GSAS Orientation Day

Orientation and DudleyFest 2011!

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 (rain or shine!)
Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall
and Dudley House


Welcome to GSAS! Orientation day is your opportunity to connect with important Harvard services, resources, and people. New and returning students, enjoy free food in the afternoon at Dudley House and enter a raffle to win prizes from local businesses and restaurants!

Orientation for New GSAS Students
10 a.m.

Sanders Theatre

Welcoming Speeches

Margot Gill, Administrative Dean (moderator)
Anshul Kumar, Dudley Fellow
Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard University

Cammi Valdez, President of the Graduate Student Council
Michael Smith, Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Garth McCavana, Dean for Student Affairs

Allan Brandt, Dean of the Graduate School

James Hogle, Master of Dudley House

 

Lunch

11 a.m.

Under tents in Harvard Yard
(see map in Orientation packet)


DudleyFest

12 noon-3:30 p.m.
Dudley House and Boylston Hall

New and returning students welcome! Come celebrate the beginning of a new year at Harvard — and learn more about the resources of the Graduate School — at DudleyFest 2011!

  • Pick up your stipend check
  • Get to know representatives of the offices serving GSAS students (athletics, careers, parking, etc.)
  • Connect with student organizations
  • Meet the Dudley House fellows and sign up for tickets to upcoming events on and off the Harvard campus (Red Sox, anyone?)
  • Grab some free ice cream
  • Enter a raffle to win amazing gift cards and prizes from some of the coolest Harvard Square retailers and restaurants!

ID Cards and Photos

Boylston Hall

DudleyFest Workshops


Harvard Libraries
Graduate Student Lounge, 2nd Floor, Dudley House
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m., 2 p.m.–3 p.m.
Representatives from the University Libraries

Harvard Health Services
Game Room, 3rd Floor, Dudley House
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 2 p.m.–3 p.m.
Representatives from University Health Services

Student Survival Guide: Getting to Know Harvard, Cambridge, and Beyond
1st Floor, Dudley House Fireside Room
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 2 p.m.–3 p.m.
Representatives from the Graduate Student Council

Staying Fit and Healthy at Harvard
Library, 3rd floor, Dudley House
1:30 p.m.-2 p.m., 3 p.m.- 3:30p.m.
Dudley Athletics Fellows

 

DudleyFest Raffle!

Raffle will be drawn at 3 p.m.!

Win a taste of Harvard Square — and we mean food, drink, art, and any other kind of festivity you can think of — by entering the DudleyFest raffle. New and returning students welcome! Check out which local vendors have supplied us with gift cards and other prizes — all for you!

Raffle prizes to be announced soon!