Bear Essentials

As published in the Barnard Bulletin on December 7, 2008

Bear Essentials Archive

PRE-DEPARTURE ORIENTATION MEETING: If you are planning to study abroad during the Spring 2009 semester, you must attend Dean Young’s mandatory Pre-Departure Meeting on Wednesday, December 10, 5-6:30pm, in Held Auditorium (304 Barnard.)

STUDENTS APPLYING TO GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS: If you have a recommendation file in the Dean of Studies Office and are applying to graduate or professional schools this year, please be advised that the Dean of Studies Office will be closed from December 24 through January 2. Therefore, if you have any application deadlines in late December or early January, please give your request and the stamped and addressed envelopes to Ms. Katrina Baker (graduate school) or Ms. Paula Hercules (professional school) by December 15 so that we will have time to process them prior to the vacation.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WITH F-1 VISAS: If you plan to leave the United States during the winter break, please have your I-20 signed before December 19. Dean Kuan Tsu, Dean Starks, and Mr. Mark Farrell are authorized to sign. You will not be permitted to return to the United States if you have a signature which you obtained more than six months ago.

FINAL EXAMINATIONS: Be on the look-out for a message from Dean Blank, which will explain procedures for requesting Incompletes and deferred final examinations. Please understand that exceptions are granted only for compelling circumstances.

ROOM FOR STUDY GROUPS: 403 Barnard Hall will be available for study group sessions during the Reading Period and finals (December 9-19, 8am-2am each day). Please reserve the room in the Dean of Studies Office.

INFLUENZA VACCINATION FOR BARNARD STUDENTS: Get a FREE flu shot from the Health Service before winter break and have a healthy holiday! You may walk-in for a flu shot Tuesdays and Fridays from 9:30am to 11:30am. Students with chronic illnesses are especially encouraged to get a flu shot. Please call us at 212-854-2091 with any questions or to set up an appointment if you are unable to come during flu shot walk-in hours.

TRAVEL MEDICINE: Are you planning to travel abroad for spring semester? Do you plan on visiting friends or relatives outside the United States during winter break? If you are traveling outside of the US (especially if you are going to Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Central or South America, Europe, Mexico, the Middle East and/or the Pacific), then you may need required or recommended vaccines and/or malaria prophylaxis. Travel health counseling can prepare you for a safe and enjoyable trip! Please call the Health Service to set up an appointment for a pre-travel visit.

THE HEALTH SERVICE WILL CLOSE FOR WINTER BREAK at 4pm on Friday, December 19th. The Health Service will reopen for administrative assistance only on Monday, January 5, for urgent care only on Monday, January 12, and for routine care and appointments on Tuesday, January 20. Please call 212-854-2091 with any questions.

THE DEAN OF STUDIES OFFICE and THE REGISTRAR’S OFFICE will close at 4pm on December 23 and will reopen on January 5. Please don’t hesitate to contact either office during Winter Break if we can be helpful. We hope that you will enjoy many wonderful moments while you are away.