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...racquet sports, often finding himself on the same court as Rye native and current Harvard teammate David Barry. As a youth player at Apawamis, Karlen also found himself under the tutelage of a coach that knew a thing or two about winning in squash and succeeding in the classroom--Coach Pete Briggs was a former individual national champion while playing for the Crimson...
...very dynamic teaching style, and one thing for me personally is she was accessible outside the classroom," he says. "I don't think the title of Harvard president would faze...
...vibrant academic community requires more than just the flexibility to pursue one's passions; it requires meaningful student-faculty interaction, both inside and outside the classroom...
Outside of the classroom, there are measures the council can take to promote student-faculty interaction, such as sponsoring concentration dinners and creating programs that encourage faculty to attend student performances and athletic events. We've already had success with the student-faculty dining program that allows professors to swipe into the dining halls and eat with students. The program was created last spring with the support of Dean of Harvard College Harry R. Lewis '68. We should all commit to eating at least one meal with a professor over the course of this semester...
...most important interactions that occur between students and faculty outside of the classroom are in the advising process. Advising at Harvard happens--or fails to happen--in three tiers: first-year advising, house advising and concentration advising. Today, first-years must seek advice from either a proctor who knows them personally but knows nothing about their field, or an outside advisor who knows about their field but absolutely nothing about them. We need to consider creating a support network of advising for first-years, involving faculty members who will interact with first-years more regularly and who also have...