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...events organized by House Committees (HoCos). For many, social life means long hours spent with one’s extracurricular activity of choice, and for the campus, it means the occasional school-wide event. The latter three incarnations all saw, by and large, improvements this year as the College dean??s office, the president’s office, and the Undergraduate Council (UC) crafted a few simple but far-reaching improvements in the way that social activities are funded and planned. The results promise to continue improving what can reasonably be called an expanding “social...
...What was interesting when I came here from Penn was that [Harvard’s] council, though elected, met at the [behest] of the dean and met by the dean??s setting of issues that would come before the council,” says Winter...
...know who their advisers are. The report stated that advisers are not held accountable for their performances—or lack thereof.The committee called for a new dean who would “help to improve the effectiveness of all our advising.” One component of the dean??s charge would be to “replace and augment” the Prefect Program with a new advising system.Rinere had a “clear mandate,” says Cabot House Master Jay M. Harris, a member of the student-faculty committee...
...responsible citizens of the modern world. The Faculty continues to discuss and debate the required areas of distribution and the criteria for special courses in general education. In the meantime, more departmental courses have been approved to serve as alternative avenues for fulfilling Core requirements for current students. The dean??s office has also been supporting initiatives relating to student life to create a greater sense of College community. We have sponsored a number of campus-wide events, from the first annual welcome back event, the Harvard State Fair, to the Harvard-Yale pep rally to this spring?...
...money from the new fund. A pamphlet distributed to potential donors lists other initiatives that will be supported by the Undergraduate Life Fund, including “innovations in teaching and advising,” arts programming, non-varsity athletics such as club sports and intramurals, and house renovations.The Dean??s Fund will also support development and programming for the new Women’s Center and mental health services for students, according to the pamphlet.Gross says he believes that the upcoming academic year will be a “year of implementation...