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...help tailor study abroad programs and accessible funding sources. Today more than ever, an increasing number of Harvard students are taking advantage of the College’s study abroad programs, but not all choose to take a full term to study abroad. For those actively involved in extracurricular activities or on one of Harvard’s 41 varsity athletic teams, logistical constraints prevent international study. The J-term presents a unique opportunity for students to have a fulfilling three- to five-week international experience put together with the help of the College. With sufficient funding, this program could...
...Sharria Scavella, who recently took top honors at a National Institutes of Health competition for aspiring doctors. They include students of the month, who get small gifts and, more important, the kind of praise on the school loudspeaker too often missing before. Students who participate in sports and extracurricular activities must attend a Saturday school program - and are urged to bring parents along - to keep up in the classroom. All kids must wear their school uniforms and IDs - although, if they meet weekly attendance targets Hankerson sets, they can wear blue jeans on Fridays. That program has helped raise average...
Harvard students might consider themselves experts at juggling schoolwork and extracurricular commitments...
...continued to pursue his two passions as the president of the Dunster House Opera Society and a starter for the Harvard football team this year. “He has never thought twice about being himself,” says his mother. Although this English concentrator’s extracurricular activities may seem completely disparate, Van Niel points out that both football and opera are “performance venues.” Coach Murphy agrees. “Whether you’re on the football field or the stage, you have to be very prepared, very focused...
...students are pretty distracted right now in this final week of classes. Harvard is buzzing with holiday parties, extracurricular transfers of power, and epidemic influenza. With all this on-campus excitement, and the promise of home looming, who can think about school right now? There is so much on our minds right now that it would be all too easy to completely forget about that last midterm. Hopefully our TFs also share in our seasonal charity and goodwill, but I wouldn’t count on it. This is why Harvard’s idiosyncratic calendar is a good thing...