Word: hosted
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Marco Chan ’11 was raised in Vancouver and currently lives in China. Even as a junior, he continues to maintain a close friendship with the host family assigned to him freshman year...
...past two years, McFarlane has worked closely with both host families and freshman students to design matches...
...program seeks out host families by directly approaching University affiliates and sending additional letters to local alumni during their respective reunion weeks to invite them to serve as hosts for freshman students...
...colleagues—in addition to reunion classes—if they want to help welcome first-year students to Harvard,” said Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67. “This program has been growing, and we know from testimonials that host families make the freshman year experience much richer, simply by inviting host students for home-cooked meals or introducing them to the community...
...Host families have been a great resource for a lot of students because it can be a challenging transition from high school to college and from their hometown to Cambridge,” Chan said. “I feel like it’s made the difference for me because my host parents are objective observers who are removed from your daily life but live in the community and know what Harvard is like...