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Friday, October 12Last day to add Independent Academic Work
Sunday, October 14Last day to drop courses
Friday, October 19-Sunday, October 21Fall Break-classes suspended
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| FAFSA Apply Early
The 2019-2020 FAFSA and CSS Profile both opened on October 1, 2018. Submit the
FAFSA, CSS Profile, and your 2017 tax documents by January 15, 2019 to be considered for financial aid next year. If eligible, please use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool when completing the FAFSA. Additionally, tax documents must be submitted to IDOC after completing the CSS Profile. Do not hesitate to contact Student Financial Services with any questions or concerns.
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| Hopkins Glow Show!Oct 11, 9-11PM Keyser Quad
Students will celebrate the close of the Rising to the Challenge Campaign with a colorful multidimensional concert experience showcasing DJ’s, UV lighting effect and LED performance characters using the latest concert technology.
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Support Student Traditions!
Homewood campus traditions HOPtoberfest and the President’s Day of Service will celebrate the arrival of fall this month! Blue Jays will catch a break from studies painting pumpkins, sipping cider, and serving in the local community to make an impact. Your support of the Hopkins Parents Fund make these
events, and so much more, possible!
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Why Give to the Hopkins Parents Fund?Your Hopkins Parents Fund
support goes a long, long way! Just this month, from the Common Book Read to the Blue Jay Opening Day event to President’s Day of Service, Blue Jays are enjoying life both inside and outside the
classroom. Your generous support makes a huge impact upon your Blue Jay’s student life experience!
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| Free Fitness Classes
Your Blue Jays can take advantage of Fitness classes for free at the recreation center. To find out more information please encourage your Blue Jay to join us! Information can be found on
our website or call 410-516-5229. Sponsored by the Parents Fund.
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| 2018-19 Blue Jay Family Guide
The JHU Parent and Family Guide provides a broad overview of the campus and relevant campus and community resources. The guide is updated annually,
ensuring that all families are kept well-informed about our
program and resource changes! This year's Parent and Family Guide can be found by clicking the button below:
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| President's Day of Service
The President’s Day of Service originally named “Freshman Involved Day,” was first organized by the Center for Social Concern in 1997. It began as an orientation event—encouraging first year students to come together, make connections, and learn about our Baltimore community.
Nearly a decade ago, President Ron Daniels joined Hopkins and made a long-lasting commitment to serve our Johns Hopkins and Baltimore communities. Since then, Freshmen Involved Day was renamed "President’s Day of Service”. Entering into its 10th year, the President’s Day of Service invites students, staff, faculty, and alumni from the entire Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus to serve alongside various community organizations, local nonprofits, and government agencies throughout Baltimore City.
This year’s annual event will be held on Saturday, October 13th and is made possible through the generous support of the Hopkins Parents Fund. There will be a post-event reflection reception co-facilitated by student team leaders, community partners, and select Hopkins HSA staff. Participants will be encouraged to think critically about the importance of service, their place in Baltimore as a Hopkins affiliate, and how they can continue their community engagement throughout the course of their time at Hopkins.
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| Disability Awareness Month
October is Disability Awareness Month and Advocates for Disability Awareness (ADA), one of our Homewood student groups, invites members of our community to embrace change and give voice to individuals, who are sometimes marginalized through a series of events (all of which are free of charge). The students’ look forward to providing educational opportunities about disability rights, celebrating the incredible accomplishments of reformers, and establishing opportunities for creating a more inclusive environment on campus. Events include: - October 2-Pre-Med Panel in Gilman 50 at 6PM, in which Pre-Med students with disabilities will talk about their experiences both as patients and as students heading into the medical field.
- October 16-Ice Cream Social in the Great Hall at 6PM.
- October 29-To cap off the month, invited educator and nationally known women’s empowerment speaker Christina Irene, will present on dispelling implicit and explicit bias. She is a long-time advocate for people with disabilities. She will present on stigma in relation to invisible disabilities. Disability Awareness Month ushers in opportunities to enhance the student experience here at Hopkins. This culminating event will be held at 7PM in Charles Commons Salon A.
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| VP for Security Seeks Input from Students, Families
Johns Hopkins’ Vice President for Security Melissa Hyatt is establishing new channels of communication to ensure the Johns Hopkins security operation is accessible and responsive. "The focus on safety at Johns Hopkins must be an inclusive partnership," she said in an email to students Sept. 20 "and I look forward to building strong relationships throughout our community."
Hyatt is actively seeking feedback from students on all campuses by creating a new Student Advisory Committee for Security. In her message to students, she said the committee will focus on strengthening current security operations and address a variety of subjects related to safety and security—including recruitment and training of security personnel, security-related communications and reports, and safety policies.
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| Celebrating LGBTQ with National Coming Out Day BreakfastLGBTQ Life at JHU is busy with preparations to celebrate National Coming Out Day, a day dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer awareness. On Thursday, October 11, LGBTQ Life will host a National Coming Out Day breakfast to recognize members and allies of the LGBTQ community at Johns Hopkins. National Coming Out Day falls on October 11 to commemorate the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987, in which hundreds of thousands of people marched in the nation’s capital to bring attention to the AIDS crisis and call for equitable treatment of LGBTQ people. LGBTQ Life’s breakfast is open to anyone who wishes to honor that historic march and celebrate the Johns Hopkins LGBTQ community. The breakfast is an opportunity to build connections between our LGBTQ and allied Blue Jays over bagels and coffee and raise the visibility of the community at Johns Hopkins.
In addition to the breakfast, LGBTQ Life hosts a number of events throughout the semester that are open to the LGBTQ and allied community. These include Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to honor those in the transgender community who have been murdered in transphobic attacks and raise wareness about continued violence against transgender people, approaches in November. December 1 marks World AIDS Day, a day to mourn those who have died as a result of the AIDS pandemic. In spring, we will celebrate all that our students have accomplished through our annual Lavender Celebration.
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November: Internships and Focus on Health Sciences Careers
Did you know the Homewood Career Center also supports students considering graduate or professional school? During our Health Sciences Spotlight (November 5-15, exact event dates coming soon for your student on jhu.joinhandshake.com) our office will helping health sciences-focused students (pre-med, pre-health, biomedical, neuroscience, bio and more), explore possible research, job shadowing, internship and other options. Hands on Health, Nov. 5
Learn from Health Sciences Grad Students, Nov. 7
Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences: Nov. 12
Pre-Med Gap Year Alumni Panel, November 13
Company visits, coffee chats, and much more.
Now is also a great time for students to apply for internships, find funding for internships or to check out our Sophomore Shadow program. This allows students to shadow an alumnus for 2-3 days during intersession. All applications available on Handshake. Search the job section for “sophomore shadow” for those opportunities.
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| Join us in Helping Hopkins!
There are several opportunities for our Blue Jay Families to engage and volunteer throughout the year. For example, you may consider becoming a Blue Jay Family Ambassador. As an ambassador, you support JHU by volunteering your time to help with campus events and outreach activities in the surrounding area and in your home community. You may also serve as a contact person for other families who have questions about the Blue Jay Family experience. Ambassadors develop strong connections to JHU and relationships with fellow Blue Jay Families. Join one of our Ambassador committees today! Please visit our Blue Jay Family Ambassador page to learn more and sign up. For further questions please email bluejayfamilies@jhu.edu.
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