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...hopefully abortive noises about formally affiliating freshmen with residential houses suggests—it would be wise to encourage upperclassmen-freshmen interaction from the moment freshmen set foot in the Yard. However, it shouldn’t end when freshman week does. The Freshman Dean’s Office (FDO) should consider expanding the Prefect Program to several prefects per entryway, which may in turn require increased publicity around the time prefect applications are due. And prefects should be encouraged, if not required, to be on campus during freshman week in order to provide friendly faces and convenient advice early...
Dingman, who has served as a freshman proctor and a senior tutor for both Leverett and Dudley Houses, will take part in appointments made through the FDO this spring. Assistant Deans of Freshmen James Mancall and Lesley Nye Barth said yesterday that they were pleased about his appointment...
...College’s ongoing curricular review might hold changes for the FDO, which currently oversees a staff of associate deans, 60 resident proctors and the various freshmen activities and publications, from orientation programs to the Handbook for Parents...
Gross said he has been meeting with focus groups—from freshmen and prefects to House Masters—to discuss the criteria for the new dean. He said yesterday that he had been part of “informal conversations” with staff from the FDO...
Whoever inherits Nathans’ post will be expected to reside at the College, as Nathans does and to supervise FDO programs. The dean will sit on the Administrative Board and may serve on other committees such as the College Crisis Response Team. While Nathans has reported to the Dean of the College, the new dean will report instead to O’Brien, whose post was created just this year...