Blue Key Society

As you start walking toward stop #6: Theme - Hopkins Traditions are an Important Part of the Campus Community

Walking out of the Freshman housing quad and up to the rec center: Spring Fair • Since our campus community is so tight knit, campus TRADITIONS are really important to us! This freshman quad is home to food venders for one of our most popular annual events, SPRING FAIR. o Spring Fair a celebration that draws people from all around Baltimore with carnival rides, small craft booths, and food, among other things - a great way to UNITE THE CITY AND CAMPUS. Spring Fair is the largest run student fair on college campus and brought in over 30,000 people from Hopkins and the local community. • There is also a large concert on campus during Spring Fair. Passion Pit, Common, and Brand New have headlined the concert for Spring Fair weekend...just to name a few! • Spring Fair is ENTIRELY STUDENT RUN. SPRING FAIR EXAMPLES: • Last year students created their own chariots for races in an event sponsored by RED BULL. • For students 21 and older, the President holds a Beer Garden on his front lawn. Lacrosse • Another big Hopkins TRADITION is lacrosse. o Men's lacrosse won the National Championship in 2007. In the history of the program, JHU has more lacrosse national championship titles than any other institution with 44. o In 1932 when lacrosse was an Olympic Sport, the USA chose to send the JHU lacrosse team to represent the nation. They won but were not awarded medals because it was just a demonstration sport. o The Lacrosse Hall of Fame is adjacent to Homewood Field. o JHU is unique in that it has a center solely for our men and women's lacrosse teams. The Cordish Lacrosse Center has offices, lockers, training rooms, and a patio for the staff and lacrosse players. LACROSSE EXAMPLES: • Students will tailgate before big events and then sit in the "NEST," a student ONLY group cheering section reserved in the stadium. Jay, our blue jay mascot, leads cheers along with our new Cheerleading Team while our pep band plays throughout the game. Hopkins Homecoming is even in the spring to coincide with lacrosse season - this is unique to JHU! SHARE A STORY - What is your favorite Hopkins tradition? What is your favorite part of Spring Fair? Do you sit in the NEST? Have you ever been a part of planning one of these main events on campus? STOP #6: THE O'CONNOR REC CENTER AND ATHLETIC CENTER THEME - Active and Engaged Student Community **You should walk in the Rec Center doors, and out the Athletic Center doors** Things to say in the Rec Center : • The Ralph S. O'Connor Recreation center is dedicated to the Johns Hopkins community and is open to all divisions of Johns Hopkins. The Rec Center includes a fully equipped weight room, cardiovascular room, multi-purpose room for sports clubs and aerobics, three indoor basketball courts, an elevated indoor track (1/10 of a mile), four racquetball/squash courts, pool, and a 30 ft. climbing wall. The fitness program offers sunrise yoga, spinning, and pilates, which are just a few of the popular choices among students, staff, and faculty. REC CENTER EXAMPLES: • Students lead exercise classes at the gym, so if you take a spinning class, it will be taught by one of your classmates! • Outdoor Pursuits, an outdoor adventure club, produces one of the largest Pre-O programs for a school our size. Before orientation, you can head out on a program that may include hiking, climbing, or rafting, just to name a few activities. This is a great way to meet classmates and start to form a COMMUNITY before orientation begins! Things to say about Athletics at Hopkins : • Hopkins has 3 athletic options: varsity, club, and intramural. About 75% of JHU students are involved in at least one option during their 4 years at Hopkins. Hopkins' 24 Varsity teams are Division III, except for Men's and Women's Lacrosse which are Division I. Hopkins finished 3rd in the Director's Cup Standings in the 2013-14 year. • The Johns Hopkins Department of Athletics is one of the most successful in the nation. Hopkins' 24 varsity athletic programs have won numerous conference championships, produced more than 115 all-time Academic All-Americans and 39 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients. Johns Hopkins ranks among the national leaders in all-time Academic All-Americans and NCAA Postgraduate Scholars. • The DIII sports are part of the Centennial Conference. o Last year, we've won the Centennial Championships for Football and Women's Cross Country o Women's soccer made it to the Final Four last season • Club sports are student organized and operated. The teams participate in intercollegiate competitions. • Intramural sports are competitive, fun, and a great way to get to know other students on campus. Competing among other students, and sometimes faculty and staff, teams usually consist of dorm houses, floors, sororities, and fraternities. Intramural sports range from the traditional such as baseball and basketball, to the creative such as inner tube water polo. ATHLETICS EXAMPLES: • Last fall, the university held a giant tailgate before a NCAA playoff game for our regular season undefeated football team. SHARE A STORY - How do you take advantage of the athletic or rec center? Do you climb the wall, workout, play intramurals, etc.?

As you start walking toward stop #8: Walking out of the main entrance of Mudd Hall to Keyser Quad:

Walking out of the main entrance of Mudd Hall to Keyser Quad: • To the right in the distance you can see Bloomberg. Bloomberg is home to the Physics and Astronomy Department. (This can be hard to see, but let people know campus extends a bit further in that direction!) • The building is named after former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an extremely dedicated Hopkins alumnus and donor. • NASA's FUSE expedition was run out of the basement of this building, and the camera for the Hubble Space Telescope was developed here, too. The faculty in this department is incredibly productive and influential in the fields of condensed matter, particle physics, and astrophysics, having, for instance, determined the precise age of the universe and demonstrated the existence of dark energy. The building is also home to the Center for Astrophysical Sciences (CAS). STUDENTS AND FACULTY COLLABORATE closely with colleagues in the Space Telescope Science Institute right across the street, which administers the Hubble Space Telescope and serves as the science and operations center for the James Webb Space Telescope. • Fun Fact: Adam Riess, a professor of physics and astronomy and a Nobel laureate, has was awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for the discovery of the acceleration of the expansion of the universe and dark energy! BLOOMBERG EXAMPLES: • There is a working space telescope observatory on top of the building, which is available for undergraduates to use during certain days of the week and open to the public most Friday evenings. • The big lecture hall in Bloomberg is said to have the best acoustics so most of the a cappella concerts take place inside! Things to say between Mergenthaler and Remsen : • Remsen houses the Chemistry Dept. This building is named after Ira Remsen, who was the University's first Chemistry Professor and 2nd President. It is the only place on campus where someone is buried. • Remsen's ashes are interred behind a plaque in Remsen Hall. Legend has it that if you rub the plaque, you will get an A on your chemistry exam. The plaque has been rubbed so much that it has become difficult to read. It is said that if Remsen's ashes were to be removed along with the plaque, the whole building would collapse. • Fun Fact: Remsen is credited with discovering saccharin in 1878. Supposedly, he was smoking in his lab one day and set his cigar down in a Petri dish. Once he picked up the cigar he tasted something sweet and voila he discovered saccharin. • Krieger houses the Math and Cognitive Science Departments. The 5th floor houses the School of Arts and Sciences' Center for Language Education, which offers courses in languages not taught by academic departments, including Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, and Sanskrit. • The building also includes the Mind-Brain Institute, the oldest Psychology lab in the U.S. on a college campus (the first psychology laboratory was at the University's original downtown campus, where the School of Arts & Sciences was located until 1916, when the move to the Homewood Campus was made) Things to say as you walk towards Gilman: • The Keyser quad is home to many of our social science and humanities departments. • The International Studies program is one of the top in the nation and benefits from the shared faculty with the Political Science, History, and Economics Depts., as well as from SAIS (School of Advanced International Studies) located in DC. Students have the option of applying to a 5 year BA/MA program with SAIS (3 years as an undergrad and 2 as a grad student...generally 1 abroad and 1 down in DC). Hopkins is the only school where you can embark on this accelerated track. • The EDGE internship sets aside internships specifically for JHU students in places like investment banks, law firms, non-profit organizations, and government offices. • Gilman is the oldest and largest building on Homewood and named after Daniel Coit Gilman, the first president of the University. • Gilman is known as the home to our humanities students. All ten humanities divisions are located in Gilman, the first time this has happened in nearly 50 years. The humanities at Hopkins may not be as well-known as its science programs, but several of our humanities programs are awarded top 10 national rankings consistently, including French, German, English, History, Art History, and Writing Seminars. The French program here is only 1 of 3 in the nation that is accredited by the French government as a place to properly learn the French language and culture. • Fun Fact: The large wooden table in the History Dept. seminar room has the initials of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the U.S. and alumni of Hopkins. • Fun Fact: Woodrow Wilson was - and still is - the only US President with an earned PhD - 1886. • Fun Fact: Until 1964, Gilman Hall housed the university library, with offices and classrooms close by the books, grouped by subject. The books were transferred to the MSE Library when it was completed in summer 1964. • It was where the SEMINAR STYLE CLASS was developed, which emphasizes SMALL CLASSES where students can BUILD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH FACULTY. • Class Sizes: o 71% of classes have less than 20 students o Less than 5% of classes have over 100 students • Use personal examples to demonstrate class size - example: classes become increasingly smaller as you break out of the 100 level courses...natural sciences: while an Organic Chemistry class may be quite large (300), Dinosaurs would be even smaller (60), and Plant Biochemistry and Physiology even smaller (25), humanities: while Art History may be quite large (200), Greek Mythology, would be even smaller (60), and Losing Faith in Faith even smaller (10) • Student to Teacher Ratio: o 13:1 - 96% of classes are taught by professors at the University...we have 492 full time faculty members o Note: The 4% of classes not taught by professors are generally Dean's teaching fellowship classes, sections for large classes taught by TAs, or introductory language classes. o Professors are readily available and must hold office hours on a weekly basis. During this time, Professors can be found in their offices and are available to answer questions, go over material, or just have a conversation about something you are interested in. Professors encourage students to come to these sessions because they want the students to be as involved in the material as they are. Meetings with Professors or TAs often occur at the coffee kiosks on campus, which give a more relaxed atmosphere to work within. SHARE A STORY - Have you ever had a small class? Why did you like it? Has a professor ever gone out of his/her way to help you? Have you ever attended office hours? GILMAN EXAMPLES: • Gilman is where one of our most popular Hopkins TRADITIONS takes places - the Lighting of the Quad. At this event, there is a gingerbread house competition, a concert with a cappella groups, and free hot chocolate and donuts. At the end of the event, the president flips the switch to light the quads and fireworks go off! ** As you enter Gilman, remember you are in a classroom facility. Please gather people close and use your inside voice. There are classes in session, and we need to be respectful of that!**

STOP #10: MASON HALL -- End of Tour

• Ask if families have any additional questions. • Thank the families for choosing to spend the day at Johns Hopkins University. • Encourage them to take a walk across the street to visit Charles Commons, see our Bookstore, visit our museums and explore the neighborhood. • Repeat your name and year and also encourage them to fill out a tour guide comment card at Mason Hall.

As you start walking toward stop #9: Walking out of Gilman towards the Glass Pavilion:

• Our Hopkins students are take ownership over many aspects of student life, including Orientation. This program for freshman, the week before classes begin in the fall semester, is ENTIRELY STUDENT RUN. • During this week long event before classes begin, freshmen participate in a variety of activities. Orientation activities include: o Move-In - Current Students and professional movers unpack for you. They make sure everything is placed in your dorm room and you never have to lift a finger. o Convocation - A JHU tradition: President Daniels and the Homewood Deans welcome the new class. o Student Advisor Meetings - Get to know your student advisor and ask any questions you might have. o Academic Interest Panels - This is your chance to ask any questions about majors, research opportunities, and study abroad. o Beach BBQ - Need we say more? o O Show - Come see the student comedy, a cappella, and dance groups at JHU. o SI Fair - Get involved on campus! At the Student Activities fair you'll find groups for sports, performing arts, politics... Stop by between classes and sign up. o Baltimore Day - designed to help JHU students get better acquainted with the city where they'll spend much of the next few years—its culture, its history, its neighborhoods. And its crab cakes. • Many of the large campus events are held in the Glass Pavilion, ranging from Career Fairs, which are hosted in the fall and spring, to the Black Student Union's pajama party, to Dance Marathon, an all-night dance charity for children's hospitals. SHARE A STORY - What was your favorite part of orientation?

STOP #3: CENTER OF GRASSY AREA OUTSIDE OF BRODY THEME - Active and Engaged Student Community

• The Mattin Center o The Digital Media Center houses state of the art computers for graphic design, film, and radio editing, 3iD animation, art, and photography. Students can rent out digital cameras and video equipment at no charge. o There are free courses offered dealing with graphic art that allow Hopkins students to cross-register at MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) o The F. Ross Jones Building is home to practice rooms for various performing arts groups. We have over 20 performing arts groups which include the Ladybirds, JOSH, and several a cappella groups. • The Barn o Theatre on campus is not solely an academic program, but also an extracurricular activity, with many theater groups on campus. o Fun Fact - John Astin, Gomez Adams from the Adams Family, leads our theater department! o Fun Fact - The Barn was originally a dairy cattle barn built Charles Carroll Jr in the early 19th century. • Greek Life o About 30% of Hopkins students are affiliated with national or local Greek chapters. The IFC, Panhellenic Council, and Service/Multicultural Fraternities and Sororities are all options. o Recruitment occurs in the first few weeks of spring semester. At Hopkins people are not defined socially by one's Greek affiliation. People have friends that are both Greek and non-Greek. • CLE - Center for Leadership Education - Whitehead Hall o Houses three academic programs and a variety of experiential programs. o CLE supports our most popular minor, Entrepreneurship and Management. o NEW - the CLE offers a Marketing and Communications minor where students can choose one of two tracks: • Marketing Management • Integrated Marketing Communications o Through the CLE, students can apply for funding to start their own businesses. A great example of this is Hop and Shake which gained its start-up money through the student organization called Hopkins Student Enterprises. o The CLE also offers intersession classes and trips. Media and PR in the Big Apple and Seminar in Financial Literacy are two examples of these. They combine classroom learning with 3 day trips to NYC to visit alumni in leading media and investment banking firms. SHARE A STORY - What are you involved in? What activities do you participate in? STUDENT LIFE EXAMPLES: • I have a friend who took Acting and Directing 1 with John Astin, alum who was Gomez on the Addams Family. He even gives you his cell phone number so you can text him if you're running late to class. She had to memorize scenes and perform them in the black box theater. As you can see, FACULTY MEMBERS ARE VERY ACCESSIBLE and BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS in their classes.

As you start walking toward stop #7: Walking out of the Athletic Center and to the Undergraduate Teaching Labs:

• The Undergraduate Teaching Labs were created to bring together undergraduate labs and departments for more INTERDISCIPLINARY AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING. • It consists of 20 undergraduate labs and brings together the departments of Chemistry, Biology, Biophysics, Psychological and Brain Sciences, and Neuroscience. • The facility has the latest lab technology for a variety of teaching methods and learning styles including a computer lab, instrument core with nuclear magnetic resonance component, procedure, tissue, autoclave, and cold rooms. • The floor plan was created to be flexible and open for CROSS-DISCIPLINARY partnerships and research opportunities. • The open windows facing the Bufano Gardens allows for maximum daylight to enter into the labs. Things to talk about that are going on in the UTL: • We have two labs running right now. One is the Protein Engineering lab for freshmen and sophomores. They are there on Tuesday afternoons. In this lab, students do real protein engineering. It's a project lab, a hypothesis-driven lab. The students propose hypotheses about how a mutation or another will affect a protein, and they study those mutations. They engineer mutant clones of bacteria that produce the engineered protein, purify the protein, and study it. • We have a second lab in Molecular Biophysics. This is an advanced lab for juniors and seniors. In this lab, the students get a mystery protein, and they use every instrument at their disposal to try and figure out the identity of their protein. Its biochemical sleuthing 101! These students are going to have a blast!

As you start walking toward stop #5: Make a right and walk around the library on the BEACH side:

• The beach is the large grassy area in front of the library, which is used during the warm months for Frisbee, volleyball, and sunbathing - it is both a studying and social area. During Fall Festival, there is a BBQ on the lawn. • Fun Fact: During the warmer months, students can do their homework on the beach since the entire campus is Wi-Fi active. • Hopkins offers a free shuttle, which makes a stop at Baltimore Penn Station where students can take Amtrak trains to a variety of places and the MARC commuter train to DC for $7. Additionally, the shuttle makes stops at the Peabody Conservatory and the East Baltimore campus. • Other transport shuttles are also available. The College Town Shuttle takes students to the Inner Harbor, the University's Evergreen Museum & Library, Goucher College, Towson University/Towson, Loyola College, MICA (Maryland Institute of Art), and Hopkins. • Some info about Charles Village and Baltimore: • Charles Village is the college student and young professional community just east of Hopkins. Many restaurants are available in the area with a wide range of cuisines: Niawana (Asian/sushi) Donnas (coffee bar), Tamber's (Diner), One World Café (vegetarian), Chipotle (Mexican), Paper Moon (diner), and Coldstone Creamery (ice cream), , Ledo's (Pizza). Additionally there is a grocery store, dry cleaning, bagel shop, and a few pubs. • There are many things to do in Baltimore: o Go to restaurants, bars, and comedy clubs in the Inner Harbor o Visit the FarmerS's Market in Waverly Saturday mornings year-round o Go to the cafes and museums in Mount Vernon • See art houses and independent films at the Charles Theater. Listen to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra which offers $10 student tickets to go see an Orioles ($7 student tickets) or Ravens game. Visit one of the many museums in Baltimore such as Hopkins' own museums- Homewood Museum (on campus), Evergreen Museum & Library (north of campus), and the Archaeological Museum (in Gilman Hall) - the BMA (right on campus), The Walter's, National Aquarium, or American Visionary Art Museum • Some Hopkins buildings across the street: • Office of Multicultural Recruitment (OMA) - This program offers support to multicultural Hopkins students and student groups. Events run by this office include CultureFest: a weeklong event that showcases various cultural groups on campus through concerts, performances, and food tastings. MAPP & SEED are also support systems for multicultural students o Other Multicultural groups include: Black Student Union, Caribbean Cultural Society, Diverse Sexuality and Gender Alliance, Organizacion Latina Estudiantil (OLE), National Society of Black Engineers, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, South Asian Society at Hopkins, Inter-Asian Council, Korean Students Association, Chinese Student Association, and many others. o Last year, the university opened a Multicultural Center for students on Charles Street, to provide space for student groups such as the BSU, OLE and the Inter-Asian Council, and it appointed a new associate dean for multicultural affairs. • Smokler Center for Jewish Life, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building (Hillel) - The Smokler Center for Jewish Life provides students at Hopkins with the facilities and resources to organize social, educational, and religious events that promote diversity and understanding. o Hillel events have included the Great Latke Hamantaschen Debate where Hopkins faculty presents hilarious speeches about which holiday food is better. o Every Friday night, services are held for reform, conservative, and orthodox students followed by a delicious Shabbat dinner. Hillel also works in conjunction with the Office of Housing and Dining Services to provide kosher meals every day at the Fresh Food Café. • The Bunting Meyerhoff Interfaith and Community Service Center - The Interfaith Center (IFC) is a place where people of all religions and faiths can come to worship and seek guidance - it is open to EVERYONE o The home of more than 20 religious organizations, its hope is to build appreciation and respect for religious diversity. o During Orientation the IFC hosts and open house after a day of service where kids gather to meet each other at an ice cream social. o The IFC contains prayer rooms for Buddhists, Hindus, and Muslims. 3 major events: • Open Your Eyes Dinners - keynote speakers present on different religions • Open Hands, Open Hearts - religious diversity awareness days • Sandwich Sundays - students make lunches for AIDS patients • Center for Social Concern - A place for students to access community service projects and opportunities to volunteer (for example: Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, APO) o There are 30+ community service organizations on campus • Office of LGBTQ Life is located in the Homewood Apartments right next to OMA. o Two student organizations, DSAGA and OSTEM, work with the LGBTQ office. o Many students will use this space to hang out or to study - there's a comfy lounge located right inside! SHARE A STORY - What do you love to do on the beach? Enjoy the sun with friends? Have a snowball fight in the winter? Participate in one of the many events held on the grassy area? Do you utilize any of the offices/spaces right across Charles Street? Walk toward the AMRs: • Point out the Homewood House and Museum. Built in 1801, it is a National Historic Landmark that lends its name and architectural style to the campus. The house was originally the summer home of Charles Carroll Jr. Carroll's father was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence for the state of Maryland. • Today it is a fully furnished and functioning museum, with over 85% of the house still in its original state. The museum is open for tours six days a week and is always free for students. • Every fall semester there is a class taught in the wine cellar (Intro to Material Culture - Museums & Society Program), where the students organize a museum exhibition. Things to say about Security: • Ed Skrodzki IS NO LONGER THE HEAD OF CAMPUS SAFETY (former Secret Service Agent who served as Bush Sr's body guard, Clinton's running partner, and as an agent in charge of the protection of Camp David) • Hopkins is located in a city so, it is important to use common sense: don't walk alone at night and stay in well-lit areas. • In 2011 Hopkins was rated the #1 safest campus in the United States by Readers Digest. • Security is taken seriously both on and off campus and is proactive, rather than reactive. o 113 "Blue Lights" with emergency phones are stationed around campus. If there is an emergency, they will put students in contact with campus security in 30 seconds or less. o A lighting project has made campus brighter and helped make students feel safer walking at night on campus. o A free nightly shuttle is in place to take students anywhere within a 1 mile radius of campus. o Within Charles Village, Hopkins Officers, aka "Hop Cops," are on patrol, along with contracted city police officers. Walking and driving escorts are available at night. o JHU is the first university campus to employ behavior recognition cameras. We currently have 186 of them on and around campus o We have a text messaging and speaker alert system in case of an extreme emergency. o Under the Jean Clery Act, all schools which receive federal funding are required to report all crime on campus and produce an annual security report. You can check out security history for JHU and all other universities on the US Department of Education webpage.

STOP #4: BRODY LEARNING COMMONS THEME - Collaborative Learning in a Cooperative Community **PLEASE STOP AT THE SECURITY DESK, IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS A TOUR GUIDE, AND THEN WALK THE FAMILIES INTO THE BUILDING. IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE IN YOUR GROUP, DO NOT GO INTO BRODY.** **When you have families in the building, please do not let them stray off! Your route once inside should be DIRECT! You should go directly up the stairs, making a quick stop on each level to point something out, and then head out the opposite side of the building. Remember that some people are studying so you should gather people close and use an INSIDE voice. DO NOT talk while walking up the stairs...it is dangerous!**

Things to point out while in Brody: When you walk in: • The Department of Computer Science and Professor Hager have a visualization wall on M-Level that allows passers-by to manipulate images and materials on the wall in an attempt to study the natural gestures one would use with these types of screens (Think The Minority Report). This is a great example of bringing RESEARCH out to the community and taking learning beyond the classroom! • As you can see, many of the chairs and tables are on wheels - this is to promote GROUP STUDY AND COLLABORATION. • The BLC has lockers that students can use for storage. The lockers also include outlets, so students can charge their electronics during the day. • You can see that Brody was connected to the main library, Milton S Eisenhower Library. Take a look straight ahead to see into that space! • Downstairs is The Department of Conservation and Preservation. The lab really is unique in the way it marries the art and science of book conservation, with book conservators in the front of the space and scientists in the back part of the space conducting original research into materials like types of inks, glues, bindings, etc. So, here, you can find an Art Historian working with a Material Science Engineer! Walk up the stairs and stop outside of the Rare Books Collection Room: • In the Winston Tabb Center for Rare Books, Manuscripts and Archives Research, the university holds archives and a portion of the more than 400K rare books and manuscripts in the Libraries collections. The curators typically rotate small displays in the window to show current projects being worked on. • Inside is a Knowledge Imaging Center machine - it's a high quality digital scanner. Scholars can't take the volumes from that room with them, but they can (with assistance and with some limitations depending on the volume) scan it for use offsite. Walk up the stairs and stop outside of the quiet room: • Reading Room o There is a 100 seat quiet reading room. o Within the reading room is an art installation called "An Archeology of Knowledge" with items found all over the university. It is meant to inspire productive day dreaming. The cabinets themselves are from one of our very own labs and some of our very own students help to curate this project! • Group Study Rooms o The study rooms are equipped with walls and windows that students can write on. Many of the study rooms are also equipped with projectors and video/Skype capabilities. There are plenty of electrical outlets throughout the BLC, particularly in the study rooms. Students use an online system to reserve study rooms. SHARE A STORY - How have you made use of the space in Brody? Have you worked interacted with the visualization wall, worked with the Rare Books Collection, or taken advantage of the dry erase walls and projectors in the study rooms? Do you like to go to Brody in between classes to grab a snack and study? BRODY EXAMPLES: • I have a group of friends who were all taking Introduction to the Human Brain. They were studying for a giant exam, so they reserved one of the study rooms and filled all the walls and windows with dry-erase diagrams of every part of the brain. It looked pretty cool! As you exit Brody, point out the Milton S. Eisenhower Library: • The library is named for the University's 8th President, Milton S. Eisenhower, brother of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The library was built mostly underground for aesthetic reason. When the hole was dug for this library, an underground stream was discovered, and had to be re-routed before work on the building could continue. • Some of the levels of the main library are designated for quiet study, but many are oriented towards GROUP/SOCIAL STUDY. • The Reference Librarian Office located behind the Information Desk. The librarians are extremely useful in helping with all aspects of the paper-writing process. Students can use the Reserves Desk or readings can be accessed online through the electronic reserve system. • Newspaper stacks of different publications put out by Hopkins students can be found in the library. These include the NewsLetter which is student run, The Gazette published by the University, Hopkins Undergraduate Research Journal, Zenaida the literary magazine, The Donkey which is the college democrats paper, and the Carollton Record which is the republican paper. • Fun Fact: the Johns Hopkins University Press is the oldest continuously operating university press in the country. MSE EXAMPLE: • Each May during senior week, the Office of Student Activities and the Library host a senior sendoff cocktail party as a way for graduating seniors to say goodbye to the place they spent many of their waking (and some of their sleeping) moments. **PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIBRARY DID NOT SINK - DO NOT TELL THIS STORY**

As you start walking toward stop #3: Walk from the center of Wyman Quad, down the stairs between Shaffer and Maryland, to the space outside of the Mattin Center and The Barn: **PLEASE DO NOT TALK WHILE WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS - WE DO NOT NEED ANYONE GETTING HURT!!** If you have a smaller group, consider walking through the tunnel pathway toward Brody from Wyman quad (this is between Maryland and Krieger, right before you hit the Breezeway)

Things to point out while walking to Brody: • As you mentioned before, the student body is ACTIVE AND ENGAGED. We have over 400 student clubs and organizations on campus including everything from Greek Life to community service to student publications to arts groups. • These clubs and organizations are funded by the Student Activities Commission. Almost all campus events have a connection to this office and by not being involved in one of its activities you are missing out on a core part of the Hopkins experience. • The arts are definitely valued at Johns Hopkins! We have a Film and Media Studies major, a Theater Arts and Studies minor, and a Visual Arts minor. • Fun Fact: Johns Hopkins University has teamed up with MICA (the local art institute) to open and share a state of the art film center located in Station North, the arts and entertainment district. It will be located steps away from the Maryland Film Festival Center and will include recording studio, soundstage, screening rooms, editing suites, and classrooms.

As you start walking toward stop #4: Walk to the main doors of Brody:

Things to say about Brody: • The Brody Learning Commons fosters COLLABORATIVE LEARNING through supportive spaces and technologies. It was designed with significant user (students, faculty) input on nearly everything, from seating styles and café choices to study space amenities. The building is open 24/7, connects to MSE on all floors, and was built according to U.S. Green Building Council guidelines. BRODY EXAMPLES: • To figure out what types of seats students wanted, the library directors brought in a larger variety of options for the students to test run. Students were able to try them all out, and then vote for the ones they liked the best! • Students and faculty members actually selected the food in the café. They went to various kitchens, doing taste tests for food and drink options. They then selected the vendor currently in the building. • During construction, students, faculty, and staff signed a steel beam that currently assists in holding up the building.

STOP #9: LEVERING HALL Theme - Active and Engaged Student Community

Things to say about Levering: • Point out the Study Abroad Office located in the basement of Levering. Study abroad is extremely popular across all majors. Hopkins has its own ventures in France, China, and Italy but students can travel to additional countries where other reputable institutions have their own programs. We have more than 500 students studying abroad each year in over 30 different countries. SHARE A STORY - Have you ever studied abroad during the school year, summer, or intersession? Do you have friends who have studied abroad? Why did you think your experience was valuable? • Levering is one of the many places on campus to grab a bite to eat: o Levering Food Court - one of 6 dining facilities on campus. • Crust - Pizzas made from scratch • Lunchbox - Soup, Salad and Sandwiches • Shiso - Hand rolled maki rolls • One Bowl - Collection of hot pot traditions from all over the Asian content • Flame - Backyard BBQ and favorite take out foods (made from freshest quality local food) o Chesapeake Bay Roasting Company - locally roasted fair trade coffee and tea, smoothies, and grab and go meals • Levering Lounge - A place to relax and study or have a group meeting, can be found next to Chesapeake Brewing Company. Things to say while walking back to Mason: • Garland Hall is the home to all of our student services offices - Financial Aid, Registrar, Academic Advising, Pre-Professional Advising, International Student Services, Student Employment, Career Center, and the Tech Team. These offices are her to SUPPORT you as a student. Whether you are looking for a job, want to talk about your class schedule, or are thinking about applying to medical or law school, someone is here to help you. • Our President's office, Ronald (or Ron) Daniels, is also in Garland Hall. • Partly due to NO CORE CURRICULUM, students at Hopkins can easily register for classes in new areas, double major, or major and minor across Arts and Sciences and Engineering. • About 60 of undergraduates double major or minor. • The Donors Wall holds the name of all individuals, groups, or organizations that have matched or exceeded the $7 million dollar donation to the university by Johns Hopkins. If you look, Johns Hopkins is actually the first name on the wall. SHARE A STORY - How have you interacted with advisors at JHU? Have you ever used the Career Center or Pre Professional Advising?

STOP #5: HOUSING THEME - Creating a Community and Connecting with Classmates

Things to say about On-Campus Housing: • On campus housing is guaranteed and required for the first 2 years. There are several options for freshmen and sophomores: o AMR I and AMR II - These resident halls are for freshmen and known to be social. Singles and doubles are available, and common bathroom facilities are located down the hall. Each building has kitchen and laundry facilities, common rooms, and computer labs, but no AC. The building is organized into "Houses" with 1 RA per house. Once inside the building students can move from "house" to "house" because they are all connected. All dorms are co-ed by room. o AMR III A and AMR III B - These buildings have a suite style set-up which includes 4 or 5 students, sharing 2 rooms and 1 bathroom. These dorms are climate controlled and RAs are scattered throughout. o Wolman & McCoy - These buildings are also suite style and have their own kitchenette, but located across the street. Wolman is freshman housing and McCoy is upperclassmen housing. Wolman was recently renovated and now includes a movie theatre o Charles Commons - Our newest dorm, opened in the Fall of 2006, is suite style living with more than 600 beds. Home to the Johns Hopkins Barnes and Noble bookstore. This facility was built to be a community. A JHU faculty member also lives there with students, and the building has a gym, study spaces, and a cafeteria. • During the summer before freshmen year, students choose the style of living they prefer and fill out a roommate questionnaire. In preparation for sophomore year, students will enter a housing lottery. • All doors are extremely secure, and have turnstiles, access cards, or key entry. • All housing options include laundry facilities, common areas, and study rooms. SHARE A STORY - Where did you live freshman year? What did you love about your housing experience? How did your RA's bring you together? HOUSING EXAMPLES: • I have a friend who got together every week to watch The Bachelor with her pledge class from her sorority in the Wolman movie theater. • Students, as seniors, still have group dinners once a semester with everyone who lived on their floor or in their house freshman year. • Fun Fact: Abel Wolman was one of the first 3 graduates from the School of Engineering. While working for the Maryland Health Department, Wolman championed and perfected the water chlorination process water to keep millions of people from catching once common diseases like cholera, typhoid and dysentery. Because of this process, Americans have some of the safest drinking water in the world. It is said Wolman's chlorination process was the most important contribution to public health in the 20th century. He went on to be one of the first professors of Environmental Engineering at Hopkins. Things to say about Off Campus Housing: • After sophomore year, university housing is not guaranteed. Only 54% of all students live on-campus, including the required freshman and sophomore years and Residential Advisors. • Most upper classmen choose to live off campus. There are a variety of styles and comfort levels to choose from (from apartments to row houses). An off-campus housing office will assist students with this process. • More than 95% of our upperclassmen live within 3 blocks of the university. • A new off-campus housing complex broke ground last spring and is expected to be completed by August 2016. The building will include 157 student apartments and retail space (only CVS has been announced, as of Sept 2015). SHARE A STORY - Do you or a friend live off campus? Where do you live and how did you find housing? Is it still easy to get to campus and events? Is it affordable? Things to say about Campus Dining: • Our Dining System has been recently renovated by Bon Appetit. • Bon Appetit recognizes the importance of food and CREATES A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND COMFORT around the JHU campus. From cooking dishes from scratch daily to providing a range of vegetarian, vegan, international and kosher foods for the campus community, Bon Appetit emphasizes having a range of delicious food options at every meal and keeping things fresh , fun, and interesting - you won't find a cycle menu at our dining facilities. Bon Appetit also sponsors a number of special events recognizing holidays and special events and stresses the use of locally-sourced ingredients in its meals. • Campus dining is divided between dining dollars and meal swipes. • You can use meal swipes in "all you can eat" settings such as the Fresh Food Café (FFC). Dining dollars can be used in "A la carte" locations such as the Levering and Nolan's. • J-cash can be used on an off campus at nearby shops, stores, and restaurants if one chooses. Silk Road Express is popular for underclassmen, upperclassmen, and faculty alike, and can be found in the Mattin Center. • All locations are open to the public if anyone wants to come back and eat on-campus. SHARE A STORY - Do you love Sterling Brunch? Late Night? Talk about your favorite dining hall event!

STOP #2: CENTER OF WYMAN QUAD THEME - Active and Engaged Student Community

Things to say about student life • Hopkins students lead a vibrant life outside of the classroom. Students are excited about all of the opportunities student life provides and are ENGAGED in many different types of activities across campus. Many of our most popular events are STUDENT RUN AND ORGANIZED. Students really take pride all that they do! SHARE A STORY - Have you ever seen an event advertised on the breezeway and decided to attend? Have you or a friend ever done a fundraiser on the breezeway (example: selling donuts or baked good)? What has been your favorite event in Shriver? Have you ever organized an event on campus? STUDENT LIFE EXAMPLES: • Take a moment to point out Shriver: o 1200-seat auditorium o Site of STUDENT RUN Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium and Foreign Affairs Symposium - some examples: Michael Moore, Anne Coulter, Nelson Mandela, Eminem, Jerry Springer, Bob Woodward, Ben Stein, the cast of ER, guitarist Dave Matthews, Ralph Nader, George Bush, Jesse Jackson, Hillary Clinton, Isaac Asimov, Adam Sandler, Chris Matthews, Janet Reno, Danny Glover, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Tucker Carlson, Valerie Plame Wilson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Will Ferrell, Aziz Ansari, Jimmy Wales, Seth Meyers and many more. ** memorize a few of these and be prepared to explain who the people are in case you are asked - tell a story about your favorite speaker!** o Home of the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, made up of Hopkins students, faculty, and members of the Charles Village community • Take a moment to point out the Breezeway: o The Breezeway is a central part of campus. They say that each student passes through the breezeway at least once a day. o Tons of groups advertise for their events on the Breezeway by posting large banners on the railings. The Allnighters, the all-male a cappella group, tapes their advertisement to the floor, and then use the same tape and designs to lead you from anywhere on campus to Bloomberg, where they have their concerts. o Fun Fact: You might recognize the Breezeway from the movie The Social Network - parts of the movie were filmed right here on campus.

As you start walking toward Stop #1 Walk from Mason Hall to Hackerman Hall

Things to say about the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) • Point out the back of the BMA. Let them know there is a sculpture garden, which is a great place to study on a nice day. • The BMA is free to everyone! It has a massive collection of work by Matisse; the BMA is among the world's largest holders of Matisse artwork. • Most Art History classes have a requirement to spend time there. With our new program in Museums and Society, there are plenty of opportunities to visit and study the museum, and even to help curate an exhibit. These HANDS ON EXPERIENCES are extremely valuable as students look for jobs after graduation. • Gertrude's is a restaurant located in the museum which has excellent food- with $12 Tuesday nights (5-9pm), it is a great place for students to grab a bite to eat. Things to say about Malone Hall • New 69,000 sq. ft. engineering building dedicated to collaborative research • Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI), devoted to the understanding of how materials behave under intense impact. o A main project is working with the Department of Defense to create lighter, more effective protective material. o Another project is developing materials for satellites that will prevent them from being damaged in space • Department of Computer Science is also located here • Opened Summer of 2014, newest building on campus

STOP #1: HACKERMAN HALL TUNNEL THEME - Interdisciplinary Learning

Things to say about the Mock Operating Room • Students from various engineering backgrounds come together in the Mock OR and in Hackerman to work together on projects. • Mock Operating Room (behind glass windows in the tunnel of Hackerman) - engineers at JHU use this space to perfect operating room techniques, gain experience, and improve technology. • The university is currently working to improve the Da Vinci Machine, which allows a doctor to expand their physical capabilities such as conduct surgery from a remote location, improve precision, and reduce hand shaking. Hopkins is one of the few schools that actually programs the machine. SHARE A STORY - Have you worked on a project/done research with students across disciplines? Have you taken a class where you were able to learn from students who came from a different academic background? Things to say about Hackerman Hall • Built for MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, this is a place for engineers to collaborate with others across disciplines. • Home to 4 major groups (mention 1 or 2): 1. Institute for Computational Medicine: School of Engineering and School of Medicine join to develop quantitative approaches for understanding the mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of human disease. 2. Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics: Developing robotic systems that will assist physicians to plan and carry out medical treatment. 3. NSF Engineering Research Center for Computer>Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology: Its goal is to develop basic science, technology, and engineered systems that work cooperatively with clinicians to improve the way surgery and interventional procedures are carried out in the 21st Century. 4. Center for Language and Speech Processing: The research involves work in all aspects of the science and technology of language and speech examples: language modeling, natural language processing, acoustic processing, etc.)

STOP #8: GILMAN HALL AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM THEME - Interdisciplinary Learning and Research

Things to say as you enter Gilman: • Gilman Stop #1: University Seal o The Hopkins seal has the flag of the state of Maryland within it; a display of how important the state is to the university. JHU is the largest employer in the state of Maryland. JHU was founded in 1876 even though Johns Hopkins himself passed away on December 24, 1873 at the age of 78. o The motto, "Veritas vos Liberabit" means "the truth shall set you free". This comes from Gilman's theory of education, which is also the reason the school is modeled after the German research institutions. In this model, information is not just conferred but discovered through one's own search for truth through research and independent inquiry. o The seal has a myth surrounding it: If a current student steps on it, he or she will not graduate. If a professor steps on it, he or she will not be tenured. If a prospective student steps on it, he or she will not be admitted. And worst of all, if a prospective parent steps on it, he or she will not receive financial aid. o This room was one of only a handful of rooms that went untouched during the renovation. Note the memorial plaques on the walls and the awesome limestone floors. Tell people to look for fossils in the black and white tiles (they're there, and people get a thrill out of finding one). • Gilman Stop #2: Memorial Hall o This is another room nearly untouched by the renovation: more limestone floors, original light fixtures (look up) and fireplaces. o The room is dedicated to Daniel Coit Gilman. The books in the glass bookshelves were from his personal library, bequeathed to the school upon his death. The bronze relief over the right fireplace depicts him. o The four stained glass windows are original and show the evolution of his career. From R to L: 1. He did his undergrad at Yale, where he received a degree in History, and began teaching there. 2. He became one of the first presidents of UC Berkeley in California. 3. We poached him to become our first president. 4. He retired to help found the Carnegie Institution, which funds research projects around the world. The Carnegie Center for Embryonic Stem Cell Research is located on the Homewood Campus. • Gilman Stop #3: The Atrium o The atrium used to be an unused space. The outer walls used to house books for the different departments. When refinished, the space became an open study area! o The marble on the atrium floor is recycled from the previous version of Gilman. The acoustic paneling on the three renovated walls are also made from recycled materials, and they eliminate all echo in the room. o The architects spent time in Europe looking at cathedrals and other buildings to determine the best way to do the glass ceiling. This design is rare in America, and it helps keep temperatures down and thus lower energy use, making it more eco-friendly. • Gilman Stop #4: The Hut (DO NOT GO IN THE HUT - LET PEOPLE PEEK THOUGH THE DOOR! BE SURE NOT TO YELL OUTSIDE THE HUT!) o The Hut is a prime place for students to study. It was redone to include an AC system and glass partitions to split the room into three separate areas. One area is for regular studying, one is the Writing Center, and the last is the Learning Den. o The Writing Center and The Learning Den are two fantastic academic support options on campus. Each is designed to have upperclassmen and graduate students to tutor current students in need of academic help. Both are free of charge. o There are 19 stained glass windows around the Hut. The daughter of an original university trustee donated them in 1929, and they depict the seals of some of the greatest printing presses of 15th and 16th century Europe. SHARE A STORY - Have you ever used the Writing Center or Learning Den or do you have a friend who took advantage of these resources? Walk Down the stairs on the back side of the building to the Archaeology Museum. Walk a 2/3 of the loop around the Museum to exit at the tunnel. • Gilman Stop # 5: Archaeology Museum o We now offer Archaeology as a major, an INTERDISCIPLINARY program that builds on our existing strengths in Near Eastern Studies, Classics, History, and History of Art. Some of our faculty has ongoing archaeological digs in Syria and Egypt, and students—both graduate and undergraduate—regularly accompany them and participate in the research there. ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM EXAMPLES: • There is a mummy in the collection in Gilman which is on permanent loan from Goucher College. • For many years, the mummy's name was Boris. However, after CT scans were done, it was found that Boris was a girl...she is now officially known as Lotus. • I have a friend who did research during her freshman year in the Archeology Museum in Gilman on burials in Cyprus in the Mediterranean. She studied artifacts housed in the museum like pottery shards and dig site maps from Special Collections. They have a symposium every other year, which she presented at. SHARE A STORY - Have you ever done research? Do you have friends who have done research (either in the museum or in another way at JHU)? How do you learn through hands on experiences? As you walk out the building, let people peek in classrooms. Exit Gilman through the tunnel door or side door that lets you out by Ames and the Glass Pavilion. **Again, be respectful of classes going on...please try to keep talking to a minimum.**

STOP #7: UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING LABS THEME - Interdisciplinary Learning and Research Enter the UTL on the side door right after you pass the Bufano Sculpture Gardens.

Things to say as you enter the UTL: • Why is the UTL unique? It is one of a kind in two respects: First, there is nothing like this in a four year liberal arts school in the North East. We have state of the art instrumentation that faculty member would use in their labs. Second, the professors are teaching material in these labs that is a direct offshoot from their own research programs. Even the materials and the problems the students study will dovetail with the faculty's research. Some of the students trained in these labs will then go and work in the professor's research labs. Again, nothing like this happens at the elite liberal arts schools. Finally, we are designing state of the art lab courses for freshmen and sophomores, which again, is not something that happens in many places. Walk up the stairs on the left hand side and into the atrium area of the building. Things to say in the atrium: • The atrium as an open space for students to use as they please with: soft chairs, a custom-built bench around the perimeter, rocking chair, and a coffee bar with cafe tables and chairs. SHARE A STORY - Have you ever studied in the atrium, grabbed a bite to eat at the café, or worked in a lab? Do you have a friend who worked in one of these labs? (if not, feel free to use a story above!)

As you start walking toward stop #2: Walk from Hackerman Hall to center of Wyman Quad

Things to talk about when you reach the Wyman Quad • There are 3 primary types of Engineering (LIP): Life Sciences, Informational Sciences, and Physical Sciences. • Engineering at Hopkins has many great features. For example, during freshman year, students take design courses, which are only 4-5 people in size. This small class size allows freshmen to team up with upperclassmen and professors to have HANDS ON EXPERIENCES.