Orientation for New GSAS Students

Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall
and Dudley House

Welcome to GSAS! This is your opportunity to connect with many important Harvard services, resources, and people. Enjoy free food in the afternoon at Dudley House and enter a drawing to win prizes from local businesses and restaurants!


Welcoming Speeches

10:30 a.m.
Sanders Theatre

 

Margot Gill, Administrative Dean (moderator) 

  Mary-Ruth Windham, Dudley Fellow

Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard University   Sofia Becerra-Licha, President of the Graduate Student Council

Michael Smith, Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences
 
  Garth McCavana, Associate Dean for Student Affairs

Allan Brandt, Dean of the Graduate School

   

James Hogle, Master of Dudley House

 

 


Lunch

11:30 a.m.

Under tents in Harvard Yard
(see map in Orientation packet)


DudleyFest

12:30-4:30 p.m.
Dudley House and Courtyard
Boylston Hall

 

Information Fair including:

  • Offices serving GSAS students (athletics, careers, parking, etc.)
  • Student organizations
  • Dudley House fellows and activities
  • Free food and drawings
  • Distribution of stipend checks
  • Photographs for ID cards taken - Boylston Hall


    Workshops

    1:30 p.m., repeated at 3 p.m.

     

    Libraries
    Graduate Student Lounge, 2nd Floor, Dudley House
    Representatives from the University Libraries

    Health Services
    Game Room, 3rd Floor, Dudley House
    Representatives from University Health Services

     
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