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Class of 2013!We are happy that you are interested in applying to FUP!Please see the application below...FUPpie Application (Word)FUPpie Application (PDF)Priority applications should be in our hands by May 6, 2009. Our final deadline for all applications is June 8, 2009.The application consists of short essays and a creative/interpretive self-portrait.

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If you’re going to be in Boston over the summer—or going to be somewhere with consistent access to phone and internet—Steercom would love to have your help to make calls to worksites, do worksite visits, help arrange for speakers and help arrange for food donations. To become our favorite person, copy and paste this link [file:///Users/taravenkatraman/Downloads/fup09%20future%20involvement.pdf]

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FUP is interested in putting together a database of our alumni, recent and ancient, so that we can call upon them to be speakers at FUP week, do workshops during the year and otherwise serve asresources for the FUP community. We’re looking for one or a few people to take considerable initiative and manage this project fairly independently.To get FUP networked, copy and paste this link [file:///

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The new J-Term/Jan Plan/whatever the kids are calling it these days leaves lots of room for exciting possibilities for a repeat FUP or an entirely unique J-Term FUP. Though no one knows whether a J-Term FUP is even feasible, it’s something many members of the FUP community should have input in, and so you can sign-up to be part of a working group of faculty, staff, students and alums who will

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FUP SC is desperately seeking need a few webmasters with incredible technical skillz to help Zach Arnold design, create and manage a new FUP website, since we’re currently operating off of this blogspot.To put us out of our misery, copy and paste this link [file:///Users/taravenkatraman/Downloads/fup09%20future%20involvement.pdf] in a new tab for the form to fill out and send back in by February

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While FUP has little formal programming during the year, Steercom and leaders do host a variety of events (ideally once every two weeks) to continue the momentum of FUP and maintain the sense of community. These events range from brunch to movie watching to Advising Night to FUP or Treat (trick-or-treating to freshmen rooms in the Yard). This is something we’d like FUPpies and FUP alums to get

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Join the FUP '08 group on Facebook and keep in touch with FUP happenings!

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If you have done FUP before, either as a FUPpie or a leader, and care deeply about strengthening the program during FUP week itself and during the year, we invite you to apply to be on the Steering Committee for FUP '09-'10. The major requirement is that all new Steering Committee members commit to be in Boston over the summer; the time committment is about 15 hours a week through the last two

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If you care about creating an incredible community of students who are passionate about service, activism and social justice work of all kinds, apply to be a FUP leader! We are looking for a diverse and fabulous crew of leaders for FUP 2009. What is FUP?The First-Year Urban Program is a week-long orientation to communities and community service opportunities in Cambridge and Boston for incoming

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IT'S FINALLY HERE. The one, the only 2008 fup reading packet. (don't cry just yet...) yes, fuppies, this baby is your first glimpse into a community of thinkers, volunteers, activists, and just really cool people (the fup community of COURSE). read it, cherish it, sleep with it under your pillow. do what you will, but be sure to bring a printed copy with you august 31st (or email us to let us

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The deadline to apply to FUP 2008 has been extended to JUNE 15TH for those who missed the first deadline and those recently removed from the waiting list. Unfortunately, we need to RECEIVE them by June 15th (rather than have them postmarked by that date), so please keep that in mind.Click on the "How to Apply" link on the left to download the application and for more details.For those who have

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The First-Year Urban Program is a student-run preorientation program that introduces incoming first-years to the Boston-Cambridge area and the service community in and around Harvard. Students who participate in FUP spend the week preceding Freshman Week working on construction and renovation projects for non-profit community organizations in the area. FUPpies work in teams of 10 with three

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If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us:First-Year Urban Program c/o Freshman Dean's Office6 Prescott StreetCambridge, MA 02138phone: 617.495.8988fax: 617.496.1624e-mail: fup@fas.harvard.edu

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home | back bay | beacon hill | boston common | chinatown | downtown boston | fenway | north end | roxbury | south end | south boston | cambridge | other places Once, long long ago, a small but courageous group of Harvard students and incoming first years went on a walk. A long walk. An 8-hour walk. And they called it "Boston Adventure Day." They perused the neighborhoods of Boston, from the

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abby brown is a rising sophomore who is STOKED to be on steercom for FUP 2008. She hails from the wilds of Boston, MA (Brighton to be more precise) and she is still learning all about her complex city. She learned a lot this summer as a senior counselor for the S(ummer) U(rban) P(rogram) in Southie where she taught 8-10 year olds about community organizing, local government, and sea creatures.

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leader bios 2007Katie Koh is a rising junior who hails from Andover, MA. She adores her on-campus residence also known as CABOT House. This summer, she is immersing herself in the world of organic chemistry at Harvard Summer School (and loving every minute of it). She is a psychology major and pre-med with a strong interest in health and nutrition. In her free time, Katie loves nothing more than

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IT'S FINALLY HERE. The one, the only 2008 fup reading packet (don't cry just yet...)!yes, fuppies, this baby is your first glimpse into a community of thinkers, volunteers, activists, and just really cool people (the fup community of COURSE). read it, cherish it, sleep with it under your pillow. do what you will, but be sure to bring a printed copy with you august 31st (or email us to let us know

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I signed up for Dorm Crew's Fall Clean-up. Can I do that and FUP? Nope. Everything happens at the same time: FUP, FAP, FIP, FOP, Dorm Crew and any other programs they may have offered to try to tempt you away from Mother FUP. But what do they offer? Diamonds and rust. Come to FUP, where we love you dearly.back to topWhen does FUP start? FUP leaders are required to be on campus on Tuesday August

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We are still in the process of finalizing work sites for 2008 Listed below are some of the Work Sites where we have worked in the past: Asian Community Development Corp. Contact: Daniel Stolkowski @ 617.482.2380, ext. 206 Location: 888 Washington Street, Suite 102, Chinatown 02111. Take the Green Line westbound (any train) to the Boylston stop. Exit to Tremont Street, walking a few blocks south (

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