1) CURRENT DEADLINES AND DATES OF NOTE
November 11, Wednesday
• University Holiday: Veteran’s Day
November 16, Monday
• Deadline for students in the fall term to notify the College they are not returning to the College housing for the spring term.
• Deadline to submit a spring term inter-House Transfer Application
• Deadline to submit a Housing Contract Cancellation form for students who have submitted a Returning Student Housing Application for the spring term.
November 18, Wednesday
• Plans of Study are due for class of 2012
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
2) HOUSE EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
2.1) Harry Potter Museum of Science Tickets
Get your broomsticks ready- join Mather as we descend into the Chamber of Secrets at the Museum of Science to see the Harry Potter Exhibit: http://www.harrypotterexhibition.com/ on Sunday, November 15, 2:05pm (we’ll take the T over together). Tickets are limited, $20 (discounted), and available from Dara Olmsted (dara.olmsted@gmail.com)
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 9: 9:30am -12:30pm
Tuesday Nov 10: 9:30am -12:30pm
Wednesday Nov 11: by appointment only
Thursday Nov 12: 9:30am -12:00pm
Friday Nov 13: by appointment only
3.2) Sophomore Plans of Study
• For students interested in Government, please send them to our non-res tutor Graham Clure who will be able to sign plans of study for Mather students. Graham can be reached via email at gclure@gmail.com. He would also like to encourage Mather students interested in gov to attend an informational dinner on Thursday, November 12 in Leverett D-entry Dining Room from 5 -7pm.
• For students interested in Psychology, please send them to our non-res tutor Adena Schachner who will be able to sign plans of study for Mather students. Adena can be reached via email at amschach@fas.harvard.edu.
• For all other concentrations, please send your students to the actual departments where dedicated concentration advisers and/or faculty are ready and eager to meet
• Finally, plans of study are due November 18th. There are three options for turning them in: 1) submit the night before at the Plan of Study signing event in the dining hall from 9 -10:00 pm; 2) submit by 4pm on the 18th to the Resident Dean's office; 3) submit by 5pm on the 18th directly to the Registrar
3.3) 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.
3.4) Housing Contract Cancellation forms
November 16 Housing Contract Cancellation forms are due to the Office of Residential Life to cancel spring term 2010 housing. Any student canceling housing AFTER Nov. 16th will be charged a late fee. Also Interhouse Transfer Applications for spring 2010 are due to the Office of Residential Life. Forms are available on-line (ORL) or see Jackie Wheeler.
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) Writing Center Citation Drop-in Clinics
Do you have questions about when and how to integrate sources into your research paper? Do you have questions about when and how to cite your sources? Come to the Writing Center's drop-in clinics and get advice from Writing Center tutors about using and citing sources. Come at any stage of your writing process for advice and feedback--we're happy to help! On Sunday, November 8 from 4-6pm and Sunday, December 6 from 4-6pm in the Lamont Forum Room.
4.4) As Time Goes On: A Workshop for Students Affected by Death and Loss
Someone once said after the loss of someone close, "First there's the death; then there's the loss." Grieving takes time, and it can take many forms. Even the death of someone we didn't know, or know well, can leave us with thoughts, feelings, and perspectives about other losses we've experienced and about how we live our own lives. Topics we'll consider include dealing with our emotions; expectations for the grieving process (including delayed grief reactions); registering the reality of the loss and all that goes with that; methods of coping; communication with others who might be in a different place from us; and rethinking our priorities and sense of purpose or meaning. Wednesday, November 18, 3 -4:30 pm at the Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden St. To register for this workshop, please email Sheila Reindl at sreindl@bsc.harvard.edu or SungLim Shin at slshin@bsc.harvard.edu.
4.5) 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) USMC Officer Candidate School Harvard Leadership Event
On November 10, Captain Burke of The United States Marine Corps District, will be hosting The Harvard Leadership Series event on Tuesday, November 10, in the Career Center Conference Room from 4 -5:30 pm. Featuring addresses from current and former Marine Corps Officers, a screening of the latest Officer Candidate School (OCS) video, an open question and answer forum and a networking session, the Leadership Series acts to educate and inspire the next generation of Marine Corps Officers.