg, Leverett
• Opening for dinner, Sunday, November 29 – Adams, Pforzheimer, Mather, Eliot, Kirkland, Lowell, Winthrop
• Opening for breakfast, Monday, November 30 - Cabot
2.2) Mather Coffeehouse
Come to the Coffeehouse this Sunday Nov. 22, 8-10pm in the SCR! Everyone is invited to partake in music, poetry, tasty treats and hot beverages. The Mather Coffeehouse is an open, relaxed and intimate forum for performance of any kind - music, poetry, video etc. Email Jesse (jesse.shapiro@gmail.com) if you'd like to perform, or just come out and support your fellow Matherites!
2.3) Mather House Holiday Dinner Celebration
Come enjoy the holiday spirit by feasting with your fellow Matherites on Thursday, November 10. It will start off with a delicious assortment of finger foods from 5 -6pm at the Master’s House and proceed to the dining hall from 6 -7:30pm to enjoy dinner a fine dinner with the Masters.
3) HOUSE ACADEMICS AND ADVISING
3.1) Resident Dean's Office Hours
Students are welcome to drop in any time during these hours to meet with Laura. If you want to reserve a time slot during these open hours, contact Mindy ( mmmcdon@fas, 5-4829). If you need to meet outside of these hours, contact Laura directly (ma-abrd@fas).
Monday Nov 23: 9:30am -12:30pm
Tuesday Nov 24: by appointment only
Wednesday Nov 25: 9:30am -12:30pm
Thursday Nov 26: holiday, office closed
Friday Nov 27: holiday, office closed
3.2) Reminder: Academic Honesty
As we're approaching the deadlines for term paper submissions, please remember the College's rules about paper submission, academic honesty, the dual submission of work, and the purchase of papers from outside sources. Information about these rules can be found in the Handbook for Students at:
http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/current/chapter2/submission_written_work.html and http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/current/chapter2/academic_dishonesty.html
Please contact Laura (ma-abrd@fas) if you have any questions about these rules.
4) COLLEGE ACADEMICS AND ADVISING
4.1) Fall 2009 Final Exam Schedule
• Available on the Registrar's Office website: http://www.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/fasro/index.jsp
4.2) Harvard-Yale Shuttles
Wondering how you're going to get to Yale for the Game? Harvard Student Agencies, in conjunction with the College Events Board, presents: Harvard Yale Shuttles. At only $40 for a round trip and pick up locations on Mt. Auburn Street, at the Yale Bowl, and on Yale's campus, they are the most efficient, cheap, fun and convenient way to get to Yale this year! Buses will be running Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are available through the Harvard Box Office beginning November 3rd.
4.3) FAS Idea Bank
As part of the effort to resolve creatively Harvard's projected long-term budget deficit problems, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and Harvard College recently launched an online Idea Bank where you can submit ideas for reducing costs and generating revenues. Here's what you need to know: visit the Idea Bank at http://ideabank.unix.fas.harvard.edu/ to make budget recommendations and to understand more fully the financial situation at FAS, please review the link at the FAS planning website http://planning.fas.harvard.edu/
5) EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
5.1) Gen Ed Lecture: “Scientific Teaching: What Happens when Faculty act like Scientists?"
On behalf of the Office of Undergraduate Education and the Program in General Education, we would like to invite you to the Dudley Herschbach Teacher/Scientist Lecture featuring Jo Handelsman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Yale University. Professor Handelsman's talk is titled "Scientific Teaching: What Happens when Faculty act like Scientists?" The lecture will be held on Friday, November 20, at 2 pm in Sever Hall, Room 113.
5.2) Crimson Summer Academy Applicants
This summer, work with motivated students from Boston and Cambridge public schools! The Crimson Summer Academy is currently looking for Harvard undergrads to work as mentors for a group of talented low-income high school students called ìCrimson Scholars.î. Mentors live on campus for the summer with these dynamic students and play a major role both academically and socially in the Scholarsí experience, staying with them in the dorm, working with them in classes, and leading community activities.
Compensation includes room and board on campus, a waiver for a Harvard Summer School course, and a stipend. For further information, visit www.crimsonsummer.harvard.edu/mentor.