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...decades-long connection to the IOP, from his time as a Fellow to his long tenure on the Advisory Committee, will make this transition easier, according to IOP President P. Kenzie Bok ’11. Bok added that given the long-term nature of many IOP programs, Culver’s familiarity with these projects will allow for greater continuity...
...President P. Kenzie Bok ’11 said the advisory group of students and staff that selects the IOP fellows was in “complete agreement” over Sweeny’s selection...
...clear that he wasn’t just looking to be in residence at Harvard, but that he was looking to engage with young people,” Bok says...
According to IOP President P. Kenzie Bok ’11, Harvard students have been working to help spread this message. The IOP Community Action Committee has worked with CIVICS—a joint IOP and Phillips Brooks House Association program that teaches civics classes in elementary and middle schools in Boston and Cambridge—to prepare a lesson about the importance of the census for their students, many of whom come from serially under-counted populations, Bok said...
...students’ and the TF’s classroom experiences are marred simply by a lack of communication. Though we often complain about what a frustrating experience this can be for students, the inability to communicate is often equally frustrating for the TF. The program at the Bok Center helps TFs develop oral communication skills and recognizes that communication barriers do not necessarily stem from a lack of understanding English. In fact, the course offered does not hone skills in English grammar, but rather teaches foreign TFs about American culture in hopes of tearing down some of the cultural...