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...described significant cuts to undergraduate advising, including the elimination of the concentration fair, the downsizing of Advising Fortnight, and the reduction of funding for meals hosted by freshmen advisers for their advisees.Like OCS, the Advising Programs Office will be moving publications online and cutting funding for food at events.The APO will also lose its current head, Monique Rinere, who will leave for a new post at Columbia in July.The Bureau of Study Counsel, which conducts personal counseling and academic advising and tutoring, is also examining plans to reshape.BSC director Abigail Lipson said “there are many, many things...
...Fortnight, the sophomore advising program, and the online advising network portal. “I think she’s been an amazing force in bringing the many advising resources that we had at the College together to provide much improved advising to our students,” said APO Assistant Dean Inge-Lise Ameer. Rinere said she did not know how the College might replace her or how the office might be restructured in her absence. “We’re going to try to maintain the same high quality with fewer resources...
...inception in 2006. Both the PAF and the sophomore advising program, which delivered overwhelmingly promising results, have been instituted only in the past couple of years. “It’s very gratifying to have these new programs serving our students so well,” APO Assistant Dean Inge-Lise Ameer said. The freshman advising program also drew favorable reviews, with most respondents describing their advisers as helpful, accessible, and approachable, according to Rinere. The response rate among freshman was over 80 percent, while it was only just over 50 percent among sophomores, Rinere said. The meeting...
...Advising Programs Office (APO) will be two years old this February, and we are now taking stock of our programs to begin to chart future directions. I would like to thank the many students, faculty, administrators, and alumni who have shared their ideas with us. Some of you continue to advise and assist us on all aspects of our work. It is only through the contributions of others that the APO can develop and continually improve undergraduate advising, and sharpen our vision of what it is and should...
...first Fall Concentration Fair yesterday, students munched on ice cream sandwiches and listened to academic advice in Tercentenary Theatre. Organized by the Advising Programs Office (APO), the fair was directed toward freshmen and sophomores, but the sunny weather and abundant food drew scores of upperclassmen as well. Representatives from each of the 44 concentrations and academic resources such as the Bureau of Study Counsel manned tables to answer questions. Although many of the attendees had questions about specific classes, Manuel J. Antunes ’11 went to the fair to get an overview of Harvard’s opportunities...