As Head and Dean, we are delighted that you’re now a member of Grace Hopper College, your home-away-from-home at Yale. Welcome, from both of us! Take a peek at this website for more about who we are and what we do, and while you’re at it, check out Hopper’s general awesomeness – including its 2020 Tyng Cup victory!
This academic year will be distinctive, because the coronavirus has imposed changes on how we all live. But some things will remain the same. For example, your First-year Counselor (lovingly known as your ‘FroCo’), one of a group of fabulous seniors who will be closely in touch with your class, is supremely well-versed in all things Yale. The FroCos help all incoming students make the transition to college.
You’ll also be assigned an advisor from among the Hopper Fellowship shortly before fall semester begins. The Fellowship advisors are knowledgeable about overall academic planning. They’ll play an important role as you navigate the first year of your Yale academic career.
The Hopper College Council, our student government body for the college, is also a great source of support and energy for first-year students. The HCC will be reaching out to welcome you as well.
Grace Hopper College is special in many ways. It was renamed in 2017, and the college was much in the news as Yale debated its residential college names. Our college community participated wholeheartedly, remaining a strong and solidary group – comfortable with complexity and difference, whether of backgrounds, intellectual styles or personal views. You’ll find that the FroCos, as well as either of us, will be happy to talk with you about the many fascinating aspects of the college’s history and life.
Hopper is a warm and friendly college, and we’re eager to welcome the wonderful Class of 2024 as our newest family members. Circumstances aren’t the same as they usually are, and we recognize that wearing masks, social distancing, and quarantining upon arrival are significant constraints on everyday life. But we are all in this together, virtually and actually, and we can hardly wait to get acquainted with you as you become a part of this very special place. Boola boola!
Julia Adams
, Head of College
David Francis
, Dean