Word: mentorship
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...beginning for the long run,” Dean of the Divinity School William A. Graham, who served on the original task force and, as dean, has been in contact with Hammonds’ office throughout the year, writes in an e-mail.Hammonds says she anticipates additional spending on mentorship programs and another, more detailed, survey to be conducted this year.“These are just the initial steps,” she writes in an e-mail.LAYING THE GROUNDWORKBut professors say money spent may not be the best way to measure the changes that are taking place.Instead, Harvard faces...
...someone noticed that we existed.The sad truth is that I have arrived at Commencement with almost no meaningful faculty relationships. The sadder truth is that so have many of my classmates. And our college experiences have suffered for it. Great faculty relationships can yield stellar advising and inspirational mentorship. The absence of those relationships inevitably results in undergraduates lacking both. “If we can get the faculty—or, in the negligent departments, anyone at all—to pay more attention to students, the quality of the academic experience at Harvard will soar...
...organization, which was founded in 2004 and now has a membership numbering “in the hundreds,” is to create and support dialogue between Harvard Muslim students and the wider Harvard community. Bhatti also says the members of HUMA have expressed interest in creating a mentorship council that would connect alumni with current undergraduates.One of HUMA’s “medium-term” goals is to have a mosque associated with the University built nearby.‘A STARTING POINT’Though the HGLC, the HAAA, and HUMA focus some...
...with little depth; however, it was nice to see her chiseled arms showcased in yet another movie.At times the movie appears to be a hybrid between “The Karate Kid” and “Finding Forrester” because of the similar themes of eccentric mentorship, the struggle to beat the odds, and the protracted suspense. However, its multicultural cast creates an entertaining mélange of perspectives, which are typically reserved for dinner table discussion. The uplifting message of “Akeelah and the Bee,” hails from Nelson Mandela?...
...Blood Ties” (News, Mar. 21). That students are expressing interest—and are welcomed—in identity groups that are not (at first glance) their own, displays admirable open-mindedness, curiosity, and leadership. From my own personal experience, as a Radcliffe Mentor in the Radcliffe Mentorship Program (once an all-female endeavor), I have been thrilled to see male undergraduates lining up to be mentored by Radcliffe graduates. Indeed, Harvard extracurriculars are proof that students are willing to leap across boundaries...