Hello! By now you have heard from FUP with instructions about signing up for housing for pre-orientation programs. Deadline for signing up for housing is Wednesday, June 13th;  check your emails for all instructions.  

For those on the waitlist, we will be in touch before the end of the month as to whether you can join us. Remember, FUP is not your only chance to meet the public service community-- there are open houses and the Day of Service! . 

In the meantime, enjoy your summer breaks!  We look forward to seeing you in August. 

Please note that the deadline to apply to FUP is May 10th, 2018.  The application has been updated to reflect this deadline.  

We look forward to meeting you! If you have questions, please email harvardfup@gmail.com or our advisor, Varsha Ghosh, vghosh@fas.harvard.edu.

Its the first day of spring here in New England and we are expecting a snowstorm! Don't worry this is not a normal weather pattern. And by April, spring really will be on the way!  

If you are thinking of applying to FUP, we have posted the application and the deadline for application is Thursday, May 10th. However FUP will be at Visitas and you can ask all the questions you want that weekend. We look forward to see you that weekend! If you cannot make it Visitas weekend, please contact us at harvardfup@gmail.com with your questions. 

For those of you just hearing about whether you will be joining us here at Harvard in the Fall of 2018--  the application will be available in the Spring of 2018.  The dates for FUP 2018 are August 21-26th.  If you are interested in learning more about FUP, please browse this website and read the FAQs and contact us for more information.  And as we close out the year, thank you to our alumni, community partners and friends who support us throughout the year. FUP does not happen without a small army of undergraduate leaders, staff, faculty, alumni and community leaders. We look forward to working with you in 2018

FUP 2017 has come to a close!  Thank you to:  FUPSteercom: Becina, Brian, Elizabeth, Juliana and Laura ---they didn't get a chance to sleep or eat much, incurred a thousand papercuts (no, FUP has not gone electronic) putting together FUPLeader and FUPpie packets-- working tirelessly to put together FUP 2017!  And to our community partners-- Egleston Sq Main Streets, Mather School/Dorchester, Spontaneous Celebrations, VIet Aid Community Development Corporation, MassVoter Table, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation, Sojourner House, PBHA, Hawthorne Youth Community Center and CollegeBound Dorchester--thank you for teaching us how to canvas and educate voters, to create community gardens, renovate and restore community centers, and repair useable art for community events!  And a final thank you to the individuals who donate to FUP, as well as the companies whose in-kind donations and grants make it possible for us to keep FUP affordable for all.  Thank you to the COOP Bookstore/Harvard Sq and Open Gate Founation for the grants and KIND Bars and Subway/Harvard Sq for feeding us! 

We are five weeks away from FUP!! FUPpies should have been emailed our Reading Packet and should read through it carefully before FUP. Much of FUP's programming involves the use of this packet. The selected articles present a variety of perspectives on race, class, gender, identity, ability status, religion, social justice, oppression, privilege, power structures and what it means to participate in service, activism, and social change. While you shouldn't feel pressured to agree with the articles, we encourage you to think critically about the issues they raise.  This year, a group of especially dedicated leaders revamped the reading packet in order to improve both the readability and contemporary relevance of the articles. We've also added video clips, helpful tips for freshman year and notes to aid you in the reading process. We hope you enjoy it! The FUPprint should serve as a resource that you can reference throughout your time at Harvard!