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July 22, 2022
GSAS Weekly Housing Newsletter
This week’s contents:
Summer Move-Out and Interim Housing
Summer Room Billing
Harvard Square Homeless Shelter: Seeking Volunteers
Fall 2022 Move-In Crew
Piano Access
Guest & Lounge Request Forms
B2 Picks
Resident Advisor on Lockout Duty
SUMMER MOVE-OUT AND INTERIM HOUSING
The move-out deadline for the summer term is Friday, August 5 at 12:00pm (NOON).
When you move out, please be sure to complete each item on this checklist:
- Move out on your designated day and time. Failure to move out by the deadline could result in significant fines.
- Remove all personal furniture and belongings.
- Be sure to remove all your items from the communal kitchen and refrigerator.
- Remove all your food and personal items from the communal refrigerator and kitchen.
- Bag all trash and recycling, take bags to the appropriate rooms, and place in the correct receptacles. Residents will be charged a cleaning fee for rooms that are left in poor condition.
- Return your key to Perkins Hall Basement, Room 20. Envelopes are located to the right of the door. Please place key in envelope, complete the requested information, and slide in door drop, accessible 24 hours a day. Failure to return your original coded key by your move-out deadline will result in a charge of $25 on your student account.
- Change your mailing address with all correspondents as well as in my.harvard.edu.
- Submit mail forwarding information to Harvard University Mail Services through their website: http://www.hums.harvard.edu/mail-delivery/student-mail-forwarding. Please note, our office will be communicating summer room assignments to the Mail Room.
If you have accepted a room in the GSAS residence halls for the academic year, you are eligible for interim housing. Interim housing spans from Friday, August 5 through Friday, August 19. Only students who have signed a contract for the 2022-2023 academic year are eligible for interim housing. The cost for interim housing is $200 and will be billed to your my.harvard account at the beginning of August. You will be able to stay in your summer Perkins room until you academic year room is ready for move-in (if applicable).
Please complete the Interim Housing Request 2022 Form by Wednesday, July 27 to request interim housing. You will not be eligible for interim housing if you do not complete this form.
Please note that facilities staff do a lot of deep cleaning and loud work during this time to prepare for the academic year move-in. The Office of Residential Life will do our best to notify residents of any loud work being done in the building, but some work may be time sensitive and advance notice will be difficult.
SUMMER ROOM BILLING
All billing for summer housing has been applied to student accounts. All residents should see their summer housing fees on their student accounts by early next week. Please note, we had some challenges with summer billing this year, so if you have any questions, please contact our office – this especially applies to students currently living in Perkins large rooms. Questions regarding payment deadlines and options should be directed to Student Financial Services.
HARVARD SQUARE HOMELESS SHELTER: SEEKING VOLUNTEERS
The Harvard Square Homeless Shelter and Y2Y Youth Shelter will be running over this upcoming Summer (6/15-8/10), and we need your help to keep them open! If you will be in the Cambridge-Boston area over this Summer, we would love to have you join our team, and we ask you to please sign up using this application for HSHS and this application for Y2Y as soon as possible. In addition, for information about our volunteer policies, please find out more by reading our volunteer handbooks for HSHS and Y2Y! Thank you so much for your support, and please reach out to hsss.volunteer@gmail.com or volunteer@y2yharvardsquare.org with any questions.
FALL 2022 MOVE-IN CREW
Our office is looking to hire students to assist with fall move-in. Move-in crew will assist residents moving in by helping them carry their belongings to their room. There will be approximately 2-3 move-in crew members assigned to each of our four residence halls. The shifts will take place on Friday, August 19 and Saturday, August 20 from 12:00pm (noon) to 8:00pm (additional shifts may be added as needed). The pay is $15 an hour. If interested, please submit this form by Monday, August 1 at 5:00pm.
PIANO ACCESS
If you would like access to Richards Basement Lounge to play the piano, please email our office at gsasreslife@fas.harvard.edu to have your ID programmed for use on the Richards Basement door. Residents can use the piano from 9:00am – 10:00pm.
GUEST REQUEST & LOUNGE REQUEST FORMS
If you are having a guest stay overnight over the summer, please remember to complete a Guest Request Form 7 days (one week) prior to your guest’s arrival. If you like to reserve one of the Perkins lounges for an event, please be sure to complete the Lounge Request Form. Please note that lounges in other buildings cannot be reserved for the summer. For our complete policy regarding lounge reservations and use, please see our Residence Hall Handbook.
B2 PICKS
A weekly listing of events brought to you by Residential Life Staff. These events are hosted throughout the greater Boston area and online.
Free Shakespeare on the Common
When: Now through August 7 at 8:00pm, nightly
Where: Parkman Bandstand
Admission: FREE (you can rent a chair for $10)
Website
Description
We are thrilled to welcome audiences to our summer 2022 Free Shakespeare on the Common production of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian! Our production brings Shakespeare’s quintessential battle of wits to the colorful and vibrant time of the 1990’s and reimagines Benedick and Beatrice as two women.
“Much Ado is a wonderful play, joyful, funny and accessible to all audiences. But it also deals with larger issues involved in navigating relationships, which makes the play very relevant to contemporary audiences” said CSC’s Founding Artistic Director Steve Maler. “We are thrilled to welcome director Megan Sandberg-Zakian, an accomplished artist who will be bringing her unique style and vision to the play.”
“I’m delighted that Commonwealth Shakespeare will continue the beloved tradition of Shakespeare on the Common for a 26th season!” remarked Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. “We’re lucky to have an active, vibrant arts community in our City, and organizations like CSC that help break barriers and expand access to live theater. I look forward to attending this summer’s production, and I encourage all of Boston to support and enjoy our amazing theater scene.”
Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience
When: Now through September 25
Where: Franklin Park Zoo
Admission: $26.95
Website
Description
Boston Lights will once again illuminate Franklin Park Zoo with sparkling new lantern additions, plus a few returning favorites!
Experience the wonder of over 55 magnificent displays comprised of hundreds of beautifully crafted lanterns spanning Franklin Park Zoo's 72 acres. Discover luminous scenes from the rainforest, whimsical ocean displays with creatures of the deep, glowing corridors of lotus and bamboo, traditional Asian lanterns and a stunning 66-foot-long rose corridor.
New this year is a colossal 82-foot-long octopus tunnel with blinking eyes and color-changing tentacles, sure to dazzle and delight guests of all ages!
RESIDENT ADVISOR ON LOCKOUT DUTY
RAs on weekend lockout duty this weekend are reachable in their rooms between 8:00pm and 8:00am on Friday and Saturday. Please note that RAs on lockout duty can only accommodate lockouts until 12:00am. If you are locked out, please try contacting your RA or an RA in your building before contacting the RA on lockout duty.
After 12:00am, please contact Harvard University Police if you are locked out at (617) 495-1215.
Friday, July 22: Rhine Samajdar, Perkins 220, 617-493-4908
Saturday, July 23: Yunyao Zhai, Perkins 20, 617-493-4953
Have a wonderful weekend!
GSAS Office of Residential Life
gsasreslife@fas.harvard.edu
(617) 495-5060
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