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...like being connected to the younger class," says Adam D. Colvin '00, a prefect in Thayer. "I know people in the freshman and sophomore class and I like helping them adjust...

Author: By Tova A. Serkin, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Perfecting Prefecting | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...coordinators say the program has a high retention rate. Prefect Program Director Sam Herring says 85 to 95 percent of eligible prefects return for a second year. A considerable number even choose to stay on, serving three years as a prefect...

Author: By Tova A. Serkin, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Perfecting Prefecting | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

Cathrin M. Bauer '00 was a prefect last year, and decided to return for a second tour of duty. She says her goal, like Colvin, is to help first-years make the adjustment to college life as smoothly as possible...

Author: By Tova A. Serkin, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Perfecting Prefecting | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

Social activities planned by prefects range from the traditional weekly study break to trips into Boston for dinner and sightseeing. In many cases prefect efforts focus on turning otherwise mundane events into unique affairs...

Author: By Tova A. Serkin, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Perfecting Prefecting | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

Bauer has taken her prefect group ice-skating and out to dinner. She says one study break around Halloween even featured a haunted house. Other innovative ideas include holding study breaks in the most unlikely of places...

Author: By Tova A. Serkin, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Perfecting Prefecting | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

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