Word: fdo
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...presents an upperclass perspective, to frosh-only dining designed to engender class cohesion. In reality, however, advising is wholly hit-or-miss, study breaks are largely unattended, and the charm of Annenberg wears thin long before it has ever been appreciated. But the Freshman Dean’s Office (FDO), under the leadership of Thomas A. Dingman ’67, is attempting to stimulate first-year social life. This signals a welcome shot in the arm for the freshman social experience. Perhaps the simplest and most effective of Dingman’s proposals is to clarify the rules...
...decent activity. The Harvard social scene has been the subject of heated criticism in recent years, in particular the lack of social options for freshmen.But now, student groups and the College administration—including the First-Year Social Committee (FYSC) and the Freshman Dean’s Office (FDO)—are making a concerted effort to improve the freshman experience. These efforts come as the FDO sees new leadership this year for the first time in over a decade, with Thomas A. Dingman ’67 stepping into the role of former dean Elizabeth S. Nathans...
...complaints from the proctors in Wigglesworth. The practice rooms are very much structured for ‘traditional’ instruments and not for rock music at all.” Frustrated with the situation, Boch sent a belabored e-mail to the Freshman Dean’s Office (FDO) and the relevant deans, enumerating the reasons that practice rooms should be open to musicians of non-classical persuasions. In each case, he was either ignored completely or told that they had no place to play amplified instruments in the Yard. “That’s the kind...
Ellison wrote in an e-mail that the members of the emergency management team offered support services to the Houses and to the Freshman Dean’s Office (FDO...
...leading up the hurricane’s landfall,” Ellison wrote. “All of the Houses were then able to provide services locally in their community and directly to students as needed, knowing that extra services were available, and I believe that the houses and FDO did a great job communicating with their students...