It's New To Us (and You Too)

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a "re-run" entry that looked back at all the great blog content over the last four months. Then earlier this week I wrote about the big move to Mason Hall later this month. I thought I would keep with the theme of "new stuff" and talk about some of the big changes to the Admissions Office and the campus for the 2007-08 cycle:

New Students: 

The Class of 2011 arrived over Labor Day weekend and they have already made their mark on Hopkins. An enjoyable Orientation week included an active Freshman Day of Service and culminated with the Student Involvement Fair throughout the Mattin Center. (Click on the links to read some interesting stories from the past couple of weeks.) If selections for the new students to be featured on Hopkins Interactive later this fall is any indication, this incoming class is one of the strongest, most diverse, most unique, and most impressive Hopkins has ever had. Now enjoy some pictures of move-in and scroll to the bottom of this entry for TWO VIDEOS taken on day one of move-in 2007.

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Academic Changes:

On the academic front, the 07-08 year ushers in a number of new things:

• New Provost: On September 1st, Kristina M. Johnson became the 12th provost in the history of Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Johnson left Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering, to assume the role as Hopkins' second highest ranking official and first female Provost in history. This new era also ushers in a new academic direction from Hopkins under the tutelage and expertise of one amazing scholar. Read more about Hopkins' new Provost here.
• New Faculty: The Writing Seminars faculty was one of the departments to expand this year with the addition of the highly successful couple of Mary Jo Salter and her husband Brad Leithauser. Read more in this Baltimore sun article.
• New Programs: Humanities programs continue to expand at Hopkins with the addition of a new minor in Museums and Societies. Check out the program description here.
• Construction: Speaking of the Humanities at Hopkins, the greatest change for the upcoming semester, academically speaking, will be the start of the renovation of Gilman Hall. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2010 and will truly create a center for the study of the Humanities at Hopkins. Read all about the "transformative renewal" here.

Admissions Updates:

More pertinent to my world, are the changes and updates to Admissions for the 2007-08 application cycle. The big change will be the new home of the Admissions Office in Mason Hall, but that's not everything. Here are some of the other "new things":

• New Staff Members: At the end of August the Admissions Counseling Team welcomed three new members ... Dag, Chloe, and Celeste. During the reading cycle we will once again do the staff profiles, but for now you can see the complete re-aligned Admissions staff here.
• Essays: We've got new essays and a new essay policy for the 2007-08 Admissions cycle. Check out this Hopkins Forums discussion thread for all the details, and feel free to ask any questions about essays on the forum thread.
• New Deadline: For those considering applying to Hopkins under our Early Decision plan ... well you have 14 days less this year. So that the Admissions staff can have more time reviewing our Early Decision applicant pool we have changed the ED deadline to November 1st (it was previously November 15th). Learn more about applying ED to Hopkins with this handy-dandy FAQ list.
• New Application Type: As always, you can apply to Hopkins with our own application, our own online application, or the Common Application (both paper and online). Well this year Hopkins will also be accepting the new Universal Application. Haven't heard about the Universal Application, check out the details here. And see all the ways to apply to Hopkins via our Applications page.
• New Materials: See the pictures below. We've got a whole new array of publications and materials, including a snazzy new viewbook, a red covered application, and new tote bags for our visitors.

That should wrap-up the discussion of "new things" on the Hopkins Insider blog for a while ... oh wait ... one more new thing ... but you will have to wait for the next two blog entries.

How about that teaser???

***Now enjoy our Move-in videos...woo hoo!***

Comments

[Laura (Pittsburgh Gal)]

This blog is awesome and it totally helps in finding more about Hopkins. I was wondering what happen to my regional rep (Jeremiah Shepherd) he was the greatest but I haven't been able to contact him in some time?!? Assist?

[Daniel Creasy]

Thanks Laura for your comment ... glad that you like the blog.

Re: Jeremiah
He actually left our office this summer to take a job as a college counselor at a great school. We do have a new Pennsylvania Admissions representative, Matthew D'Agostino. You can contact him directly at dag@jhu.edu.