First-Year Experience Office Volume 2022 Issue XVIII Yard Bulletin February 1, 2019 You may view the Yard Bulletin on the FYE website (bit.ly/yardbulletin). Upcoming Events • Friday, February 1, 5:30-7:30 PM—Plaza • Wednesday, February 6, 7-8:30PM— WinterFest Opening Night Celebration. Tell Me the Truth: Exploring the Find warm and light in the winter Heart of Cross-Racial Conversations. season by joining us to celebrate the Shay Stewart-Bouley and Debbie Irving bring an intimate opening of this year's Plaza WinterFest at Harvard. Stop by conversation about race to the stage, modeling for the Science Center Plaza for free glow sticks and make- communities what authentic, cross-racial friendship, and your-own s'mores, in addition to all the games, music, and dialog look like. Guest Speakers: Shay Stewart Bouley— fun of WinterFest! (One glow stick and supplies for one Blogger, Black Girl in Maine, and Executive Director, s'more per person, please, while supplies last.) This event is Community Change, Inc; Debby Irving—Author, Waking free and open to the community. The Plaza. Up White, and racial justice educator and writer. Free tickets are at the Harvard Box Office. Memorial Chapel. • Sunday, February 3, 6PM—Super Bowl Watch Party. Come watch this west coast • Friday, February 8, 7:30-9PM—Friday Tap versus east coast Super Bowl battle as the Dance Jam. Join the Harvard Ed Portal and Los Angeles Rams and local tap company Subject:Matter for a live Patriots go head to head in Super Bowl LIII! performance and jam! Learn about the intricacies and Snack on some free game day favorites like wings and subtleties of one of America’s most storied art forms, as tap mozzarella sticks, and cheer on your team (or just watch dancers perform alongside a live jazz trio. This is a free the commercials). Vote for your team for a chance to win event. Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston. team gear door prizes! Doors open at 6PM; kickoff is at • Saturday, February 9, 6-8PM—CQH'S Black 6:30PM. Cambridge Queen’s Head. History Month Celebration. Cambridge • Tuesday, February 5, 6-7:30PM—Perspectives Queen's Head is hosting a Black History Month on Performance with Michael Portnoy. Celebration this February, and we would love Theater, Dance & Media presents spring 2019’s for you to come and celebrate with us! There will be live first Perspectives on Performance with Michael performances by talented Harvard students and free food. Portnoy, with his talk “Relational Stalinism and Other There is an all-white dress code, but if you lack white Improvements.” Michael Portnoy is a New York-based clothes, please just come in whatever you would like. visual and performing artist. Coming from a background Cambridge Queen’s Head. in writing, dance, and experimental comedy, his work • Wednesday, February 13, 6PM—Traces employs a variety of media: from participatory installations and Tracks: Journeys with the San. For nearly to theater, sculpture, video, writing, painting, and curation. three decades, photographer Paul Weinberg This event is free. For more information, visit: has traveled to Namibia, Botswana, and South tdm.fas.harvard.edu. Farkas Hall, Room 203. Africa to document the lives of hunter-gatherer • Tuesday, February 5, 8PM—2019 Women’s communities, the San (Africa’s first people), and their Hockey Semifinals: Harvard vs. struggles to hang on to their land, culture, and values as College. The Beanpot is an annual hockey they faced serious threats by outside settlers. Weinberg will tournament featuring , Boston discuss his book Traces and Tracks, the culmination of his University, Harvard, and Northeastern. Celebrating 40 thirty-year journey, featuring essays and over 100 years, this women’s tournament has been the official battle photographs that convey the modern-day San’s daily lives, ’s hockey bragging rights. Don’t miss this their relationship to nature and game parks, and their ways opportunity to see your Crimson fight for the title. Students of adjusting to a fast-changing world. This lecture and book of all participating schools receive free admission with a signing is free and open to the public. Geological Lecture valid student ID. Bright-Landry Hockey Center. Hall, 24 Oxford St. Save the Date Spring Term First-Year Faculty Dinner: Tuesday, February 26, 4:30-7:30PM, Annenberg. You are cordially invited to the spring term First-Year Faculty Dinner! Don’t miss your chance to invite a professor, TF, administrator, coach, or other guest to join Last semester first-years joined the Symphony Society for a few unforgettable nights with the Boston Symphony you for a fancy meal in Annenberg. Orchestra. Food, drinks, transportation, and world-class music at Boston's Symphony Hall were all provided free. First-Year Experience Office Resources for First-Years

Morton Prince House Bureau of Study Counsel Workshops and Discussions @ 5 Linden St.: 6 Prescott St. • Sharpening Academic Skills. Learn how to develop and sharpen academic skills, Cambridge, MA 02138 including planning and prioritizing, getting started on challenging tasks, thinking Phone: 617-495-1574 flexibly, and more. Register at: bsc.harvard.edu. Friday, February 8, 9:30-11AM. Fax: 617-496-1624 • Study Strategies for the Bilingual Mind. Explore cognitive processes of Email: [email protected] bilingualism and approaches to enhance the learning experience for Hours: Mon. - Fri., 9AM-5PM bilingual students. To register, email: [email protected]. Friday, February 8, 1-2:30PM. Submissions • Time Management. Identify your priorities, learn how to plan and manage your time Please send submissions by more effectively, and develop strategies for dealing with challenges. Register at: Tuesday at 9:00AM to: bsc.harvard.edu. Friday, February 8, 1:30-2:30PM. [email protected] Office of International Education. The Office of International Education has a Published Fridays. new home. Please visit their new location on the 3rd floor of 1414 Mass. Ave. Their new space is located above Bank of America and can be accessed via the Safety Notice elevators next to the Bank of America lobby (HUID required for entry). To contact an FYE representative in Advising Corner. It is never too early to start learning more about concentrations. Stop by the event of a serious, non-academic the table near the exit in Annenberg, 11:30-2PM, on designated days to ask questions and emergency, please call your proctor, or get advice on everything from course selection, research options, and post-college planning. the Police at (617) Visit with these concentration advisors next week: History and Literature and Medieval 495-1212. Safety and other emergency Studies—Monday, February 4. For more info on the concentrations, visit: messages are displayed on the Harvard advising.college.harvard.edu/concentrations. Emergency web page: harvard.edu/ emergency. Sign up for MessageMe to Journal Project Prompt #20: Who are some people that you would like to receive the most up-to-date emergency stay in touch with this semester? Who would you like to develop deeper information: messageme.harvard.edu. connections with? How would you go about doing that?

Opportunities for First-Years Discover What Matters Most with Reflecting on Your Life (ROYL). Join Reflecting on Your Life, a three-part discussion series on what matters to you, your peers, and our Yard community. Discussions are facilitated by professors and administrators and typically include about 12 students in each group. Beginning in February, groups will meet for three consecutive weeks over a catered dinner. Check your Class of 2022 Events List email from Tuesday, January 29, to sign-up by noon on Tuesday, February 5. Please contact Flora Tang with questions: [email protected]. Give Back as a Peer Advising Fellow! Help first-years in the Class of 2023 make the most of their start at Harvard by being a Peer Advising Fellow for 2019-20. Welcome the Class of 2023 on Move-In Day; join a community of upperclass students invested in Harvard; throw entryway study breaks and foster belonging and inclusion; help first-year students navigate the world of opportunities; and earn a stipend of $1000. For more information, including info sessions and to apply, visit: hwpi.harvard.edu/peer_advising_fellows. Questions?: [email protected]. Deadline: Wednesday, February 6, 11:59PM. Join the Queer Advisory Council (QuAC)! The QuAC strengthens and amplifies the voices of bisexual, gay, lesbian, trans, queer, and questioning students on campus. The Council advises the Office of BGLTQ Student Life on BGLTQ issues; awards grants to support the planning and implementation of BGLTQ- focused programming; and increases dialogue amongst BGLTQ students to build bridges of understanding across areas of interest. Please fill out a quick interest form (not application!) by Friday, February 8 at 9AM: bgltq.fas.harvard.edu/quac. The first QuAC meeting is Friday, February 15, 4-6PM. Apply for a BGLTQ Programming Grant. Have an idea for a BGLTQ-focused event or program? Fill out an application for a BGLTQ Student Life Programming Grant. We welcome applications from all recognized student organizations in good standing with the DSO to apply. Deadline: Friday, February 8, 9AM. To access the application and learn more, please visit: bgltq.fas.harvard.edu/grants. Become a First-Year Food Literacy Project Fellow for Spring 2019. The Food Literacy Project is HUDS’ food education initiative. With focuses on sustainability, nutrition, food preparation, and community, the FLP seeks to empower everyone to make informed food choices. Interested in educating the Harvard community about food? Send your resumé and a cover letter to [email protected]. Explain why you are interested in becoming an FLP fellow, and what you can bring to the position. All are welcome to apply. Applications are due Friday, February 8: dining.harvard.edu/food-literacy-project.