PRISE Fellows
Hello, PRISE Fellows--Here are your announcements for this week:
Week X Announcements
8/20/2007
FINAL PRESENTATIONS: First, congratulations to our first group of presenters on Thursday who did an impressive, outstanding job. The schedule and location for presentations Monday-Wednesday of this week is the same, 3:00-5:00pm in the Science Center. In consideration of your fellow Fellows, your participation in the audience is expected, so please arrive BEFORE the beginning of the first presentation. I will be in the hallways passing out schedules as I did Thursday if you don't have one.
THE COUNSELOR IS 'IN' AT DINNER: Anthony Arcieri, the science and technology adviser in the Office of Career Services, will be at dinner this evening in Dudley House. Please feel free to hit up Anthony with whatever questions you may have about science activities in the fall, career options, or opportunities you are thinking about going forward.
POST-PRISE SURVEY: I will send out an e-mail on Wednesday when the PRISE exit survey is open. Please complete the survey (including the short-answer questions!!) before you check out. Your input is incredibly valuable, and you have the opportunity to help shape PRISE in future summers by spending a few quick and easy minutes sharing your thoughts. (Some of the changes that were made to this year's PRISE were the result of recommendations from last year's Fellows--we take what you say very seriously!!)
PRISE CLOSING DINNER AND SHUTTLE: This Thursday is the amazing PRISE Closing Dinner at the Museum of Science. The reception gets underway at 6:30pm. Shuttles will be available leaving Leverett at 5:00, 5:15 and 5:30pm, which will allow you time to go through the open exhibit halls at the museum. Alternate transportation (if you want or need to leave later) is available by taking the Red Line to Kendall Square, and boarding the street-level Cambridge Shuttle to the Galleria Mall (the Museum is a short walk away), or the more circuitous Red Line in bound to Green Line inbound, disembarking at Science Park. Shuttles will be available for everyone back to Leverett at the end of the dinner. Our PRISE closing speaker is Associate Professor of Psychiatry Dona Lee Wong, introduced by Dean of the Summer School and Director of Undergraduate Life Sciences Education, Robert Lue, a special welcome from the new Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Michael D. Smith and brief remarks from your nominated PRISE Fellow speaker.
POST-PRISE STORAGE: The same three-box storage allowance applies to the end of PRISE, available in Leverett House before the opening of Houses for the fall term. Access to storage (at the ground floor of C-entryway) from Paul Hegarty, Leverett's building supervisor, is available at the following times: Thursday, 12-2pm; Friday, 12-4pm, and Saturday, 9-12noon.
PRISE CHECK-OUT: Formal check-out is Friday and Saturday, from 10am-5pm. Please make arrangements for checking out with your proctor, which will include a room inspection and key return. Please remove all of your personal belongings and trash before you ask the proctor to check you out of the room. ALL ROOMS MUST BE VACATED BY 5:00PM SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Unfortunately, we have no flexibility on that score, so please be prepared.
FINALLY, THANK YOU: You have been a terrific, fun, enthusiastic, crazy, busy, involved group this summer. I appreciate the contribution each of you has made to the success of your program. Your openness and inclusivity, especially represented by those activities you put together yourselves, is exactly the testimony that you understood what we had in mind for the evolution of your PRISE summer--you have exceeded my expectations in every way. Although this is the last week of PRISE 2007, I hope you continue to stay in touch with me and let me know what is going on with you. And, if I can be of any further help to you on your trajectory to a career in science (or anything else!), I hope you will call on me.
Best wishes for a memorable final week of PRISE!
Yours truly--Greg Llacer.
Week IX Announcements
8/13/2007
NOMINATIONS FOR PRISE FELLOW SPEAKER: If you intend on nominating a PRISE Fellow to speak at the closing dinner, please submit to me on paper by the end of the talk this evening. Remember, you need four (4) signing co-nominators and a description of not more than 250 words why you believe the Fellow you are nominating should speak for PRISE.
MONDAY NIGHT DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER: We are very fortunate to host this evening Professor Shah Khoshbin, Associate Professor of Neurology at HMS affilatied with Brigham and Women's Hospital, who will give his talk "A Neurologist's Portrait of Van Gogh." I look forward to seeing you at this very special event, our last in the regular Distinguished Speaker Seriers for the summer, at Sever Hall 113, 7:30pm.
SPECIAL 'THANK YOU' DINNER: Please invite your P.I., lab partners, grad students, and postdocs to dinner at Dudley House on Tuesday, August 14. Please contact Laura (hunter2@fas.harvard.edu) today to get the names of your invitees on the list (you may invite more than one individual!). This will be a great opportunity for you to thank your PI and lab partners for their support this summer.
FINAL PRESENTATIONS: Final presentations, which are MANDATORY FOR PRISE FELLOWS, begin Thursday at 3:00 p.m. The scheduling matrix is almost complete--if you have not yet submitted your information for the schedule, please do so by today, as this will be sent out to all PRISE P.I.s (and hence might be embarrassing for you if your information and acknowledgment of that individual is not included. You also will get a copy of the presentation matrix tomorrow with final instructions.
PRISE CLOSING DINNER: If you have not already done so, please respond to the RSVP request for the Closing Dinner next Thursday at the Museum of Science. You will have the opportunity to peruse the exhibit halls prior to dinner!
NEW BIOLOGY ON-LINE TEST: Reminder: The Life Sciences education group would greatly appreciate your help with testing the new biology on-line placement exam (regardless of your background in biology), if you have not already done so. If you take it by 11:59 pm tonight, you'll be entered into a lottery for an iPod Shuffle. The test can be found at:
http://poll.icommons.harvard.edu/poll/taker/pollTakerOpen.jsp?poll=1-6240-39279
PRISE CHECK-OUT: Once again, please do not forget that you must be checked out of Leverett before 5:00pm on Saturday, August 25. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE, so if you need to make plans for interim housing, please do not leave that until the last minute. Check-out will be handled by your designated Proctor--if you need special arrangements to check out, please contact them. Individuals who stored belongings at the beginning of PRISE will be able to leave those belongings (three boxes) up until the beginning of the fall term.
Believe it or not, one week to go and PRISE 2007 is history. I hope you have had a great time this summer! See you tonight for our last regular lecture.
Yours truly--Greg Llacer.
Week VIII Announcements
8/6/2007
MONDAY NIGHT DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER: Tonight, in one of his last 'official' acts as Dean, Benedict Gross, Dean of Harvard College and Leverett Professor of Mathematics, will deliver a research talk "On the circumference of a circle." This talk is open to the university community, so feel free to invite your friends and lab partners. Tonight, Sever Hall 113, 7:30pm.
PRESENTATION PRACTICUM AND FINAL PRESENTATION SCHEDULING: You NOW should have received the matrix of table assignments for Thursday's presentation practicum, which begins immediately following dinner in the Dudley Dining Hall. It would be helpful if you try to conclude dinner 10 minutes before the start time of 7:30pm, so tables can be readied. If you do not have a laptop, please contact your PA or someone in your table group to load your presentation. Each individual will get 15-20 minutes to practice their talk and receive feedback from their table mates. Your assigned PAs will also be scheduling final presentation dates and times, so be sure to attend. They will be contacting you directly with more details.
SPECIAL 'THANK YOU' DINNER: Please invite your P.I., lab partners, grad students, and postdocs to dinner at Dudley House on Tuesday, August 14. This is a great opportunity for you to show your appreciation to everyone in the lab, and allow them to meet and share their expertise (about science, applying to graduate school, life, etc.) with other PRISE Fellows. If you intend to invite guests for this event, please contact Laura Hunter (hunter2@fas.harvard.edu) to put them on a special guest list.
PRISE FAREWELL DINNER: The PRISE farewell dinner will be held the evening of Thursday, August 23 at the Boston Museum of Science. In addition, you will have access to the main exhibits before dinner. Shuttle service will make several pick-ups at Leverett in the early evening, and at the end of the dinner. More information will follow shortly.
PRISE CHECK-OUT: Please do not forget that you must be checked out of Leverett before 5:00pm on Saturday, August 25. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE, so if you need to make plans for interim housing, please do not leave that until the last minute. Check-out will be handled by your designated Proctor--if you need special arrangements to check out, please contact them. Individuals who stored belongings at the beginning of PRISE will be able to leave those belongings (three boxes) up until the beginning of the fall term.
SCIENCE FESTIVAL: Don't forget to put the Science Festival on your calendar for this Sunday, August 12. If you would like to help, please contact Emily Fifer or Nathan Leiby.
The summer is winding down so quickly, if you can believe it. I look forward to seeing you tonight!
Yours truly--Greg Llacer.
Week VII Announcements
7/30/2007
THIS WEEK--THREE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS: Due to some scheduling anomalies, we have three great speakers on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights. Please make a point of attending each of these events. Monday night's speaker will be Professor Paula Johnson, a renown cardiologist and women's health specialist from the Harvard Medical School. In preparation for PRISE research talks at the end of the summer, Professor Stephen Kosslyn from the Department of Psychology will present on his just-published book, 8 Psychological Principles for Compelling PowerPoint Presentations. Finally, Thursday night will bring the final in our outer worlds series--Julia Lee from the Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Each of these talks will begin at 7:30pm in Sever Hall 113. As our start times seem to be drifting later and later into the night, please arrive on time.
CLARIFICATION OF MAIL AND PACKAGE DELIVERY: It appears as forecasted (see the Handbook!), outside mail delivery problems have surfaced for some of you. I want to clarify that Proctors pick up postal letter mail every couple of days and deliver whatever is in the PRISE post box to Fellows' door baskets. Packages should be picked up by Fellows at the building superintendent's office. It is very important that if you are expecting a package that you track its delivery and then drop by the superintendent's office to collect it, as we do not have staff available to monitor or collect packages for you. While this process is not as convenient as you may like, it is the only way to make sure your belongings are kept secure until they are in your hands, given our limited mail handling resources. We have asked the Leverett House staff to help us out with this so we can notify you, but they are somewhat tied up with the towers rennovation and may not be clued into what packages are arriving in the mail room. For this reason, please ask family members who would be inclined to send you 'surprise' packages that they tell you in advance when to expect them instead.
PROPOSAL WRITING SLIDES: Thanks to all of those who wrote the kind notes to me about the writing seminar on Thursday requesting slides. I have attached the presentation to this e-mail. If you have any questions about proposal writing strategies, by all means, let me know.
LAST RED SOX GAME: You should have received a message from Laura about Red Sox ticket pickup. If your plans change, even tomorrow PLEASE RETURN YOUR TICKET so someone else who is on the list has the opportunity to go!
It looks like I will be seeing you a lot this week, and I'm looking forward to it. Have a terrific time in your lab this week as well!
Yours truly--Greg Llacer.
Week VI Announcements
7/23/2007
TONIGHT--DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES: Professor Scott Edwards from the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology will present his lecture entitled, "Evolution and Genomics, from Reptiles to Dinosaurs to Birds," a sideways sort of expansion of theme presented two weeks ago by Farish Jenkins. It may be worthwhile to note that the Program Assistants have been tracking attendance, which is hovering just above the 80% range for distinguished talks. As this talk is exclusively for PRISE Fellows, and because these outstanding scientists who support PRISE deserve full audiences, I would appreciate seeing all of you there. Please feel free to invite your lab buddies to this talk. Please arrive as close to 7:30 p.m. at Sever 113 as you can so as not to delay the start time of Professor Edwards's remarks.
THURSDAY SEMINAR SERIES: Ever read a really bad fellowship or research proposal? Think you can spot a winner? You will get your chance Thursday night as yours truly, Greg Llacer, presents a research/fellowship proposal writing seminar. The conversation will center on proposal writing strategies, but will also touch on other salient issues (such as identifying funding sources, selecting references, etc.). This seminar is for everyone, as there will be information that is worthy for those of you considering graduate school applications in the fall. Thursday, July 26 at 7:30 in the upstairs lounge of Dudley House.
LAST RED SOX GAME LIST: Please contact Laura if you have not yet signed up for the lottery for the last game in the Red Sox ticket series on Tuesday, July 31.
WEEK VII (NEXT WEEK) IS VERY FULL: We have THREE IMPORTANT SPEAKERS next week on MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY evenings (with the Sox game on Tuesday). PLEASE see the information on the PRISE calendar and note on your own personal calendar accordingly!
I look forward to seeing you at Professor Edwards's lecture tonight. Have a great week!
Yours truly--Greg Llacer.
Week V Announcements
7/16/2007
MONDAY NIGHT SEMINAR: Careers Off the Bench features a conversation between two individuals who received doctoral degrees in science and pursued related interests in the private sector. Mary Lynne Hedley is the Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer for MGI Pharma, Incorporated, where she is a member of the executive management team and is directly responsible for research, clinical and product development, program management and global drug saftely and pharmacovigilence. Stacie Weninger, Ph.D. '99 is the director of science programs at Fidelity Foundations, and has prior experience as a senior scientist for the journal Neuron (Cell Press). Any PRISE Fellow considering the possibility of a career in science outside academia will find the stories of these two scientists interesting and inspiring, and I encourage you to join in with your questions. The seminar will be held tonight at 7:30pm upstairs at Dudley House.
THURSDAY DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER: Our Distinguished Speaker (and second in our "outer worlds" series) is Sarah Stewart-Mukhopdhyay, a specialist in shock physics and the history of meteorites and planetary surfaces. As this talk is exclusively for PRISE Fellows, and because these outstanding scientists who support PRISE deserve full audiences, I would appreciate seeing all of you there. (By the way, our start times are starting to creep later and later, so it would be helpful if you could arrive right before 7:30 at Sever 113.)
BIG WEEKEND: Harry Potter, Red Sox, Six Flags--lots going on this weekend. Please make sure you are on the lookout for lottery results and ticket distribution instructions!
LOOKING FOR A FEW GREAT GRADUATE STUDENTS: One of the most informative nights of the summer is the conversations we have with outstanding graduate students, identified by you, PRISE Fellows, to come and chat with us about applying to graduate school and the selection process. I am looking for 10-12 graduate students from your labs who you think would be willing and who would likely make a positive contribution to our conversations about academic life after Harvard College. If you know of a terrific graduate student we could invite, please e-mail me with their name and e-mail address, and I will invite them to dinner, and then participate in the conversations to follow. The date for this event is next Thursday, July 26, so I would like to make these invitations sometime this week. Please get back to me straight away with your nomination!
PRISE PRESENTATIONS: Information will be following shortly about your summer presentations. You should at this be thinking about your topic for this 12-minute talk (followed by up to five minutes for questions). Keep an eye on your e-mail.
I look forward to seeing you at the Careers Off the Bench Seminar tonight. Have a great week!
Yours truly--Greg Llacer.
Week IV Announcements
7/9/2007
MONDAY NIGHT SEMINAR: Rebekah Maggor, from the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, will give a seminar on public speaking tonight at 7:30pm in the Dudley House Dining Hall, our first for all PRISE Fellows in preparation for PRISE Presentations at the end of the summer. Please remember that there is 'homework' for this seminar (1-2 minute synopsis of research for science, interdisciplinary science, and non-science audiences), so make sure you bring that along in case you are called on!
THURSDAY DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER: Farish Jenkins returns to PRISE to speak about his research group's ongoing work discovering the missing link between fish and animals that walk on land. Please invite your friends to this great talk at 7:30pm in Sever 113.
LEVERETT MONKEYBREAD RECEPTION THURSDAY NIGHT: Our hosts, the Masters and Residential Staff of Leverett House invite you for a taste of monkeybread in the House Masters' residence immediately following the Jenkins lecture on Thursday, at 9:00 pm. Here's an opportunity to meet and thank the Georgis and the other Leverites who have so graciously allowed us to invade their space for the summer.
WHALE WATCHING SUNDAY: Sunday is the whale watching trip! There are only a few tickets left, so please contact Laura if you haven't already. Laura will begin distributing tickets at dinner tonight.
FACULTY CHATS: You should have received an attachment last week with instructions for hosting faculty chats. If for some reason you did not get the form, please let me know and I will resend.
SCIENCE ACTIVITIES CONFIRMATION LETTERS: Letters for science activities are on their way out--thanks for your patience. If you are an organizer and have questions about your activity, please contact me!
Have a great week everyone. Looking forward to seeing you tonight.
Yours truly--Greg Llacer.
Week III announcements:
7/2/2007
A HUGE THANK YOU: Thanks to all of you who submitted and presented terrific proposals for science and social events and those who asked thoughtful questions during our meeting last night. I am in the process of putting together the final budget and if all goes well will send a message to the submitters later today with the outcome, or with questions if I have them.
TONIGHT'S SEMINAR: Understanding the value of trial and error is critical in scientific investigation, as is how to develop strategies for success in your relentless pursuit of compelling research questions that require patience and fortitude, among other things (time, resources, arcane theoretical knowledge, unfailing accuracy, humility, etc.). As I mentioned Thursday, I was supremely convinced Harvard undergraduate scientists (who generally are not used to failure or how to learn from it) need to think about these kinds of skills after witnessing the crestfallen perspective of one thesis-bound student I visited in a lab oversees two years ago, whose experiments failed time after time and whose frustration was palpable. (Since then, I am pleased to say that she has been extremely successful as a doctoral student, and has become more self-forgiving). Craig Rodgers from the Bureau of Study Council will provide an interactive approach in thinking about how to assess and evaluate matters in the lab when they are not going your way. The seminar will be held in the Dudley House Graduate Commons Room (upstairs from the dining hall) at 7:30pm.
WEDNESDAY IS THE 4TH OF JULY: An opportune mid-week breather in the form of a national holiday comes Wednesday. You are on your own for meals as Dudley House will be closed, but hot dogs are not difficult to find along the River. It will be a crazy day along the Charles, so if you intend to stake out real estate to watch fireworks, you will want to get their very early to spread out your blanket and make a day of it (perhaps trading off to watch the space and playing frisbee, or something).
THURSDAY'S DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER: Professor Noam Elkies comes to PRISE with his infamous "Canonical forms: A mathematician's view of musical canons" lecture, as he sits and performs at the grand piano. Here's an abstract of this talk: "Musical canons, from simple rounds like Three Blind Mice to the compendium of canons Bach compiled in his Musical Offering, have a history almost as long as that of Western music itself, and continue to fascinate musical composers, performers and listeners. In a canon the same melody is played or sung in two or more parts at once; this melody must therefore make musical sense both as a tune and in harmony with a delayed or otherwise modified copy of itself. How does one go about constructing such a melody? This challenge has a mathematical flavor. It turns out that some kinds of canons are so easy to create that they can be improvised in real time, while other kinds are more demanding, and in some cases only a handful of examples are known. The talk will be illustrated with both abstract diagrams and specific musical examples, and may also digress into generalizations of canons (the forms known collectively as "invertible counterpoint") and the reasons -- besides showing off -- that so many composers incorporate canons into their music." How interdisciplinary is this? Consider inviting your friends outside of PRISE for this one--it really is a great talk. The program will start at 8:00pm to allow time to reset the room for the concert/talk (in fact, it would be great if you could help out at 7:30 moving tables and chairs--please heed the call of PA Brandon Ross when he asks for volunteers).
See you tonight!
Yours truly--Greg L.
Week II announcements:
6/25/2007
SURVEY: Survey responses were due Friday, but several of you have not yet completed one. I would very much appreciate it if you could go to http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~prise/fellows/survey.cgi straight away, since it is important that we get everyone's perspectives both at the beginning and the end of PRISE.
ATHLETIC PASSES: Your HUID has been activated for use at the athletic facilities (Hemenway, Quad, Blodgett). If you have problems with your swipe, please contact Laura (hunter2@fas.harvard.edu, 496-3439), who will verify with the recreation/ticket office to make sure you were entered into the system properly.
INVITING YOUR SPONSOR TO DINNER: Did you know that you can invite your faculty research sponsor to dinner anytime during the summer? All you need to do is 1: Invite your mentor and pick a date; 2: Contact Laura about getting a visitor swipe card; 3) Go eat!; and 4) return the swipe card. I will be sending an invitation directly to faculty sponsors as well, but it would be a nice gesture towards them on your part and help draw faculty into the PRISE community.
SEMINAR SERIES TONIGHT: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF HARVARD COLLEGE ADVISING: There really is something for everyone (even you, rising seniors!) at this first seminar of the PRISE summer. Topics to be discussed include the following:
--Course exploration and latitude
--Designing your own curriculum
--Declaring your concentration as a sophomore
--Coordinating secondary fields with science concentrations
--Confusion about The Core
--The mysteries of graduating with Honors
. . . and more!
This seminar will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, at the Dudley House dining hall, immediately following dinner. PLEASE PLAN TO CONCLUDE YOUR DINNER BY 7:20 p.m. tonight so we can set up.
TUESDAY NIGHT: POPS EDGEFEST: Due to the high interest but a limited number of tickets, a lottery will be held for the Boston Pops concert on Tuesday. Please be sure to check your e-mail for instructions to pick up your tickets, should you be selected. Good Luck!
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: SOCIAL AND SCIENCE ACTIVITY PROPOSAL MEETING: Come and participate in the selection for Fellow-initiated activities! Science activities presentations will begin at 7:30pm; social activities presentations will begin at 8:30pm. All groups with proposals must make a 3-minute presentation, and provide a one-page synopsis of the details to the Director at the time of the meeting.
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES: Our speaker this week is Professor Bryan Gaensler, affiliated with the high energy astrophysics division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and the University of Sydney, Australia. Prof. Gaensler has authored or co-authored over 100 scientific papers on neutron stars, black holes, supernova explosions and cosmic magnetic fields, has edited two books on pulsars, and has written dozens of popular articles on science and astronomy. 7:30pm Thursday night, Sever Hall 113.
ACTIVITIES LISTS: The activities lists for Cirque de Soleil "Delirium," (Friday night) and the Red Sox Game (Sunday) are about to close. If you are interested and have not yet signed up, please contact Laura in the Office of Academic Programs.
HEATING UP: The weather service is predicting temperatures in the 90s mid-week. Don't forget the air conditioned D-entryway classroom as a place to hang out.
I hope you all have a great week. I look forward to seeing you tonight at the advising seminar.
Yours truly--Greg L.
Week I announcements:
6/18/2007
INAUGURAL DINNER: Tonight's inaugural dinner at Dudley Hall begins at 7:00. You will have an opportunity to meet the PRISE staff, the Faculty Advisory Board, and other administrators who helped put PRISE together. In addition, Senior Vice Provost Evelynn Hammonds will introduce our first distinguished speaker of the summer, Professor Dudley Herschbach. The dinner will be a catered, tablecloth-and-flowers affair, but the dress is casual and the atmosphere relaxed. I look forward to seeing you all there.
SOCIAL AND SCIENCE ACTIVITIES MEETINGS: Tuesday and Wednesday evenings will be planning sessions for Fellow-initiated activities during the summer. I encourage you to get involved and help develop these integral pieces of PRISE programming. Social activities planning will be Tuesday (8:00pm) and science activities planning will be Wednesday (8:00pm). Both meetings will take place in the JCR.
REGULAR DINNER HOURS: Beginning tomorrow, regular dinner hours will be 6:00-7:30pm each weekday evening. Please be conscientious about your arrival time--as it is summer, we do not want to impose on the dining hall staff by arriving at 7:29 and lingering over dinner, keeping them from finishing up late. With many thanks, please try to have your dinner meal concluded as close to 7:30 as possible.
PRISE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER: Professor Erin O'Shea will speak to PRISE Fellows and undergraduates across the Harvard community conducting research this summer at 7:30pm on Thursday, June 21, in Sever Hall 113. Please ARRIVE EARLY if possible, as the start time coincides with the closing of the dining hall. You should give yourself at least five minutes to hike from Dudley to Sever if you plan to arrive immediately after dinner.
ACTIVITY SIGN-UPS: If you were not able to sign up for ticketed activities, you may contact Laura Hunter (hunter2@fas.harvard, 617-496-3439) to have your name added to the available lists (check the PRISE calendar for events through July). If the number of interested Fellows exceeds the tickets available, we will hold a lottery to determine the ticket "winners." In addition, I will have the sign up lists at the activities meetings Tuesday and Wednesday evening, if you want to sign up then.
PRISE HANDBOOK: I have received quite a few questions from Fellows (and their parents!) about matters that are covered in the Handbook. While I enjoy hearing from you and encourage you to contact me whenever you like, you might find that it may be possible to get your answers more expediently by looking in the Handbook. If you do not have the e-mail attachment that was sent out before move-in, please let me know and I'd be happy to resend it to you.
CESARIA EVORA CONCERT SATURDAY NIGHT: We have a block of tickets for Cesaria Evora, 8:00pm at the Berklee Performance Center. Ms. Evora is a world-renown singer who put Cape Verde on the map of the international vocal music scene. Take a break with your PRISE colleagues to see this great artist perform works from a repertoire that includes Portuguese Creole, African folk music, and contemporary pieces with a Cape Verdean flair. If you have not yet signed up, please contact Laura Hunter (hunter2@fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-3439) to get on the ticket list.
PRISE SURVEY: You will be receiving instructions by e-mail in the next couple of days about submitting your pre-program survey. This information is critical for our development of PRISE, so I'd appreciate it if you could respond to the message straight away.
LATE CHECK-INS: Please contact Laura Hunter (hunter2@fas.harvard.edu) to complete the summer housing contract if you are arriving after Sunday, or if you arrived during the weekend and received your key after hours.
Have a great first week of PRISE! See you tonight at the Inaugural Dinner.
Yours truly--Greg Llacer.
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WELCOME TO PRISE !!
Move-in – Friday, June 15 through Sunday, June 17
Please keep the building secure—do not prop outside doors open during move in.
Parking in front of the building is reserved—park at your own peril! If unloading, please make quick trips so you are not ticketed.
Please report any damage or problematic room conditions to the Proctor/Program Assistant at the check-in table.
Environmentally-friendly, quality, affordable products will be conveniently available at the room of our PRISE EcoREP, Firth Mceachern, in B-34 through check-in weekend:
-- 10-week satchets of special laundry detergent
-- Larger bottles of laundry detergent
-- Tissues
-- Recycled printing paper
-- Binders, waste bins, miscellaneous things people will definitely need from the start!
Your PRISE Residential Proctors are:
-- Lila Fontes, D-23, x32670
-- Aaron Mauck, C-32, x32664
-- Vijay Yanamadala, E-22, x32684
Your PRISE Program Assistants are:
-- Justin Kamisarof, D-43, x32678
-- Brandon Ross, A-33, x32643
-- Roanna Ruiz, E-12, x32681
-- Peter Wang, B-23, x32651
Saturday, June 16, is the Cambridge River Festival, held outside Leverett House. Please be especially aware of your belongings as you move in on Saturday!
Meal service begins Monday, June 18 with breakfast (7:30am-9:00am).
The first formal event of PRISE, the PRISE Inaugural Dinner is Monday, June 18 beginning at 7:00pm.