Transcript Orientation CFHSS 2010

Orientation CFHSS 2012
JUNE 1, 2012
Inside bags:
 Guide (includes overall schedule)
 Mini-course / Courses / Framing
Activites overview
 Map of Ca’ Foscari
 HV: Ca’ Foscari University materials
 HV: Breakfast cards
Course pack prices (EUROS)
Course packages will be available
for purchase at CFHSS office as of
today:
 American Literary Expatriates (€23)
 Interracial Literature (€6.50)
 History of Consumption (€20)
 International Oil Politics (€27)
 Beginnings and Endings in Fiction Film (€7)
 Mini Course: Literature (free)
Books
Check booklist for availability, but books can be
purchased from bookstore Cafoscarina, online
and available at the Ca’ Foscari libraries.
If you have had problems ordering your books,
please contact the tutor (TF) for your course –
email address given on the Overall Schedule.
Library
 Biblioteca di Servizi Didattici (BSD) – on the map
 Computers and printers available – you need your
Ca’ Foscari ID to log in
 WIFI internet available – you can download the
program
http://venus.unive.it/wifi/index.php?lang=en
Internet
 You are provided internet USB devices at the
Residence – to be used exclusively at the Residence
Junghans
 In University areas you can access the Ca’ Foscari
WIFI (details on Ca’ Foscari Harvard Summer
School website)
 In certain areas around Venice you will have access
to the Venice city WIFI network:
Internet availability
 Zattere
 Campo Santa Margherita
 Campo San Trovaso
 Lido Beach
 Piazza San Marco
 ……many other places
Mini Courses 2012
JUNE 4 – JUNE 15
CLASS LISTS AVAILABLE ON CFHSS
WEBSITE:
WWW.UNIVE.IT/ SUMMER /
CAFOSCARI-HARVARD
Framing Activities 2012
JUNE 4 – JUNE 26
CLASS LISTS AVAILABLE ON CFHSS
WEBSITE:
WWW.UNIVE.IT/ SUMMER /
CAFOSCARI-HARVARD
Writing Clinic
Obligatory for Ca’ Foscari
students
Thursday, June 14 from 15.00 – 18.00
San Basilio, Aula 1B
Important Events
 Opening Ceremony
June 15 at 4:00pm
Aula Magna - Ca’ Dolfin
Ceremony followed by visit to exhibit by William
Congdon and refreshments and music in the
courtyard of Ca’ Foscari
 Art Night Venezia: June 23
If you would like to participate please submit
poetry, videos, photos... by June 18th:
[email protected]
 Film Screening of "Io Sono Li” and
presentation by award-winning Director
Andrea Segre
July 12, 2012 at 17.00 - Auditorium Santa
Margherita, Venezia
 "Writing Memory, Performing History:
Israel Zangwill and Modern Jewish Fiction"
by Prof. Murray Baumgarten, visiting professor
from University of California Santa Cruz
July 10th at 17.00 - San Basilio
Student Committee
Want to plan events for the students of the Ca’ Foscari
– Harvard Summer School?
The student committee will have a budget of €250 to
organize events, end of summer parties, excursions…
Interested? Email: [email protected]
Competitions
 Best academic essay (your professors will
nominate the best) = €100
 Best photo of your CFHSS experience in
Venice = €75
 Best creative experience – get together in
groups and make a small video clip or
creative presentation = €200
Guidelines – the Junghans
Residence
RECEPTION
Please leave your keys with reception every time you
leave the residence.
INTERNET
If you use the internet key outside of the residence you
will be responsible for any bills incurred.
Guidelines – the Residence
ROOMS
Please do not hang clothes or towels over the fans and
remember to turn them off when leaving the room.
TRASH
You will need to take out your own trash. There is an
area for this in Campo Junghans, on the right behind
the brick wall.
TERRACE
If you leave garbage on the roof, it flies off, into the
streets, and bottles can hit the pavement.
Guidelines – General Behavior
 Attendance is required for academic courses.
If you are unable to attend lesson, you must
contact your tutor and Lily at [email protected]
 Harvard University rules regarding
attendance and participation, conduct, and
academic integrity are in effect
 You are responsible for being familiar with
these rules
Guidelines – Travel
 Travel away from Venice is permitted
 Ensure that you have no other obligations
 For overnight trips, you must inform Giovanna of
your travel itinerary and contact information.
 When traveling, always carry:
 Passport
 Giovanna’s cell phone number: 320-020-5508
 CFHSS office phone number: 041 234 7315
Guidelines – Safety & Well-Being
 Look out for each other
 If you are concerned about a fellow student’s
safety or well-being, please talk to Giovanna.
 Harvard Amnesty Policy is in effect:

“Students may bring an intoxicated or drugimpaired friend to University Health Services or
to a hospital, or seek assistance from College
residential life staff or HUPD, and by doing this,
neither they nor the friend will face disciplinary
action from the College for having used or
provided alcohol or drugs.”