September 14:Last day to add courses September 15:
Last day to waive Student Health Benefits Plan (domestic students only) September 17:WellFest - Freshmen Quad
| |
Hotel rates for Family Weekend are now available. Make sure to reserve your room!
| |
New for this Year: Renew Your Financial Aid Early!
It’s almost time! As the fall semester begins, it’s almost time to start thinking about financial aid for next year. The 2019-2020 FAFSA and CSS Profile both open on October 1, 2018. You must submit all financial aid renewal requirements by January 15, 2019. Do not hesitate to contact Student Financial Services with any questions regarding the renewal process, or with any other concerns you may have throughout the academic year.
| |
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!
| |
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.
| |
Hopkins Symphony Orchestra Hopkins Concert Orchestra will perform its first concert of the season on Sunday, September 30 at 3pm at the Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith Center. The program features JHU student and concerto-competition runner-up Gabriela Nisly (flute), and orchestral works by Tchaikovsky, Doppler, and Price. Orchestra concerts are a great way to take a break from studying, support fellow classmates, and hang-out with friends. Information can be found on our website, by emailng our office, or calling 410-516-6542. This and all HSO concerts are free for JHU students, with ID.
| |
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:
| |
|
|
JHU's Family Weekend is coming up on Oct. 5-7, 2018. We encourage all Blue Jay Families to attend and explore our campus community, connect with faculty and staff, meet fellow Blue Jay Families, and experience JHU with your student. The three-day event is packed with tours, class lectures, meet-and-greets, cultural events, and much more to connect you to our campus and your student's home away from home!
NEW UPDATE ABOUT COMMUNITY TOURS: Due to popular demand a 1:00pm tour has been added. If you are interested please visit the Family Weekend Registration Page. - For family members that created a log-in account when you first registered; log back in using your account information and make the modifiations to add the tour.
- For family members who have never registered, or did not create an account with their initial registration; please visit the Family Weekend Registration page and fill out another form adding the tour.
If you plan to attend family weekend, visit our Family Weekend website, as we have some events and lunches with limited seating. The website also provides information about our wee kend’s schedule, parking facilities, hotel accommodations, and more. We look forward to welcoming you to our campus!
Kesha Williams
Director of Parent and Family Relations
| |
|
Relive JHU Homewood Move-In
As your Jays first full week of classes have passed, let’s relive the excitement of JHU’s Homewood Move-In one last time!
We Want Your Feedback!
The Office of Orientation and First-Year Experience, in partnership with the Office of Parent & Family Relations, is committed to your students’ successful transition to the Hopkins Community. To this end, it is critical that we provide you, our newest Blue Jay Families, a strong orientation program as a launching point for our partnership in supporting your new Blue Jay. We value your feedback regarding our Move-In and Parent & Family Orientation, and ask that you take this brief survey so we may continue to improve these programs.
The survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Please note that all of your responses will be kept completely confidential and all resulting data will only be reported in the aggregate. By clicking on the link you are indicating your willingness to participate in the survey. Thank you in advance for your participation! If you have any specific questions about the survey, please contact our Office at firstyear@jhu.edu.
| |
|
National Hazing Prevention Month
Johns Hopkins University is committed to hazing prevention and educating students, staff, and faculty about the effects participation of hazing can have on individuals and the community as a whole. At the Homewood campus, we are looking at hazing from many perspectives and have pulled a team of staff members together representing a cross-section of the campus. This group is officially called the Hazing Education and Assessment Team (HEAT) and will be the official sponsor of Hazing Prevention Week.
| |
|
150+ Companies on Campus this September
September is the busiest month for recruiting at JHU, with more than 150 companies on campus. They take part in Consulting Week, STEM and Innovation Week, and two career fairs, among other events this month (find updates and details on our Facebook page). All students, from first years to PhDs, can benefit from attending employer-led events, meeting with a Career Coach, and spending some time on Handshake, our career portal. Here’s how you can help your student this fall.
Your Student is a First Year: Encourage them to attend Launch program events to explore their career options and get to know their Career Coach.
Your Student is an Upperclassman: Encourage them to update their Handshake profile, and make an appointment with a Career Coach. Join a Career Academy if they haven't already. They offer special networking opportunities and an industry-focused community.
| |
|
Student Health Benefits Plan
All students of the Johns Hopkins University schools of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Peabody are automatically enrolled in the Student Health Benefits Plan (SHBP). International students are required to remain on the SHBP. Domestic students may waive the plan only if they have comparable coverage. They may do so by completing the waiver form by September 15, 2018.
| |
|
New Drop-In Hours at the Counseling Center
As your Blue Jay settles back into their Hopkins routine, we want to let our Blue Jay Families know about a big change at the Counseling Center. We have changed the way students access our services - we are now offering Drop-In Hours every day. We hope that these new drop-in hours will make it easier for all Blue Jays to access a professional counselor when they need to.
| |
|
Learn More About the JHU Transportation System
The start of the academic year is a great time to remind your student about the Blue Jay Shuttle, the university’s free system of vans and buses. A J-Card is all that is required to ride the shuttles, which operate nearly 24 hours a day, from 6:15 a.m. to 3:45 a.m. They allow your Blue Jay to easily and safely travel around the Homewood campus and its surrounding neighborhoods, or to other Hopkins campuses.
| |
| Parents! We Hope You'll Get Involved!
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.
| |
|
