The school’s main buildings for research, teaching, and administration are located in the heart of Boston’s hospital district and Harvard University’s Longwood campus. The facilities adjoin those of Harvard’s Medical School, School of Dental Medicine, and Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine and are near Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and other Harvard-affiliated hospitals. The school is within walking distance of many cultural institutions, such as Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, and public transportation is readily available to other parts of Boston and Cambridge, where students may cross-register for courses at other Harvard schools and at MIT. A shuttle bus runs between the Longwood campus and Harvard Yard in Cambridge.

Below you will find information on the following:

• Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
• Instructional Computing Facility
• Office for Student Affairs
• Student Housing
• Students with Disabilities
• Career Services Office
• Office of Alumni Affairs
• Office of Diversity
• Student Organizations
• Harvard International Office
• Child Care Facilities and Work/Life Resources

Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

The Countway Library is the principal provider of library services to the school and is open every day (except for holidays) for work and study. One of the largest medical libraries in the world, the Countway houses over 630,000 bound volumes, 3,500 current biomedical journal titles, and 10,000 noncurrent titles. The library’s website provides access to additional full-text journals in the biosciences and medicine and to many electronic databases. The Countway also owns an extensive collection of historical materials dating from the fifteenth century. Students have borrowing privileges throughout the Harvard Univer sity library system. The Boston Public Library, MIT libraries, and other area libraries add to the total book and periodical resources available.

Instructional Computing Facility

The HSPH Instructional Computing Facility is dedicated to serving the course work and research computing needs of the school’s students and faculty. Resources include SUN Unix computers, 200 IBM personal computers, a Novell network, laser printers, an OCR scanner, and a 392 CPU highperformance research computing cluster; a wide array of software, including statistical packages, programming languages, analytical programs, and word-processing packages; and services such as antivirus software, email, wireless Internet connectivity, user assistance, short courses, and computer accounts for funded research. Many academic departments also provide computing resources for their students. Additional ser vices, such as computer classes, user groups, technical support, and purchase of discounted hardware and software, are available through the offices of Harvard’s University Information Systems.

Office For Student Affairs

The Office for Student Affairs (OSA) provides a variety of support services and offers educational, social, cultural, and academic programs to enhance the student experience at HSPH. Staff members are available to respond to the needs of individual students as they deal with the many demands of their academic and personal lives. The staff helps students and their families who have questions about living in Boston and the United States and also assists all students in adjusting to life here. Through a variety of programs the office works to support a sense of community for students across the school. OSA sponsors noncredit academic support seminars on such topics as time management and dissertation writing and can refer students to other sources of academic and personal support. The office also works closely with the HSPH Student Government and other student groups to address collective concerns. Another activity sponsored by the office is Global Chat, a seminar series featuring experts from around the world, including HSPH students, who share their experiences in an informal setting. The office also oversees the assignment and leasing processes for Shattuck International House and provides assistance to students with disabilities.

Student housing    The Henry Lee Shattuck International House, available to both domestic and international students, is operated by the school on a nonprofit basis for its full-time students and their families. In addition to providing living quarters, the facility offers a supportive environment; students serving as resident community advisers help to organize house activities and provide assistance. Located within a tenminute walking distance of the school, the apartment complex consists of three buildings with seventy furnished one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments that accommodate single students, roommates, and families. Several apartments are accessible to those with disabilities. All apartments have private kitchens and baths, free Internet and email access via a data link to the school, two telephone lines, and interior cable access. Shared facilities include a computer room with a printer and copy machine, a library/reading room, an exercise room, a function room, a children’s playroom, a laundry room, an indoor bicycle storage area, a piano room, a TV room with satellite TV and DVD, a recycling area, and an out door playground. Harvard Real Estate Services also offers a wide range of housing options in both Cambridge and Boston.

Students with disabilities    The Office for Student Affairs furnishes a range of services to students with documented disabilities, including interpreters, scribes, class notes, arrangements for accommodations and transportation, and other services as appropriate. For more information, contact the director for student affairs.

Career Services Office

The Office for Career Services offers career counseling, employment resources, and networking opportunities to assist students and alumni in expanding their employment prospects. The office invites numerous organizations to campus to present information sessions and to participate in the fall and spring Career Fair. Organizations are invited to post jobs, internships, and fellowships and to review electronic resume/CV books for potential candidates. The career services staff conducts workshops on resume/CV and cover letter writing, job search strategies, and interviewing and negotiating skills and organizes panel discussions featuring public health professionals, including HSPH alumni. Alumni career coaches are also available to assist students with their job search and career planning. Students and alumni have access to current online job postings and to fellowship and internship opportunities. The Career Services Office library contains job listings, resource directories, and other career-related information. Students have the opportunity to network with Harvard graduates through Crimson Compass, an online database of university-wide alumni.

Office of Alumni Affairs

The Office of Alumni Affairs (OAA) acts as a liaison between over 11,000 HSPH alumni and HSPH faculty, students, and administrators. The office develops and implements programs to build the alumni network and serves as a catalyst for connecting students, alumni, faculty, and outside constituencies on local, regional, and international levels.

In addition, OAA works closely with the Offices of Career Services, Student Services, and Educational Programs, as well as individual academic departments, to provide input into curricula, locate and facilitate practice placements, and act as a resource for possible career opportunities. The Office of Alumni Affairs also works with the HSPH Alumni Association and the Alumni Council, the association’s elected representative body, to organize educational and networking events in the United States and abroad. In 2009–10 the office will be working with the HSPH Alumni Council to build an online community to help facilitate connections between HSPH students, faculty, and alumni.

Office of Diversity

The HSPH Office of Diversity was created to initiate and support activities that increase diversity and promote cultural competency among members of the HSPH community. The office assists with recruitment initiatives, hosts or co-sponsors cross-cultural educational activities and events, and participates in activities that represent the school’s diversity agenda within HSPH and the university and nationally. The office is also an informal gathering place for students, staff, and other members of the community.

Student Organizations

The HSPH Student Government includes elected and appointed representatives from each department, from the MPH program, and from the Division of Biological Sciences. The Student Government meets regularly to discuss issues and plan activities related to student life at HSPH. The organization also provides a mechanism for working with members of the school’s faculty and administration on schoolwide issues, for sponsoring seminars and other educational programs, for organizing social activities, and for arranging for student representation on several of the school’s faculty committees. The Student Government frequently sponsors or cosponsors collaborative activities, such as toy drives, with the school and the neighboring community.

There are numerous student organizations at HSPH geared toward the interests of specific constituencies, including the Spanish Speak ing Com mit tee; the Asian Club; the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans gender Association; the Jewish Stu dents Association; the Muslim Student Group; the Christian Fellowship; the Health Policy Forum; and Reproductive Health and Rights.

Harvard International Office

During the 2008–09 academic year, about 33 percent of HSPH students came from outside the United States. The experiences that international students bring to the school lend an important dimension to the academic programs and add to the richness of the environment. International students organize many cultural events at the school and participate in the annual International Night talent show.

In addition to the programs provided by the Office for Student Affairs, the Harvard International Office, located on the Cambridge campus, offers a variety of services to students from abroad, including orientations, newsletters, and cross-cultural workshops. One program, the Friends of International Students, matches students with a person or family who will welcome them and ease their transition to the United States. An international student adviser from the Harvard International Office holds biweekly office hours at HSPH to assist students with visa matters and to advise them on immigration regulations and other issues.

Child Care Facilities and Work/Life Resources

There are a number of child care facilities located near the Longwood and Cambridge campuses. Referrals and information are provided by the Harvard University Office of Work and Family. Arrangements should be made as early as possible, as facilities are quickly filled. The HSPH work/life liaison can provide additional information on university- and school-sponsored support services and resources for students and their families.

Contact Information

For more information about student services, please contact

Stanley Hudson,
Associate Dean for Student Services
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-432-4703
Fax: 617-432-2009

For more information about student affairs or students with disabilities, please contact

Andy Eisenmann,
Director for Student Affairs
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-432-1036
Fax: 617-432-3879

For more information about Shattuck House and other housing, please consult http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/housing

For more information about Harvard Real Estate Services, please consult http://www.hres.harvard.edu/rre.html

For more information about career services, please contact

Peter Crudele,
Director of Career Services,
677 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, MA 02115.
Phone: 617-432-1034
Fax: 617-432-3879

For more information about services offered by the Office of Diversity, please contact
Dale Trevino
Director of Diversity Programs
33 Wigglesworth Street
Boston, MA 02120
Telephone: (617) 384-5411 Email: dtrevino@hsph.harvard.edu

For more information about services offered by the Harvard University International Office, please contact

Maria Hernandez,
Adviser to Foreign Students and Scholars
Harvard International Office
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-2789
Fax: 617-495-4088

For more information about child care centers in the area, please contact the Office of Work/Life Resources
Phone: 617-495-4100.

For more information on services, resources, and programs for students and their families, please contact
Ronnie Mae Weiss
Work/Life Liaison
Phone: 617-432-7448
Email: rweiss@hsph.harvard.edu