Pfoho-nrt March 2019

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[PFOHO] Upgrade of Laundry Card Reader- UPDATE

by Leon, Mario E.

Dear Jordan South Residents, Due to some electrical wiring issues in the card reader, crimson cash will NOT be accepted. That being said, Jordan South Residents are welcome to use the washing and dryer machines FREE of charge from now until Monday, 03/18. Enjoy your free laundry! -Mario -- Mario Leon Building Manager Pforzheimer House - Harvard University 56 Linnaean Street Cambridge, Ma 02138 Tel: (617) 495-8621 [Pfoho Shield] _______________________________________________ Pfoho-announce mailing list Pfoho-announce(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu To unsubscribe from this list or get other information: https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/pfoho-announce

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[PFOHO] Happy Housing Day!!

by Harrington, Anne

[cid:image001.jpg@01D4DA4F.E7826120] Great turn out this morning! Much more to come! Drop by Annenberg, if you have time, and be sure to come to dinner (and the ice cream bash) to help welcome the first-years to their new pfohome! (How about we give a big round of applause to each group as they come in?) Anne _______________________________________________ Pfoho-announce mailing list Pfoho-announce(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu To unsubscribe from this list or get other information: https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/pfoho-announce

5 years, 2 months

[PFOHO] Housing Day Is Coming!

by Ayodeji Ogunnaike

Hi PfoHo, Housing Day is almost here, and I hope you're all getting excited. We have *tons* of great stuff for you to do and get, so please come to as much as you can. Here is a schedule of everything for the next week or so: *Quadded! (Saturday 8:30-11pm) - *Come to the Moors Terrace for free food, drinks, the ice bar/ice sculptures, and Just Dance in the DHall! [image: image.png] *Housing Day Stein (Wednesday 8pm onward) - *We'll be making posters, stuffing bags, and watching old housing day videos in the Dhall. There will also be plenty of drinks and food for everyone too. Come make your poster, get pumped up, see our old housing day shirts, and buy some swag too! *HOUSING DAY SCHEDULE (Thursday the 14th)* [image: image.png] *6:30am - *Donuts in the DHall courtesy of the Burkes (thank you!). Come get your housing day shirt for dormstorming, paint your face, and get ready to take over the yard. Housing day shirts *are for dormstormers **only. *There aren't enough for everyone, so only come to get one if you are going to the yard to get rowdy and deliver letters with us! The shirts are awesome; you want one. *6:45-50 - *Picture with the polar bears on the Quad Yard in front of Moors. *7:00 - *We go to the yard, take over the steps of University Hall, and dominate the other houses. *8:15ish - *Frankie and Cade will get letters, we split into groups and deliver them to the pfreshman that pfortune has pfavored. *9:00ish - *Once letters are delivered, we take a picture in front of the Pfaculty Club *11:30-2:30pm - *Come to Annenberg to get hype, give out swag to pfreshmen, welcome them to the house and eat lunch. We will be there with polar bear costumes, and you're welcome to wear one if you'd like! *Dinner - *Have dinner with the pfreshmen and welcome them to the house! *Friday - *Go on spring break having won housing day! See you soon, Deji _______________________________________________ Pfoho-announce mailing list Pfoho-announce(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu To unsubscribe from this list or get other information: https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/pfoho-announce

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[PFOHO] Housing Day Stein Tonight!

by Pforzheimer House Committee

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[PFOHO] Upgrade of Laundry Card Readers

by Leon, Mario E.

Dear Jordan South Residents, CSC/MacGray will begin the laundry reader replacements starting Tomorrow at 8am in Jordan South, followed in the coming days by the remaining laundry rooms in the House. The entire process is expected to take 3-4 hours. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Best, -Mario -- Mario Leon Building Manager Pforzheimer House - Harvard University 56 Linnaean Street Cambridge, Ma 02138 Tel: (617) 495-8621 [Pfoho Shield] _______________________________________________ Pfoho-announce mailing list Pfoho-announce(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu To unsubscribe from this list or get other information: https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/pfoho-announce

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[PFOHO] Pfoho Housing Day Video!

by Pforzheimer House Committee

Hey everyone, The video is here! Check out our housing day video out this link <https://youtu.be/bZf3mzsMCsY>. Huge thanks to Ryan Chester, Tovly Deutsch, and John Durant for putting it together. Best, Cade + Frankie _______________________________________________ Pfoho-announce mailing list Pfoho-announce(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu To unsubscribe from this list or get other information: https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/pfoho-announce

5 years, 2 months

[PFOHO] Reminder: Video Workshops to Help You Succeed at Harvard

by Academic Coordinator Pforzheimer House

See attachment for workshops on: * Impostor syndrome * Overcoming perfectionism * When your friend needs help * Powering through procrastination * Managing intense feelings * Organizing for academic success * Adjusting to life at Harvard * Mending your mood Best, Regina Regina Wilde Interim Academic Coordinator Office of the Allston Burr Resident Dean and Assistant Dean of Harvard College, Pforzheimer House 56 Linnaean Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617-495-8176 / Fax: 617-496-3788 Common Academic Questions<https://pfoho.harvard.edu/AcademicQuestions> Upcoming Deadlines<https://registrar.fas.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming> _______________________________________________ Pfoho-announce mailing list Pfoho-announce(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu To unsubscribe from this list or get other information: https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/pfoho-announce

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[PFOHO] Room Tours on Housing Day!

by Pforzheimer House Committee

Hello everyone, In preparation for housing day, we'd like to compile a list of rooms that we can show the incoming pfreshmen. The tours led by HoCo will go around the house, showing off rooms so that the pfreshmen get excited for their new house! Tours will be happening after the ice cream reception, somewhere between 8-9pm. If you'd like your room to be included in one of the tours, fill out this form <https://goo.gl/forms/XMO5wsX9He1RZWY03>, and we'll make sure to stop by! We'll be raffling off 3 Pfoho water bottles to participants in the room tours! Best, Cade + Frankie _______________________________________________ Pfoho-announce mailing list Pfoho-announce(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu To unsubscribe from this list or get other information: https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/pfoho-announce

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[PFOHO] Pfoho Newsletter - March 11, 2019

by Watts, Suzanne

The Pforzheimer Newsletter March 11, 2019 "All The News That Pfits We Print" Tutors on call (2 week) Erik Nook - 3/11 - 3/18 Sarib Hussain - 3/18 - 3/25 617-651-1636 (tutor-on-call cell) Beginning at 5:00 p.m. Monday and ending at 9:00 a.m. the following Monday, a resident tutor or tutors will be on call to assist Pforzheimer House residents with any emergencies that arise. The name and phone number of the tutor(s) on call is listed in each week's Newsletter and will also be posted outside the House Offices and throughout the Pfoho buildings. This Week in Pfoho: Monday, March 11 Last day to Withdraw from a course Wednesday, March 13 Pre-Housing Day Stein 8:00p Dining Hall Thursday, March 14 [WMU 1178131 Polar Bear Mascot Costume from UnbeatableSale at SHOP.COM] HOUSING DAY!!! - Get pfired up Pfoho!! Time to welcome the new cubs!! All House Pfoto 6:45am Moors Terrace/Quad Lawn Dorm Storm! 8:30am Harvard Yard Pfaculty Dean Pfreshman Ice Cream Welcome 7:00pm JCR w/House Tours led by HoCo Next Week in Pfoho: HAPPY SPRING BREAK!!! Week AFTER Spring Break in Pfoho: Thursday, March 28 PFORTUNA with special Welcome to Pfreshmen 9:00-10:00pm JCR Sunday, March 31 Pfaculty Dean Open House - Pfreshmen Welcome! 9:00pm Fac Dean Rez ************************************************************** Notes from the Allston Burr Assistant Dean, Monique Roy, pforzheimerhousedean(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:pforzheimerhousedean@fas.harvard.edu>: GEN ED QUESTIONS? The Gen Ed Program has a useful website here<https://generaleducation.fas.harvard.edu/> to address questions about the revamped requirements. And there is an online form for questions, here<https://gened.fas.harvard.edu/questions>. UPCOMING ACADEMIC DEADLINES: Consider adding these key dates to your calendars as a reminder. Last day to with Withdraw from a course (Seventh Monday): Mon., March 11th WANT TO MEET WITH MONIQUE? You can check my office hours and sign up for an appointment on my google calendar at http://bit.ly/MR_appointments<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_MR-5Fappointment…>. If these times don't work for you, just email me and we will set something else up outside those times. Regina will normally be in from 9-5 Mon-Fri - and she will always know where I am or how to reach me. - Monique Pfoho Hoco Announcements Join us Wednesday night in the dhall for a Pfoho sign-making stein + plan to get up at the crack of dawn on Thursday to go yell at some sleepy freshmen! Inside-Pfoho Announcements: SENIORS: Do you want to speak at Harvard Commencement?? Learn more at https://commencement.harvard.edu/orations-competition One of the oldest and most cherished traditions of the Morning Exercises of Commencement is the Orations Competition in which three students are chosen by a panel of judges to deliver a speech to approximately 32,000 friends, faculty, family, alumni and graduates. The TWO delivered by graduating seniors are the LATIN and the ENGLISH orations. The third, also in English, is delivered by a grad student. Speeches should be no longer than five minutes in length and will be judged for intelligence, wit, originality, and general significance. *Submission Deadline: Thursday, March 28 at 4 PM *Preliminary Auditions: Tuesday, April 16 at 4 PM *Final Auditions: Tuesday, April 23 at 4 PM * Students interested in learning more about the competition are encouraged to attend the optional Orator's Workshop. Prize: $1,000 in each category Coming Up on the Pfoho Horizon AFTER Spring Break: Pfaculty Deans' Open House - Sunday, March 31st - 9:00-10:00 pm - Pfaculty Deans' Residence Special WELCOME to our newest Pfoho Pfreshmen! C'mon by for the always yummy food and excellent company and to share the PfLove with our newest Pfreshman Pfohosers. The Spring Pfoho Student/Pfaculty Dinner comes up a couple weeks after Spring Break, on Wednesday, April 10th. It's always good to be thinking AHEAD about who you'd like to invite, and to extend that invitation EARLY. Reception at 5:30 on the balcony, followed by dinner in the dining hall at 6:00. Take advantage of this opportunity to meet with your professor, TF or tutor over a very special dinner. Hard copy invitation cards will be available after the break at the checker's desk in the DHall or in the House Office. Please RSVP by clicking here Pfoho Pfaculty Dinner RSVPs<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGdpaDBic015dWV3YW9TST…> with your GUEST'S NAME and his or her DEPARTMENT by Monday, April 8th at the latest. Outside-Pfoho Announcements Hello from the Bureau of Study Counsel (http://bsc.harvard.edu/)! The BSC supports students as they learn, grow, and engage in the educational opportunities available to them at Harvard. Explore our programs and services here and at 5 Linden Street. New online reading course. The Bureau of Study Counsel announces the release of Strategic Reader, an online, self-paced course inspired by the Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies. Strategic Reader was created by Abigail Lipson, retired director of the BSC, and me and recently published by Pearson Education. To register for a time-limited offer of free access to Strategic Reader during the spring term of 2019 (a $35 value), click here<https://bsc.harvard.edu/strategic-reader>. THIS WEEK AT THE OFFICE OF CAREER SERVICES See here for full list of events: http://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/college-advising Our Pfoho Newsletter comes out every Monday afternoon (or a day or two later if there's a holiday) If you'd like to include an announcement, just send it to Sue Watts (swatts@fas) Catherine Bond (catherine_bond@college) by Monday at noon. Calendar events and lots of other helpful info are also online at http://pfoho.harvard.edu/. -------------------- Suzanne Watts House Administrator, Pforzheimer House 56 Linnaean St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Ph: 617-495-8166 / Fax: 617-496-3788 www.pfoho.harvard.edu<http://www.pfoho.harvard.edu/> _______________________________________________ Pfoho-announce mailing list Pfoho-announce(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu To unsubscribe from this list or get other information: https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/pfoho-announce

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[PFOHO] Last Hygge of the winter...starting in 10 minutes... cozy fire, hot drinks, donuts...AND HOT PUFF PUFFs

by Harrington, Anne

[/var/folders/j9/pzbd8bpd6310xd_nddjppsf00000gp/T/com.microsoft.Outlook/Content.MSO/8E7C9E9A.tmp] Thanks to Daniel, for all the weeks of collecting donuts for all of us...thanks to Amanda, for making this last Hygge extra special _______________________________________________ Pfoho-announce mailing list Pfoho-announce(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu To unsubscribe from this list or get other information: https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/pfoho-announce

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