Office of the Secretary of the FAS

Admissions and Financial Aid in Harvard College—...is traditionally chaired by the Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid and its membership consists of College Faculty members only drawn from across the three broad areas of scholarship. Its primary responsibility is the determination of admissions and financial aid policy, as well as the representation of said policy to the Faculty at large.

William R. Fitzsimmons (chair), Paul Barreira, Peter Burgard (on leave spring term), Thomas A. Dingman, Sarah Clark Donahue (ex officio), John E. Dowling, Edward Glaeser, Benedict H. Gross, Guido Guidotti, Jay Harris, Joseph Harris, J. Woodland Hastings, Eric Jacobsen, Thomas Jehn, Harry R. Lewis, Richard Losick, David R. McCann, Marlyn E. McGrath (ex officio), Michael Mitzenmacher, Cherry Murray, Richard J. O'Connell, Orlando Patterson (on leave spring term), John P. Reardon, Jr., David S. Rosenthal, Robert L. Scalise, Frans A. Spaepen, Chistopher Stubbs, Steven C. Wofsy, Robert M. Woollacott, and Amir Yacoby.

Advising and Counseling—Oversees the various advising and counseling offices and functions in Harvard college, concerning itself with these constituents' overall patterns of administration, their particular activities, and their policies and practices, in order to ensure the Faculty of the highest quality of service.

(2009-2010 membership information is not yet available. The following are the 2008-2009 members.) Donald Pfister (chair), Inge Ameer (ex officio), Paul Barreira, Anya Bernstein, Steven Bloomfield, Sue Brown, Lawrence Buell, Michael Canfield, Marie Dahleh (ex officio), Thomas Dingman (ex officio), Daniel Donoghue (on leave spring term), Jeanne Follansbee Quinn, Michelle Hacker, David Harrington, Jay Harris, Georgene Herschbach, Laura Johnson, Lee Ann Michelson, James Mancall (ex officio), Jeffrey Miron, Sandra Nadaff, Suzy Nelson, David Pilbeam (ex officio), Monique Rinere (ex officio), Manada Sassanfar, William Wright-Swadel (ex officio), Stuart Shieber, Katherine Stanton, and Greg Tucci.

Arts, Council on The—This committee is constituted by Faculty and undergraduates with a special interest in the performing and visual arts at Harvard and whose major task is to develop strategies and/or programs in support of arts-related issues, as well as to provide counsel to the Office for the Arts at Harvard on a variety of programmatic and administrative initiative, including reviewing student applications for art-related grants.

Diana Sorensen (chair), Elizabeth Bergmann, Deborah Foster, Jorie Graham, Thomas F. Kelly, Ruth Lingford, Cathleen McCormick, John C. Megan, Diane Paulus, Alexander Rehding (on leave 2009-10), Elaine Scarry, Marcus Stern.

Athletic Sports—... is primarily responsible for matters if principle and the general oversight of operations for all the Faculty's athletic programs. Its membership includes faculty, students, and representatives from various concerned institutions across the University who meet regularly to discuss policy, consider league and association memberships, hear reports, monitor the sports experience at the College, review utilization of facilities, provide input on staffing issues, and insure compliance with Federal statues related to sports activities.

Jerry Green (chair), Paul Barriera, Verena Andermatt Conley, Thomas A. Dingman, John Dowling, William R. Fitzsimmons, Benjamin M. Friedman, Paul Gompers, William A. Graham, Jr., J. Richard Hackman, Paul Keenan, Sean Kelly, Samuel Martin Kunes, James J. McCarthy, Suzy Nelson, John P. Reardon, Jr., and David S. Rosenthal.

Education Abroad—...primarily monitors and assists the development of Harvard College study abroad and internship programs and other foreign research and learning opportunities for undergraduates. It also provides oversight for the Office of International Programs.

Robert Lue (chair), Peter Burgard (on leave spring term), Thomas Cummins, Jorge Dominguez, Carter J. Eckert, Virginie Green, Jay Harris, Helen Mirra, Robin Mount, Pardis Sabeti, and Catherine Hutchison Winnie (ex officio).

Public Service—...oversees all public service and volunteer programs authorized by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Richard F. Thomas (co-chair), Anya Bernstein (co-chair), Dorothy Austin, Steven Bloomfield, Lisa Boes, Bradley S. Epps, Marshall L. Ganz, James Kloppenberg, Suzy Nelson, Doris Sommer (on leave 2009-2010), Bruce Western, Richard Wilson, and Christopher Winship (on leave spring term) .