Harvard Month of Service
The Harvard Alumni Association recently announced that April 2011 is the HAA Global Month of Service. Alumni from around the world will come together through the common act of providing service to others. We ask Harvard Alumni in France to participate in this global alumni initiative.
Please contact - HCF Executive Committee First VP, Claire Mays
Interviewers for Harvard Admissions Committee
The Harvard Club of France is responsible for organizing interviews for French applicants to Harvard College. The Admissions Committee visits high schools in the Paris area to increase awareness of the application process to American universities as well as interviews the students who do apply. HCF is interested in new interviewers.
Please contact - HCF Executive Committee First VP, Claire Mays
New HCF Sub-Committees
The Executive Committee hopes to create new sub-committees to better serve the needs of the Harvard Alumni community. These committees are in the “early development” phase. The HCF is looking for interested volunteers, including committee leaders and members. Reach out to the following HCF members:
- Membership
- HCF Vice President of Membership, Felicia Henderson
- Careers & Professional Development
- HCF Executive Committee VP, Marie Baudron
- HCF Executive Committee VP, Meriem Ait Ali Slimane
- Sports
- HCF VP of Technology, Kai Carver
- Community Service
- HCF Executive Committee First VP, Claire Mays
Harvard Debate Team The Stanford Alumni Association of France recently created an “All Alumni Debate Tournament”, inviting teams of alumni from top American universities to debate in a collegial style tournament. The Harvard Debate Team 2011 is currently in development for the Spring/ Fall 2011 All Alumni Debate Tournament. Interested? Please contact HCF Executive Committee Member, Jonathan Kamler
Contribute to the Harvard French Scholarship Fund
In 1987 the Harvard Club of France assumed responsibility for interviewing and selecting recipients of funds it raises itself, perhaps the only Harvard Club to do so. This was done to create closer ties between members and beneficiaries, ties to encourage giving while providing personalized support to departing or returning students. In 1999, the Harvard Law School Association of France joined forces with the Club for this endeavor. In 2002, the Harvard Business School Club of France also decided to participate in the fund. As a result, the program now goes under the name of the Harvard French Scholarship Fund, which is organically part of the Harvard Club of France. This is probably the only instance in the world, where three clubs in one country have formally associated to help students attend Harvard.
The program has worked well. Total contributions rose from 2,300 euros in the mid-eighties to 16,735 in 2004/05. The number of contributors has risen during the same period to 72. When reimbursements of previous advances are added in, total funds collected totaled 31,520 euros. Since the beginning of the program, over 75 students have received some form of assistance from the Fund. To support the Scholarship Fund and the students it supports, please visit the Fund’s website.
