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Academic Advising in the Harvard College Parents Fund Historical Tours by Crimson Key Society Ec Beyond Harvard: Career WELCOME PARENTS Freshman Year Welcome Reception 11 :00 a.m. - 12 :00 p.m. and 1 :00 p.m. - 2 :00 p.m. Arts, Athletic Discussions with Ec Alumni Parking Information 18 P John Harvard Statue, Harvard Yard 1:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Thank you for joining us for Freshman Parents Weekend. Over the next two days, as you spend time 33 32 (in front of University Hall) 40 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage for Harvard Hall 104 Harvard Faculty Club and Other Events Thompson Room, 110 Barker Center 23 on campus, you will have the opportunity to glimpse the transformative power of Harvard College that our Join the Crimson Key Society for an hour-long tour highlighting those driving to campus from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Learn about freshman academic advising, including how Join Parents Fund leaders for a festive reception to welcome Second Annual Harvard Economics Alumni Event. students experience each and every day. The opportunity to visit classes and engage in discussions with the history of Harvard, from its inception in 1636 to the Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8. Upon parents can guide students to make the most of advising you to the Harvard parent community and meet fellow Panel discussion featuring Harvard Economics faculty members will offer you a sense of where the intellectual transformation begins for our students. At the present. Please bring comfortable walking shoes. arriving at the garage, notify the Parking Services opportunities in the College. The program will be presented families of the Class of 2018. Friday, alumni working in government, business, health, same time, the many receptions and the Harvard football game will give you a chance to see how the College by the managing staff of the Advising Programs Office. Monitor at the booth you are attending the Freshmen Class of 2018 Tailgate and developing country issues. This is a unique community comes together in ways that support the social transformation of our students. And finally, we hope Reception hosted by the Division of opportunity to talk with Ec alumni and hear Parents Weekend to receive an access ticket for the Faculty Presentation – How to see 12 :00 p.m. - 2 :00 p.m. November 7 that your time on campus meeting other students and their families will open a window to the rich diversity of Arts and Humanities about a variety of job possibilities for economics- facility. The access ticket will be valid for both the World: map projection and the Gordon Indoor Track 30 experiences and perspectives that contribute to personal transformation for our students. We hope you have a 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. interested students. Reception to follow. pedestrian and vehicular entry. history of visualization Football ticket provided at check-in is required for access. Shabbat Dinner chance to take advantage of all of these opportunities and we wish you a memorable weekend. Thompson Room, 23 1:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 110 Barker Center Grab a bite to eat with freshman deans, proctors, fellow 7:00 p.m. Reception for First Generation 52 Harvard Hillel, Rosovsky Hall 34 58 42 27 39 Sackler Lecture Hall, Freshmen and parents will meet faculty and hear about parents, and students at this festive and casual BBQ tailgate Students and Families Widener, Lamont, Cabot Sackler Museum 52 Mt. Auburn Street courses they are teaching and career prospects for prior to the football game. Parents and family members are 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Please join us at a traditional Jewish Sabbath dinner for our stu- and Houghton Library Access Presented by Professor Jennifer L. Roberts, Elizabeth Cary students with degrees in the Arts and Humanities. Zachary guests of the Office of Student Life. Smith Campus Center 2nd floor, 56 Friday, Agassiz Professor of the Humanities. A lecture given as part of S. Podolsky (’04), associate in the Corporate Department in dents, their parents and families. Join us to celebrate Shabbat at entrance at 1344 Massachusetts Avenue Parents are invited to visit these libraries either Bureau of Study Counsel Open House Roberts’ popular course Frameworks: The Art of Looking on the New York legal firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Harvard Football v. Columbia our weekly crimson and white linen Sabbath dinner at Harvard accompanied by their student or as visitors. Please Hillel. Space is limited. Kindly RSVP at http:/guestli.st/294024. The First Generation Student Union welcomes 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. how visual depictions of geography help to create a world view. Katie van Schaik (’08), MD-PhD student at Harvard Medical November 7 26 1 :00 p.m. Kickoff Sabbath service information is on our website at hillel.harvard. the families of first generation college students bring your parent button. Library hours are posted at 5 Linden Street School and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will give Harvard Stadium 36 edu Questions? Please call (617) 495-4695 x240. for snacks and refreshments. Come meet and hcl.harvard.edu. Come meet the BSC staff and learn about programs and services brief presentations. Refreshments will be served. Welcome Center & Lounge Faculty Presentation – Can Free tickets for families (including freshmen) will be available connect with current first generation Harvard for students, including counseling for academic and personal 8:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. China Lead? Friday at the Welcome Center and Saturday morning at Dessert Reception students, alumni, and faculty. 28 development, peer tutoring, workshops on topics related to study Memorial Hall (Cambridge Queen’s Head) 2:10 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Memorial Hall. Accessibility Information Check in to collect the schedule, campus map, parent buttons, skills and student life, and the Harvard Course in Reading and 54 Saturday, 8:30 p.m. Harvard African Students’ Study Strategies. Sever Hall, 113 Harvard Hillel, Rosovsky Hall 34 Harvard College is committed to being accessible to all who football tickets, open class listings and other helpful resources. 52 Mt. Auburn Street Association Fall Feast Presented by Professor William C. Kirby, T.M. Chang November 8 Arnold Arboretum Tour 19 participate in our programs and attend our events. If you All Day Office of BGLTQ Student Life Open House Professor of China Studies and Spangler Family Professor of Bus departure from Gordon lot next to Harvard Stadium at Please join Professor Jay Harris, Dean of Undergraduate 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 55 Greenhouse Cafe, Science Center, need disability accommodation, please contact the Office of 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Business Administration. If the 19th century was one of 1:30 p.m., estimated arrival back to Cambridge campus at Education, Harvard College and Tutors Jon Gould & Becca Visit classes (schedule available at registration desk). 25 European dominance, and some have called the 20th century Visit the Welcome & 1 Oxford Street Student Life at (617) 495-8663 or [email protected]. Boylston Hall, G03 5:30 p.m. Landscape tours with Arboretum docents. Goldstein, for a dessert reception and conversation on Four the “American century,” what are the prospects for Chinese A buffet that features food from all over Come meet the staff and interns of the Office of BGLTQ Student Information Table years at Harvard: Making the most of the Opportunity. Peabody Museum of Archaeology global leadership in the 21st century? We will discuss a series RSVP: http://hvrd.me/DiKa3 Life and learn about their programs, events, and services. All 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. All are welcome. the African Continent. Join us and indulge and Ethnology Open House of Harvard Business School cases that examine 46 Athletic Facility Access genders and sexualities are welcome. Memorial Hall Transept in the feast for a meal you will never forget! 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. entrepreneurship, education, and politics in China today. Lecture at the Harvard Museum of Check in to collect the schedule, campus map, parent Athletics Purchase tickets: eventbrite.com/e/hasa-fall- The Malkin Athletic Center, Hemenway 11 Divinity Avenue 50 Natural History Harvard Foundation Open House buttons, football tickets, and other helpful resources. • Women’s Tennis (Harvard Invitational) at feast-tickets-13758505059. Gymnasium and Quadrangle Recreational Athletic 2:00 p.m. 24 Free admission with Harvard Parent 2018 button. See the totem 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The Liberal Arts and Academic 35 Beren Tennis Center (Time TBA) Center will be accessible to parents who wish to use 26 Oxford Street poles, Maya monuments, and the archaeology of early Harvard, Thayer Hall, Basement Room 2 17 Integrity at Harvard College Peabody Museum of Archaeology Athletics including the colonial Indian College. exercise facilities during Freshman Parents Weekend. Come meet the staff and interns of the Harvard Foundation for 2:10 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. and Ethnology Open House Lecture by Andrew Berry, Lecturer on Organismic and Performing Arts & Other • Men’s Water Polo vs. CWPA Northerns @ 25 MIT (Time TBA) Please bring your parent button. Hours are listed below: • 10:00 a.m. Curator tour of Arts of War: Artistry in Weapons Intercultural and Race Relations. Visitors can learn about its Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Evolutionary Biology at Harvard on Eight Extraordinary Years Student Groups across Cultures. Meet in the Lobby.