Family Connection
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Family Connection Webinars
Throughout the spring and summer months, the Parent and Family Engagement team host webinar series that span various topics around academics and student life. Below you will find the recordings from those sessions in case you missed them.
We send the Family Connection Newsletter to parents and families four times a year (twice in the fall semester and twice in the spring semester) in order to share information about academics, upcoming events, and relevant resources for students. To subscribe, make sure your student adds your email address to the Family Information Form in my.harvard.
Spring 2026 Webinars
Spring Webinar Archive
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Communications from Harvard College
The Parent and Family Engagement Office sends our Family Connection newsletter twice in the fall semester and twice in the spring semester along with invitations to our Family Weekend events. Copies of our newsletter are posted to our website as soon as we send them.
Depending on the specific semester, you may also receive important updates from Harvard College leadership, including Danoff Dean of Harvard College, Rakesh Khurana; Dean of Students, Tom Dunne and Dean of Undergraduate Education, Amanda Claybaugh. For example, you may receive communications if there is a change to the curriculum or a change in leadership in the College.
If you are not receiving our communications, learn how your student can sign you up to receive them.
Sample Harvard College Communications Timeline for Families
Here is a sample schedule of communications you may receive from Harvard College. Please note that this is schedule is subject to change and is included to help you anticipate how frequently we may communicate with you:
Summer (Incoming Families of First-Year Students Only)
- June: Summer Family Letter
July-August: Summer Webinar Series
Fall Semester Email Messages
- September: Family Connection Newsletter 1, Save the Date for First-Year and Junior Family Weekend
- October: First-Year and Junior Family Weekend
- November: Family Weekend Recap
December: Family Connection Newsletter 2
Spring Semester Email Messages
- January: Family Connection Newsletter 3
- February-April: Family Webinar Series
May: Family Connection Newsletter 4
Communications from Harvard University
Outside of our office, you may also receive communications from our partners across Harvard University including the Harvard College Fund. You can also subscribe to the Harvard Gazette, which provides a daily roundup of the latest stories, news, and research at Harvard University, and Harvard Magazine, the independent source for Harvard news since 1898.
Social Media
Whether you want to informally connect with other Harvard College families or get an inside look at the student experience, there are a variety of social media channels to help you keep up with everything at Harvard.
We ask students to add their family members to our system as a privacy measure.
Please check in with your student to make sure that your information is added to my.harvard (our Student Information System) via the Family Information Form. Note that the information added to the Family Information Form is different from the information in your student's emergency contacts. Your student should check their account in my.harvard to make sure they have added your information to the Family Information Form in addition to their Emergency Contacts.
Family information form instructions
If your student is having difficulty with the Family Information Form after reviewing the above instructions, please ask them to contact their Resident Dean.
Please add us to your safe sender list.
If your student has added you to our system via the Family Information Form and you are still not receiving our emails, please make sure you have added parents@fas.harvard.edu to your safe sender email list and check your spam folder.