A party at SAE was the hot topic in the courtyard outside Lanman-Wright Hall on Monday evening — to go, or not to go? “I sort of want to see ‘Gossip Girl,’” admitted one freshman, who would give his name only as Matt. When asked what college he was in, he paused. Then, finally: “JE.”
The new cultural component of this year’s freshman orientation aimed to turn heads, but instead left some freshmen simply scratching them.
In order to relax the pace of training — which is usually held during a harried week in August before freshmen arrive on campus — and to highlight cultural literacy, juniors selected to be counselors will begin meeting Wednesday to discuss Yale’s cultural community and resources as the first in a series of eight one-hour modules they will attend over the course of the...
When it implements a new “peer mentors” program as part of its reform of the freshman counselor system in fall 2009, Yale will be the first Ivy League school to provide student-to-student guidance geared specifically toward freshmen with physical, mental and learning disabilities.
The planned changes — which will take effect in fall 2009 — will introduce “peer mentors” who will serve LGBTQ freshmen, as well as several other groups on campus, such as international and disabled students.
Most freshmen said they see the logic behind the planned changes to the current ethnic counseling program and will keep an open mind until it is fully developed.
Administrators unveiled their plans for long-term, major adjustments to the ethnic counselor program to the News on Monday, laying out a proposal that would incorporate the role of the ethnic counselor into that of the freshman counselor, who will become responsible for providing enhanced community support for cultural affairs on campus.
Branford College’s newest crop of students — residents of Old Campus’ Vanderbilt Hall — did not expect members of their class to be confronted with multiple student-safety crises in the first two months of their collegiate careers.
Organized by the Office of Freshman Affairs, Yale 101 is a set of informational workshops and lectures held throughout the year and designed to offer assistance to freshmen beyond orientation.
The University is conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the year’s opening days in the hopes of making freshman orientation a more welcoming time for new students and their parents, Dean of Student Affairs Marichal Gentry said.
The freshmen summer reading assignment was inspired by lengthy discussion between administrators and students concerned about last year’s spate of racially charged incidents, including allegedly racist fliers posted around campus and content in several undergraduate publications that some students found hurtful.
