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4 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 5 Welcome to Johns Hopkins!

Please use the resources here to enrich your experience and expand your knowledge of Johns Hopkins:

• Visit www.jhu.edu. Dear Hopkins Parent, selective class in Hopkins history. Your The Parents Programs office serves • Visit parents.jhu.edu for parent- student worked very hard to be part of as your important and helpful link to specific information (don’t Hello from the Parents Programs, and the Class of 2019, and we send our best the Johns Hopkins University. We look forget to fill in your Family welcome to the 2015–2016 academic wishes for his or her success. forward to meeting you on the Homewood Information Form!). year! If you are a new parent, we are campus or in your home community. • Join our parent Facebook delighted to have you join the growing We encourage all Hopkins parents to be group at www.facebook.com/ Hopkins family of alumni, students, “ambassadors” and share proudly the Regards, groups/JHUParents. parents, and friends who span the many accomplishments of the University Carol M. Lorton globe. Congratulations on your child’s and its students within their homes and • Reach us at [email protected] or Director, Parents Programs achievement as a member of the most communities. by phone at (410) 516-3413.

6 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 7 Become a Hopkins Parent Ambassador

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8 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 9 Rising to the Challenge: The Campaign for Johns Hopkins

Raising unprecedented levels of Checks can be sent to: support to attract, sustain, and further Hopkins Parents Fund empower the people of Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins University — our students, faculty, researchers and 3400 N. Charles Street clinicians — one of the campaign’s three Wyman, 700N major thrusts is Enriching the Student Baltimore, MD 21218 Experience. Through donor gifts, the campaign will invest in scholarships and Online giving is available at: fellowships, inspirational learning spaces parents.jhu.edu/parents-fund for collaborative learning and social For gifts of securities, bonds and property, opportunities, and new student programs. contact Gift Planning at (800) 548-1268. These programs will enhance student- Donors of leadership gifts to Parents Fund faculty interaction, ensure diversity on ($5,000 and above) become members of campus, link learning in the classroom the Leadership Giving Circle. to life after graduation, and strengthen Parents Programs Contact Information: connections between students and our Carol M. Lorton surrounding communities. Director, Parents Programs [email protected] Johns Hopkins Parents Fund shares the campaign’s goals. When you support the Margie Carney Enriching the Undergraduate Student Experience Hopkins Parents Fund, you are furthering Associate Director, Parents Programs the cause of the Rising to the Challenge [email protected] Hopkins Parents Fund campaign. Kristina Snyder The Hopkins Parents Fund is vital to have added more opportunities How to Give Coordinator, Parents Programs enhancing student life and providing for building Homewood student [email protected] an important balance to the rigors of community. All parents and grandparents are a Johns Hopkins education. Hopkins encouraged to participate, and help Johns Hopkins University • Academic Initiatives: Opportunities does not charge additional student fees; support the creative initiatives that enliven Wyman 700N/3400 N. Charles Street for student-faculty interaction therefore, it is the gifts from parents and the campus and provide all students Baltimore, MD 21218-2696 outside the classroom include the grandparents that make an immediate and with a comfortable and secure learning (410) 516-3413 popular Dinners with the Deans and important impact toward supporting the environment. (410) 516-8787 Fax activities supported through Faculty student life experience on the Homewood Student Interaction Grants. Students campus. The Parents Fund supports enjoy lectures presented by national myriad student activities and allows for the and global leaders through the creation of new and interesting student MSE Symposium, Conversations in programs that positively impact the quality Medicine and the Foreign Affairs of student life. These initiatives throughout Symposium throughout the year. the year would not otherwise be funded. The Freshman Book Read provides • Student Life: Popular traditions a bonding theme throughout the such as Lighting of the Quads, fall semester. Spring Fair, Signature Class events • Special Projects: Campus artwork, and musical concerts headlining student amenities in Charles national bands all provide social Commons, the renovation of student opportunities throughout the common space such as Wolman year. Most recently, the Blue Jay Hall, and technology enhancements Beach Bash on the first night of in campus communications. classes and the fall HOPtoberFest

10 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 11 In addition to the Krieger School of Arts All About and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering, the University has seven other academic divisions and campuses Johns Hopkins in the Baltimore-Washington area: the , a leading music conservatory; the School of Education; the ; the Bloomberg School of Public Health; the School of Medicine; the School of Nursing; the research-based Applied Physics Laboratory; and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

Our goal is to create new knowledge and innovation that makes an impact on the world.

Exploration and discovery have Johns Hopkins is a world leader in always been at the heart of teaching and research, renowned for its commitment to excellence and the undergraduate experience independent inquiry. Our goal is to create at Johns Hopkins. With the new knowledge and innovation that makes guidance of world-renowned an impact on the world, and our students embrace that goal with passion, curiosity, professors and scientists, our and dedication. students challenge the frontiers of every subject imaginable. From the classroom to the art studio to the Once they arrive on campus, lacrosse field, our priority is to educate the whole person, to support each student’s our undergraduates become intellectual passion, to get to know their part of an engaged and own personal interests and discover how supportive community in which to help them succeed. they can learn and thrive.

12 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 13 The University is named for its benefactor, a 12-member board of trustees for each. an important investor in the nation’s He died on Christmas Eve 1873, leaving History & Mission first major railroad, the Baltimore and $7 million to be divided equally between Ohio. Johns Hopkins was born in 1795 the two institutions. It was, at the time, on his family’s tobacco plantation in the largest philanthropic bequest in southern . His formal education U.S. history. ended in 1807, when his parents, devout Quakers, decided on the basis of religious conviction, to free their slaves and put The mission of The Johns Johns and his brother to work in the fields. He left home at 17 for Baltimore and a job Hopkins University is to in business with an uncle, and by the age of 24 had established his own educate its students and mercantile house. cultivate their capacity for Why the extra “s” in Johns? Because it was originally a last name: Johns Hopkins’ life-long learning, to foster great-grandmother was Margaret Johns, the daughter of Richard Johns, owner of a independent and original 4,000-acre estate in Calvert County, Md. research, and to bring the In 1867, Hopkins arranged for the benefits of discovery to incorporation of The Johns Hopkins University and The Johns Hopkins the world. Hospital, and for the appointment of

The Johns Hopkins What Gilman created was a research University opened in 1876, University, dedicated to advancing both students’ knowledge and the state of with the inauguration of its human knowledge through research and first president, Daniel Coit scholarship. Gilman believed that teaching Gilman. “What are we and research are interdependent, that success in one depends on success in the aiming at?” Gilman asked other. A modern university, he believed, in his installation address. must do both well. The realization of “The encouragement Gilman’s philosophy at Johns Hopkins, of research ... and the and at other institutions that later attracted Johns Hopkins-trained scholars, advancement of individual revolutionized higher education in scholars, who by their America, leading to the research university excellence will advance the system as it exists today.

sciences they pursue and the The mission of The Johns Hopkins society where they dwell.” University is to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for life-long The goals laid out by Gilman remain the learning, to foster independent and University’s guiding principles, summed original research, and to bring the benefits up in a simple but powerful restatement of discovery to the world. of Gilman’s own words: “Knowledge for the world.”

14 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 15 Zanvyl Krieger Recent Achievements • Undergraduates at Johns Hopkins have myriad opportunities to conduct School of Arts & Sciences scholarly research, including the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Awards. The program provides select undergraduates (guided by faculty mentors) Beverly Wendland, James B. Knapp Dean, krieger.jhu.edu $500 to $3,000 grants for research in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Research topics have ranged from Baltimore’s street art culture to the evolution of medical waste disposal technology. • Last year marked the premiere of Particle Fever, an award-winning documentary directed by Krieger School Professor David Kaplan. The film tracks the extraordinary physics taking place at the Large Hadron Collider, which recently led to the discovery of the Higgs boson. Hopkins faculty and students played critical roles in the LHC discovery. • The Krieger School has joined with Johns Hopkins’ School of Education to create a scholarship program to support recent Arts & Sciences graduates who want to make a difference in urban schools. Each year, five full-tuition Baltimore Education Fellows Scholarships will be awarded to support students in the full-time Master of Arts in Teaching program, while also getting hands-on experience teaching in Baltimore schools. • The Krieger School has embarked on a unique partnership with the Peabody Institute, the Maryland College of Art, and the to transform part of Baltimore’s Station North Arts District into a vibrant headquarters for advanced film studies, filmmaking, film screening, and creative entrepreneurship. • Two Krieger School professors — Niloofar Haeri from the Department of Anthropology and Lawrence Principe from the Department of the History of Science and Technology — were among 170 prominent scholars to win 2015 fellowships from The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. • This year marked the first Undergraduate Research Day, where more than 150 students from all disciplines — engineering, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences — showcased their innovative research. It will continue to be held annually.

With an incredible array of learn from and collaborate with the academic opportunities and a school’s stellar faculty — some of the most accomplished scholars and scientists. bustling campus community, this is an ideal time to be The School of Arts and Sciences a student in the School comprises 22 academic departments and more than 30 centers and programs, of Arts and Sciences. offering 38 undergraduate majors and 33 minors. Learning in the liberal arts is In Arts and Sciences, students explore characterized by excellence and variety new and expanded programs in here; Hopkins students go beyond the archaeology, East Asian studies, global classroom to explore their worlds in bold environmental change and sustainability, new ways. physics and astronomy, museums and society, and more, and in doing so, they

16 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 17 Whiting Recent Achievements • In 2014, the Whiting School of Engineering and the Johns Hopkins Applied School of Engineering Physics Laboratory (APL) launched SPUR, the APL/WSE-Summer Program in Undergraduate Research. This prestigious and competitive summer T.E. “Ed” Schlesinger, Benjamin T. Rome Dean, engineering.jhu.edu internship program provides paid internships to a select group of WSE undergraduates to conduct research at the Applied Physics Laboratory on APL-sponsored projects in areas including cyber operations, air and missile defense and space exploration. • In the fall of 2014, the Whiting School of Engineering’s newest facility, Malone Hall, opened. This 56,000 square-foot research building houses the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute, the Systems Institute, and the Department of Computer Science. The building was funded through a $30 million gift from Hopkins Engineering alumnus John C. Malone, PhD ’67. • Every summer, the Whiting School’s Vredenburg Scholarship program enables outstanding engineering students to apply their engineering, technology, and applied science skills and training in an international setting. The scholarship encourages students to broaden their engineering experience by giving them the chance to participate in international experiential activities through collaboration, investigation, and application. Last summer, 15 engineering undergraduates received funding through the Vredenburg program to study and conduct research in locations ranging from Switzerland and Ireland to Rwanda and New Zealand. • Aezon Health, a team of 15 Hopkins undergraduates, is trying to make science fiction a reality as one of 30 teams around the world — and the only team made up of undergraduates — who are finalists for the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE. The three-and-a-half-year international competition, which began in summer 2013, challenges teams The Whiting School offers 14 It’s an exciting time to be an to develop consumer-friendly “tricorders” capable of diagnosing a set of 15 degree programs in nine academic conditions and capturing key health metrics. engineer — especially at Johns departments, as well as popular minors Hopkins, where engineering in fields including entrepreneurship and encompasses everything management (through the school’s Center from robotics, cryptology, for Leadership Education), robotics and engineering for sustainable development. tissue engineering, and nanotechnology to wind energy Outside the classroom, students have and medical device design. opportunities to conduct research, take part in internships and participate in Undergraduates at the Whiting School a wide variety of engineering student of Engineering are immersed in a groups, including the very active Hopkins remarkable, collaborative environment chapters of Engineers Without Borders, and are guided by teachers who are the Society of Women Engineers, and the leaders in their fields. Engineering Robotics Club. students learn to think creatively while drawing upon mathematical and scientific principles as they tackle real-world problems.

18 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 19 The Sheridan Libraries Sheridan Libraries Fast Facts Winston Tabb, Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums, library.jhu.edu Libraries Website and Catalog • Brody Learning Commons • www.library.jhu.edu • Milton S. Eisenhower Library Want to Know More? academic programs, the librarians are • John Work Garrett Library The Sheridan Libraries are • Twitter (@mselibrary) true partners for faculty and an invaluable the intellectual, cultural, • Albert D. Hutzler Reading Room resource for students. • Library blog (blogs.library.jhu. and social heart of Johns • Library edu/wordpress) In 2014, the university libraries joined Hopkins University. • Facebook (www.facebook. BorrowDirect, a consortium that includes By the Numbers com/#!/mselibrary?ref=ts) And while “the library” for undergraduates all the Ivy League universities as well as • Total volumes held: 3.8 million+ is often shorthand for the Eisenhower University of , Duke, and MIT. • Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/ Library and Brody Learning Commons Hopkins students now have access to • Print and e journal hopkinsarchives) on Homewood campus, the Sheridan physical items from all of the libraries in subscriptions: 121,000+ the BorrowDirect consortium — more Libraries include the John Work Garrett • Full text electronic books: than 60 million items in all — as well as Library at Evergreen, the Albert D. Hutzler 985,000+ Reading Room in Gilman Hall, the George on-site borrowing privileges at the Peabody Library in Mount Vernon, and the member libraries. DC Regional Library Centers.

The Brody Learning Commons is a four- story hub for collaborative learning that connects to the Eisenhower Library on all levels. Featuring a robust technology infrastructure, 16 group study rooms, a 100-seat quiet reading room, and a cafe, the Commons, is designed for the ways in which 21st century library users research, study, and socialize.

From rare books and manuscripts, including some of the earliest maps of the Americas and a first folio edition of Shakespeare’s plays, to essential databases like PubMed and Web of Science, Johns Hopkins students truly have the world at their fingertips. More importantly, students have access to the world’s finest search engines: Hopkins librarians.

Academic liaison librarians are subject specialists, responsible for building strong, client-centered relationships with the faculty and students in the disciplines they serve. By integrating reference, instruction, and collection development activities and aligning them closely with

20 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 21 including painting pumpkins and competing in a pie-eating contest. • Family Weekend - An annual tradition reuniting many Blue Jay families for informational programs, festive student group performances, Homewood tours and exploring Baltimore.

December:

• Lighting of the Quads – This winter tradition gathers students, faculty and staff to celebrate the illumination of the campus and sentiments of the season.

January:

• B’More, A Baltimore Adventure – A great intersession option for Hopkins students. The B’More program offers freshmen a unique study of the place they now call home and provides a foundation for their Baltimore exploration and adventure during the next four years.

February: September: The Johns Hopkins • Commemoration Day – The • The Hopkins Seal – Don’t step on Hopkins community marks the the Johns Hopkins seal on the floor inauguration of Community of Gilman Hall! Legend has it that as first president of Johns Hopkins undergraduates will not graduate, each year on February 22 hosting professors won’t receive tenure, the Commemoration Day Ball and When Johns Hopkins students August: and prospective students will not be festivities throughout the day. arrive on campus, they soon admitted if they do. Test the legend at your own risk! learn they are part of a vibrant • Orientation and Move-In – March: Welcome to the Hopkins family! • The Annual Engineering School community — the Hopkins • High Table – The freshman class • Blue Jay Beach Bash – Fall Picnic – Students, faculty and family. And that family has joins faculty, deans and senior Upperclassmen and freshmen come staff gather for an afternoon of food, leaders to dine with pomp and many storied customs and together during this festive campus music, and fun on the quad. circumstance that rivals Hogwarts! fun activities in which to event to celebrate the first day of engage. Here are a few: classes. October: • Lacrosse Home Opener – Men’s lacrosse, a Hopkins tradition • Convocation – The annual • HOPtoberfest – Celebrating the since 1883, remains integral presentation of class banners Homewood campus community, to the Hopkins community. and formal welcome to the students, faculty, and staff gather Students, alumni and faculty fill the freshman class. throughout an autumn week to Homewood Stadium with hoopla enjoy traditional fall activities and school spirit.

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April: Throughout the year:

• Spring Fair – One of the largest • Dinners with the Deans – An university festivals in the nation, opportunity for Homewood and a Hopkins tradition since undergraduates to enhance the The Homewood campus, shuttle and head downtown. Located just 1971, features musical groups, learning experience outside the located in the northern minutes from campus are the , amusement rides, crafts, and an classroom interacting personally at Camden Yards, the National abundance of ethnic food and with administrators and faculty. Baltimore neighborhood of Aquarium, and quaint neighborhoods such drinks for the Hopkins community • Milton Eisenhower Symposium Charles Village, is 140 acres as Fells Point, home to acclaimed seafood and surrounding neighborhoods. (MSE) – Established in 1967, this of green, inviting space. restaurants and lovely waterfront views. • Homecoming/Alumni Weekend – widely acclaimed student-organized With tree-lined walkways Undergraduates kick off the lecture series brings influential The shuttle also stops at the Peabody weekend with a Rally BBQ, then speakers to campus every fall and lots of places to sit and Institute in Baltimore’s historic Mount meet and mingle with alumni for semester to address issues of chat, the campus is a hub Vernon neighborhood and at Johns a weekend celebration on the national importance. for students to meet and Hopkins East Baltimore campus, home to Homewood campus. the schools of Medicine, Public Health, • Foreign Affairs Symposium – share ideas. It’s a diverse and Nursing. During spring, this student and inclusive environment, May: coordinated lecture series where there’s always an Johns Hopkins students are also part highlights global issues. of a larger college community as there • MSEeya! – Graduating seniors intellectual spark in the air. • Conversations in Medicine – are more than 120,000 college students gather to say goodbye and Throughout the year CIM invites in the Baltimore metropolitan area. celebrate their Hopkins experience Activities on campus range from world-renowned and local health The Baltimore Collegetown Network in the place where they spent screenings of the latest movies to art care professionals to participate in a comprises 14 institutions — including countless hours, the Milton S. exhibitions to lectures to concerts. If medically focused lecture series on Johns Hopkins — and provides a link Eisenhower Library, and enjoy live students want to step off campus, the the Homewood campus. between area campuses and gives music and cocktails in a formal neighborhood is home to bookstores, students the opportunity to take setting. restaurants, the Baltimore Museum of advantage of courses and events at other Art, a farmer’s market — all within walking • Commencement – The day every colleges — and a shuttle bus to take them distance. And for those who want to Hopkins student anticipates! there and back. For more information, visit explore Baltimore, you can hop on a www.BaltimoreCollegetown.org.

24 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 25 Wolman Hall (3339 N. Charles St.), offers Any issue related to housing can be suites of singles and doubles, and every directed to the Housing Office in your Housing & Dining suite is equipped with a kitchenette. student’s residential location: Wolman houses the Charles Street Market Services and Stone Mill Bakery. For students living in AMR I, AMRII, AMR III, or Buildings A&B Hopkins Inn (3404 St. Paul St.), is a bed AMR II Housing Office and breakfast situated next door to McCoy 3510 N. Charles Street Hall that the University has leased and Baltimore, MD 21218 turned into a small residence hall for 61 (410) 516-8282 freshmen. The units are double rooms with their own bathrooms or double singles For students living in Wolman, McCoy, that share a bathroom. Bradford, Charles Commons, Homewood, Hopkins Inn, or Rogers House McCoy Hall (3339 N. Charles St.) is Wolman Housing Office located across from Wolman Hall and 3339 N. Charles Street offers suites of singles and doubles Baltimore, MD 21218 housing both freshmen and sophomores. (410) 516-7960 There are also 2 wings of freshmen residing in McCoy. For general information about programs, services or processes, Charles Commons (3301 N. Charles St.) is visit www.jhu.edu/hds. comprised of two- and four-person suites (continued on page 30) of single rooms with a shared kitchenette, bath, and in most suites, a furnished living We guarantee room. Charles Commons also houses its own dining facility, Nolan’s on 33rd, and a freshmen and fitness center. sophomores housing The Bradford (3301 St. Paul St.) includes The office assists upperclassmen with on campus, enabling efficiencies and one-, two-, three-, or four- Housing locating living accommodations close to bedroom apartments that are equipped campus, providing off-campus housing them to partake in with living rooms, full kitchens, and baths. The Housing Services office, working listings as well as general information about the off-campus housing search a unique residential closely with the department of Residential The Homewood (3003 N. Charles St.) process. Life, creates the “stage” where living- in the heart of Charles Village includes experience that builds learning communities flourish. Providing efficiencies, one-, two-, three-, and four- quality facilities and services to Campus Housing bedroom apartments. community. students, the office strives to create a Alumni Memorial Residences I and II safe, comfortable, educational living (AMR I & II), located on the Freshman environment. We guarantee freshmen and Quad, are traditional residence halls, sophomores housing on campus, enabling subdivided into houses to better enable them to partake in a unique residential students to build friendships, plan experience that builds community. activities, and participate in intramural athletics. The Housing Services office operates campus residential buildings and AMR III, Buildings A and B, also on the maintains their condition and cleanliness. Freshman Quad, offer suite-style living In addition, freshmen room assignments, comprised of two bedrooms (single, sophomore room selection, summer doubles, or triples), with a shared bath. housing, and move-in and move-out logistics are managed and orchestrated by Housing Services.

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Directory Bunting Meyerhoff Hackerman Hall D3 Mattin Center D/E4 Ralph S. O’Connor Legend Interfaith and Community Hodson Hall D/E2 Maxine F. Singer Building/ Recreation Center G/H3 Abel Wolman House D5 Service Center G5 Homewood Apts. C5 Carnegie Institution Remsen Hall F3 Roadway Alumni Memorial Center for Social Concern C5 H3 of Washington G1 Rogers House G5 Walking Path Residence Hall 1 F4 Chemistry Bldg. F3 F4 McCoy Hall E/F5 ROTC Bldg. H2/3 Alumni Memorial Charles Commons E5 Hopkins Square C5 Mergenthaler Hall F3 Safety and Security Office B2 Parking Lots Residence Hall 2 G4 Clark Hall/Biomedical Jenkins Hall F3 Merrick Barn E4 San Martin Center F/G1 Building A G3 Engineering Bldg. D2 F2 Milton S. Eisenhower Shaffer Hall D3 Accessible Entrance Building B G3/4 Cordish Lacrosse Center H3 Krieger Hall E3 Library E4 Shriver Hall D3 Johns Hopkins Building Ames Hall E3 Counseling Center B4/5 LGTBQ Office B4/5 Mudd Hall F/G3 Smokler Center for Barton Hall D3 Croft Hall D3/4 Lacrosse Hall of Fame I 2/3 Multicultural Affairs B4/5 Jewish Studies (Hillel) C/D5 Entrance Gate Biology East F/G3 Dunning Hall F3 Latrobe Hall D/E3 Newton H. White, Jr. Building/STScI H2 Bloomberg Center for Education Bldg. A4 Levering Hall E2 Athletic Center H3 Student Health and Wellness C4/5 Visitor Parking Physics & Astronomy G2 Garland Hall D2/3 Levi Bldg. F/G3 Nichols House F2 Undergraduate Teaching Lab F/G3 Visitor Center Bradford Apartments E5 Gatehouse D4 Macaulay Hall F3 Olin Hall E1 Whitehead Hall D4 Brody Learning Commons E4 Gilman Hall E2/3 Maryland Hall D/E3 Public Health Studies Office G5 Wolman Hall E5 Glass Pavilion E2 Mason Hall C2/3 Wyman Park Bldg. C1/2 Greenhouse E/F2 Malone Hall C/D3

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Charles Street Market/ • Chesapeake Bay Roasting Company Stone Mill Bakery Café (lobby level) Located at Wolman Hall §§ Open Monday–Friday • Open 7 days a week — early §§ Offers locally roasted coffee, morning to late night sandwiches and baked goods

• Freshly made sushi, panini, and Bamboo Café made-to-order subs Located at The Mattin Center • Great variety of halal, dairy-free, kosher, vegan, vegetarian and • Open Monday–Friday for lunch and gluten-free items dinner • Stone Mill Bakery Café offers • Offers a diverse menu to include breakfast, lunch and Gelato items; bento boxes, curry dishes, rice open early morning to late- bowls, made to order sushi, Dining afternoon banh mi sandwiches and bubble tea to name a few. • Extensive fresh produce and Campus Dining Services is committed • Brunch and dinner served Saturday grocery selection to one singular goal: to be amongst the and Sunday Dining encourages parents and family best dining programs in the . • Health and beauty aids, over the members to email with your student’s • Late-night dining served Sunday (Hopkins was ranked #2 in the nation by counter medications and school favorite recipe and we can offer the dish through Thursday until midnight the Daily Meal in 2014.) supplies in the Fresh Food Café. • Kosher lunch and dinner served Driving this goal is the belief that campus Sunday–Thursday and Friday for Levering Food Court/Chesapeake Looking for a birthday cake or get well dining is more than just a place to grab lunch Bay Roasting Company basket? Contact us for details to send your a meal; in fact, it a fundamental part of student a care package. • Separate vegan and vegetarian Located in Levering Hall (lower level) campus life. In addition to nourishing the station body, campus dining also contributes to §§ Retail dining venue with multiple For more information related to Dining the social and cultural soul of campus • Halal options are available stations to include pizza, grill, please contact us at (410) 516-3383, life. The campus community chooses salads, subs, sushi, and Asian dining @hd.jhu.edu or online at • This dining location is Peanut and the dining room as the remedy to hectic cuisine www.jhu.edu/hds/dining. Tree Nut free in addition, offers schedules or other stresses providing dairy free alternatives and a gluten §§ Serving lunch Monday through the perfect place to sit back, relax and free section of the dining room. Friday connect with friends. • Dietary needs can be The following is a list of Cafés on campus. accommodated here on a All locations accept Dining Dollars, cash, one-on-one basis, contact Dining J-Cash, credit and debit cards; Fresh Food to set up a meeting Café also accepts swipes. Nolan’s at Charles Commons The Fresh Food Café Retail dining venue Located at AMR 2 • Open 7 days a week for late night Premium quality all-you-care-to eat venue • Multiple food stations including a • Primary first year student dining salad bar, pizza station, grill station, room home-style station, pasta station, • Open 7 days per week and global cuisine • Breakfast, lunch and dinner served Monday–Friday

30 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 31 The Office of Student Services Residential Life

Krieger School Office of Whiting School Office of Academic Advising Academic Advising

The Office of Residential Life, Encouraging the integration and The Office of Academic Advising in the The Office of Engineering Advising in the along with the departments of involvement of faculty and other student Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Whiting School of Engineering strives to affairs staff further enhances the quality of promotes intellectual exploration ensure that engineering students find Housing and Dining Services, the residential community. It is the primary providing students the counsel and the resources and information they need share the belief that through responsibility of the Office of Residential encouragement to find courses, majors, in order to be successful at Hopkins. group living, students develop Life to take on the teaching/counseling/ and minors that suit their curiosity, Incoming freshmen are advised during programming role that will help to create important personal, social, interests, and talents. Students achieve the summer about their course choices an environment in the residence halls academic excellence through services and other academic matters. The office and interpersonal skills. where this kind of learning will occur. such as workshops, tutors, study also facilitates and supports the faculty consultants, and advice. advising system for engineering students Students learn to appreciate and respect throughout their undergraduate years individual differences and ethnic diversity, and monitors the academic progress of all develop a greater understanding of their engineering students. Collaborating with own identity, and learn that they are the KSAS Office of Academic Advising, responsible for their actions. the office advises students regarding academic support services.

32 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 33 Office of the Registrar Office of Student Financial Services

The Office of the Registrar supports The Office of Student Financial Service the academic mission of the University staff members are ready to assist your by administering academic policy and family as you navigate the financial aid coordinating the services of registration, application process and explore the grading, transcripts, information resources available to help your family pay management, data analysis, student for college. Every student is assigned a health insurance, course scheduling Financial Aid Adviser. You may view a list and room assignments for classes of advisers and the caseload assignments and events. University-wide services at: www.jhu.edu/finaid/contact.html. Your include Commencement and institutional adviser welcomes the opportunity to work reporting. The Office of the Registrar closely with your family and is readily ensures the integrity, confidentiality and available to answer any questions. security of student academic records. The Student Financial Services website Office of Pre-Professional undergraduate study (such as the ID Card Services/J-Card (www.jhu.edu/finaid) offers information

Programs & Advising Goldwater and Udall Scholarships) and about resources for paying for college, The J-Card Office issues the J-Card, the post-baccalaureate study/research (such the aid application process, and important official identification and building access The Office of Pre-Professional Programs as the Fulbright, Rhodes, Marshall, Truman policies. The Undergraduate Brochure on card for students of Johns Hopkins and Advising serves undergraduates, and Churchill). Students are advised on the website is a comprehensive source of University. The J-Card is also used for graduate students, and alumni of the how to identify which fellowships fit their information about financial aid, including J-Cash — a prepaid, stored-value account Krieger School of Arts & Sciences and the particular interests and abilities, supported programs and policies. Families seeking that is a convenient, cashless way to pay Whiting School of Engineering pursuing through the application process, and methods for financing all or a portion of for purchases on and off campus. Popular professional education in medicine, guided toward composing their strongest, their expected contribution should also off-campus businesses accept J-Cash, other health professions, and law. Pre- most compelling applications. During be sure to review the Paying for College as well as on-campus services to include Professional Advisors provide academic the first or second year, students should brochure (http://www.jhu.edu/finaid/ laundry, vending, meals, printing, and advising, professional school application attend info sessions and view student images/pdf_files/PayingForCollege_ copying. advising, and guidance for students videos posted on the program website: 2015.pdf). seeking volunteer activities, medical www.jhu.edu/fellowships. experiences, summer opportunities, Parents, students, and any authorized Students must reapply for need-based ISIS user can deposit J-Cash online research, and law internships. In providing Office for Academic Support financial aid annually. The financial aid comprehensive services for our students, by going to jcard.jhu.edu and clicking filing deadline for returning students each the Pre-Prof. Office sponsors small group The Office for Academic Support offers “Deposit J-Cash Online.” Tracking year is May 1 (MD state residents should workshops, topical programs, special three programs for undergraduates to of spending and transaction logs is submit their FAFSA by March 1). Families events, and for-credit shadowing, research enhance their academic achievement: accessible using J-Card Online and the that experience a change in financial and clinical programs throughout the the Learning Den tutoring program, J-Card Mobile app. The office also takes circumstances may contact their advisor academic year. Our goal for current the Study Consulting program, and and prints standard size passport photos at any time during the year. students and alumni is to encourage a the Peer-Led Team Learning (PILOT) and offers free notary service. holistic approach to their education, to program. The Learning Den provides be reflective about their learning and small-group peer tutoring in almost decision-making, and to demonstrate 50 courses each semester. The Study social responsibility and a commitment Consulting program offers one-on-one to voluntarism in preparation for a career academic mentoring from upperclassmen of service. and graduate students. PILOT offers the opportunity for structured, small-group National Fellowships Program learning experiences in rigorous lower- level math and science courses, including Johns Hopkins is committed to providing Calculus II and III for Physical Science support for students interested in applying Majors, General Physics I and II for for nationally competitive fellowships. Physical Science Majors, and Introductory The program oversees nearly twenty Chemistry I and II. prestigious external awards that fund

34 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 35 Career Center Student Employment Services What documents are required to work? 2. Work Permit: Students under

1. Form I-9: This is a federal form and the age of 18 must have a valid The Career Center is central in shifting Working while in college is one of the must be completed by all new staff. Work Permit on file for the State the institution towards a model of career most universal experiences of college The following documentation is of MD. Please visit our website for preparedness in which all Johns Hopkins life. Here at Hopkins 30% of the total required in order to complete the I9: complete details. students integrate their career preparation undergraduate population have a into their academic experience with campus job. §§ U.S Citizens: may use their For additional information, please visit our the same pursuit of excellence — SSN Card, valid Passport, etc. website at www.jhu.edu/stujob or phone distinguishing themselves as the “talent Why should my freshman student work? Photocopies are not acceptable. us at (410) 516-8414. We welcome the of choice.” The center serves all students Studies have shown working 2–5 hrs. For a complete list of acceptable opportunity to talk with new students and alumni 0–5 years out of programs in per week can actually help freshmen documents please visit our and their parents. the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences acclimate to college life. Campus website. and the Whiting School of Engineering. employment gives students the §§ Int’l Students: the list of opportunity to work directly with faculty acceptable documents is based The mission of the career center at Johns and staff who understand student needs. on visa type: Hopkins University is to: They learn about the university and get connected faster. It allows them to gain §§ F-1 students must present • Provide all students and alumni transferrable skills, explore career options, their I-94, I-20 and valid the experiences, knowledge, build their resume, and pursue their Passport. skills and tools to make smart interest. The opportunities are vast and career decisions and to package §§ J-1 students must present Work-Study is not required. and prepare themselves for their their I-94, DS2019 and valid pursuits. Passport. What types of jobs are available? • Close the gap between what Students can work as an office assistant, employers seek in graduates research assistant, web designer, editor, and what students/alumni come eco rep, lifeguard, or lab assistant, just to equipped with. name a few. They can work on any JHU campus, including the Medical campus. • Orchestrate university-wide connections to build the “best Do students have time to work? possible” career ready network. A better question would be: How will your • Build enduring career readiness student spend his/her free time. capabilities — those that last beyond first destinations. The following chart shows the amount • Be a catalyst for alumni of free time the typical student has engagement — lifetime affiliation. each week.

36 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 37 Counseling Center The Counseling Center is located at Student Health & Wellness During the academic year, the SHWC 3003 N. Charles Street, Suite S-200. Center (SHWC) offers limited services on most Saturdays. Johns Hopkins University Counseling At other times when we are closed, Center is the primary source of SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE The Student Health and Wellness Center students can access our after-hours nurse psychological and emotional support COUNSELING CENTER ARE is the primary health care facility for full- advice line by calling (410) 516-8270. to the students enrolled in the full-time CONFIDENTIAL AND FREE OF CHARGE. and part-time undergraduate students For more details, visit our website programs of the Krieger School of Arts in the Krieger and Whiting Schools on www.jhu.edu/studenthealth. and Sciences, the Whiting School of For appointments, please call the Homewood campus. We are located Engineering, the Peabody Conservatory (410) 516-8278 during office hours on the 2nd floor of the Homewood Center for Health Education of Music, and the Post-Baccalaureate between 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. During the Apartments but our entrance is on 31st & Wellness (CHEW) Pre-med program. Staff works to foster academic year, the Counseling Center street just off Charles Street. We provide a healthy, caring university community is open until 6 p.m. on Mondays and comprehensive primary care health CHEW, a division of the SHWC, provides through individual and group counseling, Thursdays. For sexual assault related services, including acute and chronic programming throughout the academic as well as consultations, community emergency services, please call the illness care, allergy shots, women’s and year on various topics with the goal of referrals and a wide range of educational Counseling Center’s 24-Hour Sexual men’s health care, routine physicals, and promoting the optimal health and well and support programs. The Center’s Assault Help Line at (410) 516-7333. subspecialty referrals as needed. Our staff being of Homewood students. In addition, experienced staff includes psychologists, For additional information please visit of physicians and nurse practitioners is CHEW staff provide oversight and support doctoral interns in health service the Counseling Center website at credentialed through the Johns Hopkins for a number of student groups and psychology, a clinical professional web.jhu.edu/counselingcenter Hospital. There is no fee to see a doctor student led health initiatives. The CHEW counselor and consulting psychiatrists. or nurse practitioner and students need office can be reached at (410) 516-8396 Emphasizing a brief treatment approach, not enroll in the JHU health insurance plan and www.jhu.edu/health. the Counseling Center is able to offer to use the Health Center. All services are support for eligible Hopkins students confidential. through individual and group therapy with specialized populations and topics including: • International Students • Students of Asian Origins • Students of Color • LGBTQ Students • Graduate Students • Depression Awareness • Anxiety and Stress Management • Mindfulness and Relaxation Training • Couples Counseling • Substance Abuse Assessment and Counseling • Sexual Assault Services • Eating Disorders • Dissertation Support

In addition to group and individual therapy, the Counseling Center provides crisis intervention, psychological evaluations and consultations, psychiatric evaluation and management of medication.

38 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 39 Office of International Services Hopkins curriculum, foster intercultural competencies, and encourage students International students comprise 10% of the to reflect on their roles as world citizens. JHU student community and the Office Consequently, the Office of Study Abroad of International Services provides the provides students with information on necessary specialized support services study abroad programs and scholarships for these students. Managing immigration for international study. The Office of Study concerns for JHU, International Services Abroad facilitates transfer of credit toward communicates frequently with students to the Hopkins degree, portability of financial ensure that they abide with the relatively aid, and emergency support for Hopkins simple requirements of a student visa and undergraduates overseas. assists them with processes related to immigration status. In addition the Office of International Services offers special orientation sessions for international students and their parents, programming and individualized assistance with the many aspects of cultural adjustment, and is the internal student’s primary resource for any need unique to studying in the U.S.

Office of Study Abroad

Campus Ministries Student Disability Services The Office of Study Abroad promotes, supports, and develops international Campus Ministries serves to promote The Office for Student Disability Services programs designed to complement the and support spiritual development, assists the University in compliance with theological reflection, multi-religious the provisions of the Americans with understanding and social awareness Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), its 2008 among students, faculty and staff within Amendments, and Section 504 of the the University community. Located in Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for full-time the Bunting♦Meyerhoff Interfaith and undergraduate and graduate students Community Service Center, Campus on JHU’s Homewood Campus. Ministries is open daily for appointments, Students interested in services and on weekends and evenings for offered by the Office for Student religious services, group meetings, sacred Disability Services are encouraged text study and special events. Campus to contact the office (410) 516-4720; Ministries provides pastoral care and [email protected] for support for students, faculty and staff information about the registration process. and their families in times of sickness, Registration is required for all students bereavement or distress. The Chaplain seeking academic, residential, or dining and the Campus Ministers are available accommodations at the University. To by appointment to provide confidential register, students must submit valid counsel and support. documentation of their disability for review by the Director of Student The Campus Ministry office number is Disability Services. Documentation (410) 516-1880 and our web address is guidelines can be found on our website: chaplain.johnshopkins.edu. Campus web.jhu.edu/disabilities. Ministry can be reached through the email [email protected], and through facebook. com/JHUCampusMinistries or twitter handle @JHU_Ministries.

40 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 41 Office of Multicultural Affairs LGBTQ Life

The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) LGBTQ Life provides support, education, is committed to enhancing the academic and advocacy around lesbian, gay, success of students from populations bisexual, transgender, and queer issues underrepresented in higher education and to members of the Hopkins community. collaborating with members of the campus The office provides a central networking and the greater Baltimore communities to place for LGBTQ people and their allies. enhance cultural awareness and create an In collaboration with our many campus inclusive campus community. partners, we are working to make Hopkins a safer and more inclusive place for OMAs programs and services include people of all sexual orientations and Office of Student Life Center for Social Concern (but are not limited to) the following: gender identities. Our programs include Peer Mentoring, Safe Zone The Office of Student Life encompasses The Center for Social Concern (CSC), • Mentoring Assistance Peer Program Training, Speakers Bureau, the OUTlist all non-academic support services established in 1991, promotes and (MAPP) dedicated to the enrichment and well- facilitates meaningful civic engagement and Lavender Celebration. Visit being of the student community. The and public service experiences that • Students Educating and web.jhu.edu/lgbtq to learn more. many departments that comprise Student connect students with the City of Empowering for Diversity (SEED) Life support the holistic development of Baltimore. The CSC houses over • Johns Hopkins Underrepresented students and provide the University with 55 student-run community service in Medical Professions Program programming. Student Life encourages organizations, an 8-week paid summer (JUMP) the active engagement of students in internship program (Community Impact diverse social, educational, and cultural Internships Program), an on-campus • Annual Cultural Heritage programs, complementing their academic tutoring program (the JHU Tutorial Project, Celebrations and Events experience and fostering personal and in its 55th year), and a Community Service • Ghana Study Abroad Program professional growth. Federal Work Study Program (through which students can use their Federal • Men of Color Hopkins Alliance The Office of Student Life oversees and/ Work-Study Awards to work with local (MOCHA) or advises: community based organizations). • Advising and Leadership • Undergraduate Orientation Development for Multicultural The office also offers short-term service Student Organizations • Undergraduate Judicial Affairs opportunities, including an Alternative Break Program (comprised of 7 weekend • Supplemental Advising and • Fraternity and Sorority Life and week-long themed trips in Baltimore), Consultation for program • Student Leadership Programs the annual fall President’s Day of Service participants (university-wide service day with nearly • Family Weekend The Multicultural Affairs Student Center 1,000 participants), and small-scale spring (MASC) is a place where all members of • Homewood Arts Programs days of service. the University community can participate • Residential Life in academic and social events in a relaxed Additionally, the CSC houses two advisory environment. The MASC also provides • Housing and Dining boards to promote civic engagement on meeting rooms for campus offices and campus. The Community Based Learning • LGBTQ Life student organizations. Residents of the Advisory Board, composed of faculty, MASC include several of the University’s • Campus Ministries staff, and students, aims to increase multicultural student organizations and the the amount of community engagement • Digital Media Center Office of Multicultural Affairs. experiences that are linked to academic • Student Health and Wellness courses. The Student Ambassador Board, Underrepresented Populations: comprised of approximately 17 exceptional • Student Counseling Center JHU underrepresented racial minorities, student leaders, assists the CSC with low-income, and first generation • Student Activities student campus-wide program planning college students. and creating a culture of service and engagement on campus.

42 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 43 Student Activities

Hopkins student groups include:

• Academic and research • Performing arts organizations organizations • Publications and journals • Advocacy and awareness • Religious and spiritual organizations organizations • Center for Social Concern • Special interest and hobby organizations organizations • Cultural organizations • Sports clubs • Fraternities and sororities • Student government • Graduate student organizations • Student services and support • Honor and professional organizations societies

Becoming involved in a student hope that students will explore the many organization is a great way to opportunities Johns Hopkins can offer and find something that is right for them. get involved at Johns Hopkins University. With more than The Office of Student Activities is a 350 to choose from, there resource to students who are looking to get involved with student organizations is something for just about on campus. You can see all of the student everyone. Students can groups by visiting groups.jhu.edu. volunteer, perform, research, fundraise, debate, write, pray, To get a taste of what is going on at the University, check out the following links: and play all in the same place! • Student Events Calendar: Student-run organizations and programs events.jhu.edu are the backbone of involvement on • Today’s Announcements: campus. Students learn skills by leading web.jhu.edu/announcements/ organizations and enrich their college students experience by being a participant. We

44 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 45 Athletics & Recreation

Intramurals and Sports Clubs Experiential Education

The Office of Recreation directs an The Office of Experiential Education extensive intramural sports program oversees Outdoor Pursuits, Pre- organized into residence hall, Orientation, the Climbing Wall, independent, co-ed, women and fraternity Teambuilding, and the Johns Hopkins leagues, and a variety of sport clubs. Outdoors Club (JHOC), all of which offer Currently, club programs are available in opportunities for students to challenge badminton, Brazilian jujitsu, cycling, field themselves in the outdoors, develop their hockey, ice hockey, men’s and women’s leadership abilities, and increase their lacrosse, men’s and women’s rugby, stewardship for the environment. Activities men’s and women’s soccer, women’s include daylong and extended student led The Department of Athletics women’s varsity sports. The University has softball, men’s and women’s squash, excursions in the outdoors, indoor rock and Recreation is responsible 13 intercollegiate teams for men (lacrosse, swimming, tae kwon do (tkang and sport), climbing at the Recreation Center, and football, soccer, cross-country, basketball, for intercollegiate athletics and table tennis, tennis, men’s and women’s teamwork development courses. Many of wrestling, swimming, water polo, fencing, ultimate frisbee, men’s and women’s our outdoor trips occur in the Mid-Atlantic the campus recreation program baseball, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, women’s basketball, water region while some of our expedition style for students, staff, and faculty. and tennis) and 11 intercollegiate teams polo, gymnastics, figure skating, triathlon, courses include Ecuador, the Florida for women (tennis, fencing, swimming, rock climbing, quidditch, equestrian, golf, Everglades, Mount Washington New The Ralph S. O’Connor Recreation Center basketball, lacrosse, field hockey, cross- baseball and cricket. Hampshire, and Joshua Tree California. includes a large multipurpose court for country, indoor and outdoor track, soccer, basketball, volleyball, and badminton, and volleyball). All play Division III of racquetball/squash courts, a 30-foot the NCAA, primarily in the Centennial climbing wall, a fitness center for strength Conference, except men’s and women’s and cardiovascular conditioning, an lacrosse, which are Division I. The men’s indoor jogging track, and group fitness/ lacrosse team is a perennial contender for martial arts rooms. Outdoor facilities at national honors in NCAA Division I and the Homewood campus include six since 1971, when the NCAA began hosting tennis courts. the national championships, Hopkins has made 42 NCAA tournament Varsity Sports appearances and has won 9 NCAA Lacrosse Championships in 18 Johns Hopkins University has an championship game appearances. extensive program in both men’s and

46 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 47 authorities and city, state, and federal law Security Awareness and Rape Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) training enforcement agencies. Campus Safety Aggression Defense Programs is also provided to women free by a Safety & and Security, assisted by over 120 contract certified instructor. This comprehensive security staff, provide a visible uniformed Campus Safety and Security conducts program for women offers training in Security presence through the use of foot patrols, security awareness orientation programs awareness, prevention, risk reduction security vehicles, Segways, T-3s, club cars, during freshmen orientation and and risk avoidance as well as hands-on bicycles and student housing security. throughout the school year for various defense training. A security presence is maintained at the groups on and off campus. entrances to all university housing. Off- To reach Campus Security, or in case of duty armed uniformed Baltimore police Serving as additional “eyes and ears” for emergency, call: the Hopkins Community and surrounding officers are employed during specific • 6-7777 (on campus) times and assigned to areas adjacent neighborhood the JHU Neighborhood to the campus. Walkers on Patrol program educates • (410) 516-777 (off-campus) students about safe living in an urban Security’s 24-Hour environment while being a visible Campus Safety and Communication Center presence which contributes to deterrence in crime. Security embraces Security’s Homewood Communication Center (HCC) is operational 24 hours Campus Security also offers free a community-based a day. The HCC answers calls for residential security assessments for emergencies and dispatches requests for students residing in non-University philosophy, striving to security services, monitors the 322 CCTV off-campus housing. and 113 blue light emergency phones on prevent crime and provide campus, as well as intrusion/fire alarms. assistance to victims. Emergency notifications can be sent to students, faculty and staff by various methods. The University has a siren/ public address mass notification system strategically placed on campus to provide maximum coverage for alerting the campus population. A broadcast email, voicemail, and/or text message can also be sent out to the campus community.

Security Walking Escorts and Transports

Campus Safety and Security provides walking escort services by students and Campus Safety and Security transports by Campus Police Officers provides comprehensive when necessary. Student security security for the Homewood monitors are available throughout the campus, 24 hours a day, school year from 6 p.m. to midnight daily. Mobile security units can be hailed 7 days a week. whenever a student feels unsafe. Students can call Campus Security at (410) 516- Campus Safety and Security embraces 4600 to arrange a taxi that will provide a community-based philosophy, striving transportation back to campus/residence to prevent crime, provide assistance to from distant locations. Student accounts victims, and investigate reported incidents will be charged accordingly. in cooperation with other campus

48 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 49 Transportation Academic Calendar

JHU Transportation Services provides convenient shuttle services to transport students from campus-to-campus as well as to off-campus destinations within the geographical shuttle service area.

The Homewood-Peabody-JHMI Shuttle operates daily from 6:15 a.m. to 12 a.m., with modified service on weekends, departing from Homewood campus to Baltimore’s Penn Station, JHU’s Peabody Institute, and the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in East Baltimore.

Additional shuttle services to the Keswick Building, Mt. Washington Campus, Eastern Building, and Carey Business School are FALL SEMESTER 2015 available during the workweek. Friday 8/21–8/22 Freshman Move-In The Blue Jay Shuttle operates seven days a week during evening and nighttime Saturday 8/22–8/26 New Student Orientation hours departing Homewood campus from Beginning Sunday 8/23 Sophomore/Upperclassmen Move-In designated shuttle stops. The Blue Jay Shuttle will transport students to on- Thursday 8/27 First day of classes campus and off-campus locations within Thursday 8/27 Blue Jay Beach Bash the shuttle service area. Monday 9/7 Labor Day – No classes For more information and access to schedules, call (410) 516-PARK, or go Monday 10/5–10/10 HOPtoberfest to www.ts.jhu.edu. Blue Jay Shuttle Friday 10/16 Fall Break Day – Classes suspended dispatchers are available to answer questions from 5:45 p.m.–3:45 a.m., Friday 10/23–10/25 Family Weekend 7 nights per week, except during Monday 11/9–11/16 Registration for spring term University closures. Blue Jay Shuttle can be reached at (410) 516-8700, which is Monday 11/23–11/29 Thanksgiving Vacation printed on everyone’s J-card. Friday 12/4 Last day of classes Saturday 12/5–12/8 Reading period Wednesday 12/9–12/18 Final examination period Saturday 12/19–1/3 Mid-year Vacation

50 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 51 SPRING SEMESTER 2016 Helpful Phone Monday 1/4–1/22 Intersession Monday 1/18 MLK Day – No Intersession classes Numbers & Websites Monday 1/25 First day of classes

Monday 2/22 Commemoration Day Monday 3/14–3/20 Spring Vacation DEPARTMENT PHONE WEBSITE Monday 4/4–4/8 Registration for fall term Academic Services (410) 516-7875 webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/ campus_life/student_services_and_ Friday 4/8-4/10 Homecoming affairs/homewood_student_services Friday 4/14–4/17 Spring Fair Admissions (410) 516-8171 apply.jhu.edu Academic Advising, A&S (410) 516-8216 jhu.edu/advising Friday 4/29 Last day of classes Academic Advising, (410) 516-7395 engineering.jhu.edu/academic- Saturday 4/30–5/3 Reading period Engineering advising Wednesday 5/4–5/12 Final examination period Alumni Relations (410) 516-0363 alumni.jhu.edu Athletics Department (410) 516-7490 www.hopkinssports.com Wednesday 5/18 Commencement Barnes & Noble Book (410) 662-5850 Johns-hopkins.bncollege.com To view full calendar go to web.jhu.edu/registrar/academic_dates/20152016.pdf Store Campus Ministries (410) 516-1880 web1.johnshopkins.edu/chaplain Career Center (410) 516-8056 jhu.edu/careers Center for Social Concern (410) 516-4777 jhu.edu/csc Commencement Office (410) 516-7711 web.jhu.edu/commencement Counseling Center (410) 516-8278 jhu.edu/counselingcenter Dean’s Office, School of (410) 516-8220 krieger.jhu.edu Arts & Sciences Dean’s Office, School of (410) 516-4050 engineering.jhu.edu Engineering Digital Media Center (410) 516-3817 digitalmedia.jhu.edu Financial Aid Office (410) 516-8028 jhu.edu/finaid Greek Life Office (410) 516-4873 web.jhu.edu/studentlife/greek_life Student Health and (410) 516-8270 web1.johnshopkins.edu/shcenter Wellness Center Center for Health (410) 516-8396 jhu.edu/health Education and Wellness Homewood Arts (410) 516-0774 web.jhu.edu/studentlife/homewood_ Programs arts HERO (Hopkins (410) 526-7777 Jhu.edu/life.security Emergency Response Organization)

52 Johns Hopkins University www.universityparent.com/jhu 53 Hopkins Symphony (410) 516-6542 jhu.edu/jhso Orchestra Housing & Dining (410) 516-7960 jhu.edu/hds Services ID Card Services (410) 516-5121 web.jhu.edu/idcs International Student/ (410) 516-1013 http://oisss.jhu.edu Scholar Services Intersession/Summer (410) 516-4548 jhu.edu/intersession Programs JHU Technology Store (410) 516-0448 [email protected] Libraries (410) 516-8325 webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/libraries Multicultural Student (410) 516-8730 oma.jhu.edu Affairs Orientation (410) 516-8208 web.jhu.edu/orientation Parents Programs/ (410) 516-3413 parents.jhu.edu Parents Fund Parking and (410) 516-7275 parking.jhu.edu Transportation (PARK) Peabody Institute (410) 234-4500 peabody.jhu.edu Pre-Professional Advising (410) 516-4140 web.jhu.edu/prepro Recreation Center (410) 516-5229 web.jhu.edu/recreation Registrar’s Office (410) 516-8080 web.jhu.edu/registrar Residential Life Office (410) 516-8283 web.jhu.edu/reslife ROTC (Army) (410) 516-7474 jhu.edu/rotc Sexual Assault Help Line 410-516-7333 Security – East Baltimore 410-955-5585 http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ campus security_parking_transportation/ index.html Security – Homewood (410) 516-7777 jhu.edu/security Security – Peabody 410-234-4600 http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/ campussecurity Student Accounts (410) 516-8158 jhu.edu/studacct Student Disability (410) 516-4720 web.jhu.edu/disabilities Services Student Employment (410) 516-8421 jhu.edu/stujob Office Student Life (410) 516-8208 web.jhu.edu/studentlife Study Abroad (410) 516-7066 web.jhu.edu/study_abroad Vice Provost for Student (410) 516-8382 http://web.jhu.edu/administration/ Affairs provost/programs_services/ student_affairs

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