#  Get Involved 

 



##  Get Involved 

Find your community, build professional skills, and make connections that will last a lifetime.



 

 

 

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### Student Organizations 

 

Find everything you need to manage your student organization, or discover one to join!



 [ Learn about student organizations arrow\_circle\_right ](/student-organizations) 

 



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##  Featured Events 

 



 ### Crimson Jam

What better way to get to know the Harvard community than at the official all-campus Harvard Welcome Back? Crimson Jam is the first major social event and concert of the year! This block party is your first chance to wave hello to old friends, meet new ones, and celebrate the start of a new year.

[About Crimson Jam](/crimson-jam "Crimson Jam")



 

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 ### Student Organization Fair

Every September, over 400 student organizations gather in Tercentenary Theatre. Connect with student groups and find your community at Harvard!

  
[Learn about the fair](/student-involvement-fair "Student Organization Fair")



 

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### Harvard Traditions 

 

Show your Harvard pride! Whether these spirited events are a few years old or a few hundred, they're still going because of you!



 [ Read about traditions arrow\_circle\_right ](/harvard-traditions) 

 



      ![Students posing for a group photo while shouting in school spirit at the camera during the Harvard-Yale tailgate.](/sites/g/files/omnuum7076/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-04/Harvard-Yale_112324_2084%28forweb%29.jpg?itok=91GD_TPi) 

 

 

  

 



 

 

 

 

##  Student Activities 

 



 ### First-Year Activities

Learn how to successfully navigate your first year at Harvard with activities created exclusively for new students.

[First-year student activities](/first-year-activities "For First-Year Students")



 

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 ### Peer-to-Peer Education

Learn how to engage with your peers on important topics by joining the Peer Educators, Women of Color Collective, and much more.

[Peer-to-Peer Model](/peer-peer-education "Peer-to-Peer Leadership Programs")



 

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 ### Leadership Development

Learn how to guide important conversations, motivate team members, and create lasting changes at Harvard and in the global community.

[Leadership programs](/student-leadership "Leadership")



 

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 ### Wintersession

Unleash your curiosity during Wintersession and try something new! Programs encourage reflection, curiosity, social interaction, and wellness.

[Discover Wintersession](/wintersession "Wintersession")



 

   ![scuba class during wintersession](/sites/g/files/omnuum7076/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/dso/files/012213_scuba_271_256323-x5.jpg?itok=iKd231Is) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

### Talk with Us 

 

Get to know the DSO deans – they're here to support you! They're thrilled to welcome you to campus this fall and hope to meet you soon.



 [ Meet the deans arrow\_circle\_right ](/meet-dean) 

 



      ![Dean Thomas Dunne helping first-year students move in and meeting families.](/sites/g/files/omnuum7076/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-04/Harvard2028Move-In_082824_0283%28forweb%29.jpg?itok=9F7rNLWP)