Interested in exploring local organizations? Come join with other students on a half-day visit to an organization in the Boston area during Wintersession. You will have the opportunity to network with alumni and top professionals; learn an organization's history, culture, and mission; explore the various roles and functions in the organization; and learn about internships and jobs in the sector.
Check back in October 2019 for our January 2020 visits.
Our January 2019 site visits included:
CIRCLE (A GLOBAL CRYPTO FINANCE COMPANY)
REGISTRATION: Please register to attend. (Registration Deadline: Friday, December 7)
DATE: Tuesday, January 22, 2019
TIME: 1:00 – 3:00pm
LOCATION: Boston, MA
COST: $15 fee to hold your reservation. There is no charge for the site-visit. You will only be charged if you cancel within a week before the trip or do not show up on the morning of the visit.
Note: If you do not have a credit card to reserve your spot on the trek, please contact Anthony Arcieri at arcieri@fas.harvard.edu to complete your reservation.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all Harvard College and GSAS students
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 20 spots
TRAVEL: OCS will provide students with transportation (typically in the form of MBTA passes) to travel to and from the site visit.
DESCRIPTION: Are you interested in cryptocurrency and blockchain? Want to tour one of the coolest crypto companies in Boston? Circle is a global crypto finance company headquartered in Boston, with more than 200 employees and growing fast! Join OCS as we tour their downtown office and hear from employees about this growing field. You will have the opportunity to ask questions from people at the forefront of crypto and blockchain technology, and to hear about opportunities in this exciting field!
GOOGLE
REGISTRATION: Please register to attend. (Registration Deadline: Friday, December 7)
DATE: Wednesday, January 23, 2019
TIME: 2:00 – 4:00pm
LOCATION: Cambridge, MA
COST: $15 fee to hold your reservation. There is no charge for the site-visit. You will only be charged if you cancel within a week before the trip or do not show up on the morning of the visit.
Note: If you do not have a credit card to reserve your spot on the trek, please contact Anthony Arcieri at arcieri@fas.harvard.edu to complete your reservation.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all Harvard College and GSAS students.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 35 spots
TRAVEL: OCS will provide students with transportation (typically in the form of MBTA passes) to travel to and from the site visit.
DESCRIPTION: Google is celebrating its twentieth anniversary since its inception and we are committed as ever to our mission of organizing the world's information and making it universally accessible and useful. The Google Cambridge office is now over 1500 Googlers strong and contributes to such high-visibility products as Search, YouTube, Chrome, Android, Image Search, Google Play for Education, Travel, and Newsstand. Every year, Google hires numerous Harvard students for internships and full-time opportunities. OCS invites you to explore the wonderful and innovative world of Google Cambridge. Whether you're interested in software engineering, product management, design, or sales, this is great exploratory experience for you.
THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP
REGISTRATION: Please register to attend. (Registration Deadline: Friday, December 7)
DATE: Wednesday, January 23, 2019
TIME: 11:30am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: Boston, MA
COST: $15 fee to hold your reservation. There is no charge for the site-visit. You will only be charged if you cancel within a week before the trip or do not show up on the morning of the visit.
Note: If you do not have a credit card to reserve your spot on the trek, please contact Anthony Arcieri at arcieri@fas.harvard.edu to complete your reservation.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all Harvard College undergraduate students.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 25 spots
TRAVEL: OCS will provide students with transportation to travel to and from the site visit.
DESCRIPTION: Want to learn more about nonprofit consulting? Come visit The Bridgespan Group and learn about how analysts work with social sector organizations to help advance their mission and goals. Hear from Bridgespan Harvard alumni and staff about their work, take a tour of the office, and learn more about opportunities in this exciting and impactful field. Lunch will be provided. OCS will provide T passes to/from Bridgespan. Students will have the option of meeting at OCS and going together as a group or meeting directly at Bridgespan.
BROAD INSTITUTE
REGISTRATION: Please register to attend. (Registration Deadline: Extended to Friday, December 14)
DATE: Thursday, January 24, 2019
TIME: 11:00am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: Cambridge, MA
COST: $15 fee to hold your reservation. There is no charge for the site-visit. You will only be charged if you cancel within a week before the trip or do not show up on the morning of the visit.
Note: If you do not have a credit card to reserve your spot on the trek, please contact Anthony Arcieri at arcieri@fas.harvard.edu to complete your reservation.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to FAS Harvard College Juniors and Seniors, and Master’s and PhD students.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 30 spots
TRAVEL: OCS will provide students with transportation (typically in the form of MBTA passes) to travel to and from the site visit.
DESCRIPTION: The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a mission-driven community that brings together researchers in medicine, biology, chemistry, computation, engineering, and mathematics from across MIT, Harvard, and the Harvard-affiliated hospitals, along with collaborators around the world. Join us at Explore Broad Day where students learn about the Broad Institute's science, community and culture, Harvard alumni experiences, and job and internship opportunities. Lunch will be provided. Students can plan to meet at the T in Harvard square at 10:30am to travel together. This trek is open to Juniors, Seniors, Master’s and PhD students.
AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN
REGISTRATION: Please register to attend. (Registration Deadline: Friday, December 7)
DATE: Thursday, January 24, 2019
TIME: 11:45am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: Cambridge, MA
COST: $15 fee to hold your reservation. There is no charge for the site visit. You will only be charged if you cancel within a week before the trip or do not show up on the morning of the visit. Note: If you do not have a credit card to reserve your spot on the trek, please contact Anthony Arcieri at arcieri@fas.harvard.edu to complete your reservation.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all Harvard College undergraduate students.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 18 spots
TRAVEL: OCS will provide students with transportation (typically in the form of MBTA passes) to travel to and from the site visit.
DESCRIPTION: Come tour America's Test Kitchen, a real 15,000-square foot test kitchen in Boston’s Seaport district that is home to more than three dozen full-time cooks and product testers. The Test Kitchen's goal is to develop the best recipes and cooking techniques, recommend the best cookware and equipment, and rate brand-name pantry staples for home cooks, which are published in their two magazines, Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country, their growing line of cookbooks, their websites, and featured on their top-rated public television series, America's Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country TV.
CROSSING THE RIVER: HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
REGISTRATION: Please register to attend. (Registration Deadline: Friday, January 18)
DATE:Thursday, January 24, 2019
TIME: 2:00 – 3:30pm
LOCATION: Harvard Business School (across the river)
COST: $15 fee to hold your reservation. There is no charge for the site visit. You will only be charged if you cancel within a week before the trip or do not show up on the morning of the visit.
Note: If you do not have a credit card to reserve your spot on the trek, please contact Anthony Arcieri at arcieri@fas.harvard.edu to complete your reservation.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all Harvard College undergraduate students.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 75 spots
DESCRIPTION: Harvard Business School (HBS) is excited to welcome Harvard College undergraduates who are thinking about applying to business school to the HBS campus for a special session. The afternoon will include a mock class taught by an HBS professor (a great chance to see the HBS Case Method in action), an information session with HBS admissions staff, and a tour of campus. Space is limited so register today! More information, including logistics for the day of, will be sent ahead of time to all registered students.
MITRE CORPORATION
REGISTRATION: Please register to attend. (Registration Deadline: Friday, December 7)
DATE: Thursday, January 24, 2019
TIME: 2:30 – 6:30pm
LOCATION: Bedford, MA
TRAVEL: OCS will provide students with bus transportation to travel to and from the site visit.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all Harvard College and GSAS students. (Please note: Must be a U.S. citizen to attend this visit.)
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 25 spots
COST: $15 fee to hold your reservation. There is no charge for the site-visit. You will only be charged if you cancel within a week before the trip or do not show up on the morning of the visit. Note: If you do not have a credit card to reserve your spot on the trek, please contact Anthony Arcieri at arcieri@fas.harvard.edu to complete your reservation.
DESCRIPTION: MITRE is a not-for-profit organization that operates research and development centers sponsored by the federal government. These centers are unique organizations that assist the United States government with scientific research and analysis, development and acquisition, and systems engineering and integration on topics including cyber security, aviation, and intelligence. If you are interested in research, data science, or engineering, this would be a great learning experience for you and a great opportunity to connect with Harvard alumni working at MITRE.
REEBOK
REGISTRATION: Please register to attend. (Registration Deadline: Friday, December 7)
DATE: Thursday, January 24, 2019
TIME: 10:00 – 11:30am
LOCATION: Boston, MA
COST: $15 fee to hold your reservation. There is no charge for the site-visit. You will only be charged if you cancel within a week before the trip or do not show up on the morning of the visit.
Note: If you do not have a credit card to reserve your spot on the trek, please contact Anthony Arcieri at arcieri@fas.harvard.edu to complete your reservation.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all Harvard College students as well as Harvard Extension School degree candidates.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 15 spots
TRAVEL: OCS will provide students with transportation (typically in the form of MBTA passes) to travel to and from the site visit.
DESCRIPTION: Tour Reebok’s new Boston office and hear from professionals working in a variety of areas within the business. "Reebok is an American-inspired global brand with a deep fitness heritage and the mission to design and create the best gear and experiences for the sport of fitness and for fitness athletes around the globe. Reebok strives to inspire people everywhere to be their absolute best – physically, mentally and socially."
