Word: fdo
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Apart from this move, the Freshman Dean’s Office (FDO)—and the structure of the Harvard freshman year—has remained largely the same since its conception in 1930, even as the University and the fabric of the student body have changed...
...recent shake-ups in the College administration, along with the momentum of the ongoing Harvard College Curricular Review, suggest future modifications to the FDO and to the social and academic aspects of the freshman experience...
These changes will all be considered as the FDO sees new leadership for the first time in over a decade. As current Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley Nathans leaves this spring, Thomas A. Dingman ’67, another seasoned College administrator, will take the reins at 6 Prescott...
Dingman’s arrival at the helm of the FDO this summer marks not only a change in the office’s leadership, but also a new era in the College administration...
Known for her hard-nosed administrative style and firm leadership of the FDO, Nathans was openly opposed to many of the early recommendations of the curricular review, particularly the push towards Yale-style housing. At the helm of the FDO for over a decade, Nathans led an institution that held a large degree of autonomy within the College and oversaw both residential and advising aspects of freshman life...