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...College, after all, does have its strengths, and perhaps its time we paid a little more attention to them. While Harvard may not have the house life of Yale, the student-professor interaction of Amherst, or a Yardfest to rival Penn’s Spring Fling, few of our peer institutions can hold a candle to the vibrancy of co-curricular life at Harvard. Rather then rest on its laurels, Harvard would do well to find ways to make the leap from good to great in this realm.It’s easy to look at the co-curricular experience...
Earlier this week, Assistant Dean of Advising Programs Monique Rinere announced the creation of the Peer Advising Fellows program, an innovative new effort to get first-years plugged in to the Harvard community before they even arrive on campus. The program will pair each member of the class of 2010 with a qualified upperclassman whose role it will be to advise him or her, formally and informally, throughout the year...
After applications are reviewed and candidates selected, Peer Advising Fellows will be assigned to first-year dormitories, or, in the case of smaller residences, to groups of small dormitories. Each adviser will then be matched with individual freshmen who share their interests—academic, extracurricular, and social—within the dormitory. Together they will form a group of some 8-10 advisees, who will meet both together and individually throughout the year to navigate the Harvard’s challenges...
...assigned a second time within the dormitory, to an individual entryway in which they’ll work closely with a proctor and two or three other Fellows to coordinate regular entryway social events, like study breaks and Sunday brunch outings. To one group of freshmen then, a Peer Advising Fellow will be the person with whom they’ll meet regularly to formally discuss academic issues. To another, the Fellow will be a social presence and an informal conduit to student life at Harvard...
...program will exceed both the current first-year advising system and the Prefect Program in its structure and thoroughness. A given month will comprise a well-ordered set of events, geared at bringing together freshmen who share interests. One week would hold an informal meeting of a peer advising group, where first-years would be able to benefit from each others’ questions and experiences, and the insight of their shared peer adviser. An entryway study break would take place another week, and Peer Advising Fellows would attend their assigned entryways to mingle and answer questions...