Your Harvard: Atlanta
with President Drew Gilpin Faust
Your Harvard events invite alumni, parents, and friends to connect with each other and engage with some of the most exciting scholarship underway on campus. President Drew Faust will speak to her vision for Harvard’s future — the foundation of The Harvard Campaign — and eminent faculty members discuss cross-disciplinary research and innovations that address some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
The program includes light snacks and non-alcoholic drinks at the start of the program. Then attendees hear from faculty followed by Drew Faust. Afterwards there is a heavy reception with alcohol and various hors d’oeuvres.
Alumni and Guests - $50.00 each
Current Harvard Club Members and HBAS Members - $40.00 each
Recent Graduates* - $30.00 each (*Recent graduates include alumni of the College class years 2010–2015)
Click here to get your tickets through the Harvard Alumni Association by Oct. 20th!
Date: |
Wednesday, November 4th |
Location: | Woodruff Arts Center |
Time: |
6:15 PM | Doors Open | |
7:00 PM | Program Begins/ Welcoming Remarks | ||
Faculty Conversation | |||
Audience Q&A | |||
President Faust Remarks |
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8:30 PM | Reception |
Drew Gilpin Faust is the 28th president of Harvard University and the Lincoln Professor of History in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
As president of Harvard, Faust has expanded financial aid to improve access to Harvard College for students of all economic backgrounds and advocated for increased federal funding for scientific research. She has broadened the University's international reach, raised the profile of the arts on campus, embraced sustainability, launched edX, the online learning partnership with MIT, and promoted collaboration across academic disciplines and administrative units as she guided the University through a period of significant financial challenges.
Click here to read her complete biography.