June 21, 2024
Dear parents and guardians of incoming students,
This has been an important week for incoming students, who learned yesterday about their college affiliations, and about communities that are open to the entire campus. They can now make personal connections with peers connected to all of these communities -- the first-year counselors and Peer Liaisons -- and of course with their suite mates.
Remember also that on June 12 appointments became available for peer advising sessions, required of all first-years, to address initial academic questions. Along with the residential college heads and deans, these advisers are just some of the many people who are waiting to support new students.
Looking ahead, students will soon be receiving instructions about how to upload their required health forms, signed by a health care provider. And in early July, online placement examinations will become available. Until then, please accept my best wishes from campus.
Sincerely,
Hannah Peck
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Yale College
(she/her)
June 21, 2024
Dear incoming students,
Yesterday afternoon, residential college affiliations and Camp Yale assignments became available, along with the names of your suite mates and first-year counselors. If you haven't found those assignments yet, you can find them here.
As members of a residential college, you now belong to a community made up of a cross section of Yale College's broader student body, with students from all four classes, and from every walk of life. Also living in each college are its Head of College and its dean, along with their families and often their pets. Resident fellows, usually drawn from the faculty, live there, too, along with their families. And many colleges also house a small number of graduate students who participate in the management of the college. As you get to know your college's community, you may find people who share similar interests or backgrounds, but you will meet many more with interests and backgrounds very different from your own.
One of Yale’s distinctive traits is the way students belong to multiple communities. For many students, community spaces play a central, even defining role, bringing students together from across campus and around the world. They are diverse communities themselves, with as many voices as there are members. The entire campus is welcome at each one.
Newly opening this fall at 305 Crown St. is a space for students with connections to or interests in (or both) Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) regions. The space, which is dedicated to supporting unique needs and celebrating diverse MENA cultures, opens its doors for the first time this year. MENA's online presence will be coming toward the start of the term, but MENA Peer Liaisons affiliated with the space are available now (more on these below).
The other community spaces, seven of them introduced in this video, are:
- the Afro-American Cultural Center,
- the Asian American Cultural Center,
- the Chaplain’s Office,
- La Casa Cultural: the Latine Cultural Center,
- the Native American Cultural Center,
- the Office of International Students & Scholars,
- the Office of LGBTQ Resources,
- and Student Accessibility Services.
These resources are all part of the Yale College Peer Liaison (PL) Program, created to provide peer guidance from trained upper-level student leaders connected with these spaces, and work alongside your FroCos and CCEs in a constellation of support for you. You can request a PL from as many of them as you wish. After you submit your request, you can expect to hear from your PL by the middle of August, before classes start. If you forget to submit your PL request form, you will have more opportunities during Camp Yale and throughout the academic year to opt in by just letting a PL know.
Request a PL
These communities have numerous opportunities to get involved, often with paid and unpaid roles especially set aside for new students. Use the links above if you would like to learn more.
With best wishes from campus,
Hannah Peck
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Yale College
(she/her)
COMING DATES AND DEADLINES
June 12
Earliest day to schedule a peer advising session, required of all first-year students.
June 26
Earliest date to enter vaccination record information and upload all health-related documents (applies only to incoming students not participating in First-year Scholars Program or Yale Summer Session)
Link coming in late June.
June 30
Deadline to upload photo ID for identification card
July 1
Summer online placement exams begin
July 8
Deadline to complete family information card
July 15
Deadline to submit health forms for Camp Yale programs