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Academic Counseling
Students who want more information about specific courses are encouraged to read course outlines and bibliographies in the Landscape Institute office. Students may also make appointments to meet with a Landscape Institute administrator for assistance in selecting courses and developing educational goals.
Heather Heimarck, director of the Landscape Institute, is available to prospective and current students for academic counseling. Call the Landscape Institute office at 617.495.8632 for an appointment.
Institute for Cultural Landscape Studies
The Institute for Cultural Landscape Studies was a program of the Arnold Arboretum from 1996 to 2003 when it merged with the Arnold Arboretum’s Landscape Design Program to form the Landscape Institute. The Institute for Cultural Landscape Studies website with its extensive project content on the preservation and management of cultural landscapes remains available at www.icls.harvard.edu.
Dining at the Landscape Institute
Instructors, students, staff, and guests are invited to use several Harvard University dining facilities in the vicinity of Landscape Institute classes.
Cronkhite Dining Room
The Cronkhite Graduate Center Dining Room is located at 6 Ash Street, Cambridge, a few blocks from the 29 Garden Street location. Cronkhite offers hot meals as well as various cold options, such as sandwiches and salads. Cronkhite also participates in Commuter Meal Deal services (see Commuter Meal Deal, p. 72). Additional information on the Cronkhite Dining Room can be found at www.dining.harvard.edu/campus_restaurants/restaurants_cronkhite.html.
The dining rooms hours of operation are:
- Breakfast (retail and meal plan)
Monday–Friday 7:30 am–10:00 am - Lunch (retail only)
Monday–Friday 12:00–2:00 pm - Dinner (retail and meal plan)
Monday–Friday 5:00–7:15 pm - Closed weekends and holidays
- Closed during summer session
Chauhaus at the GSD
The Chauhaus Café is located on the ground floor of the Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, and is convenient to the GSD's Frances Loeb Library. It is open during the following hours:
- Monday–Thursday 8:00 am–7:00 pm
- Friday 8:00 am–3:00 pm
- Closed weekends and holidays
Greenhouse Café
The Greenhouse Café is located on the ground floor of the Science Center, Cambridge, where computer courses are held. It is open during the following hours:
- Monday–Thursday 7:00 am–10:00 pm
- Friday 7:00 am–7:00 pm
- Closed weekends and holidays.
Commuter Meal Deal
The Commuter Meal Deal is an arrangement whereby a student receives a card worth nine meals, plus $10 in Crimson Cash, for only $115. Students can enjoy lunch or dinner at the Cronkhite Dining Room or the Dudley Café (located in Harvard Yard), or get a snack from other campus restaurants or campus vending machines using Crimson Cash. Meals and Crimson Cash will be loaded onto a Crimson Cash card (see below) or Harvard University ID (faculty only) that you present at the time of purchase. The card is swiped and the meal or cash value is deducted from the corresponding balance. At lunch, participants enjoy a $10 meal equivalency per swipe, while dinners feature an all-you-can-eat buffet. A meals tax of 5% is applied. Any unused funds are forfeited at the end of the year. Forms are available for the Commuter Meal Deal in the Landscape Institute office or online at: http://www.dining.harvard.edu/campus_restaurants/commuter.html.
Refreshments
Soda, juice, and snacks are available from vending machines located in the hall beyond the Landscape Institute office. Students and faculty are welcome to bring refreshments to class; however, we ask that all trash be placed in the appropriate receptacle. 29 Garden Street has an active recycling program; please use paper and bottle recycling containers when possible.
Harvard Cooperative Society (Coop) Membership
Students of the Landscape Institute are eligible for Harvard Cooperative Society (Coop) membership, which costs only $2 per year for Harvard-affiliated students. Applications are available at the service desk of any Coop store or can be obtained by calling the Coop's membership hotline or completing the online membership form located on its website, www.thecoop.com. Only paid-up members are entitled to any available annual patronage rebate on items purchased at any Coop location.
In order to be eligible for Coop membership, students must provide proof of their enrollment in the Landscape Institute. This proof can include a registration confirmation letter, tuition statement, or student ID.
By renewing a Coop membership or becoming a first-time member, students will share in the benefits of membership all year. Their savings on member-only sales or online insignia purchases more than make up for the membership fee, and, in addition, there is a potential rebate on all purchases. Also, after the initial membership year students can continue to receive a diary by paying a $1.00 service and handling charge that can be automatically billed with the membership fee. Students wishing to save time and expense by paying for multiple years of Coop membership and Coop Diary (a bound pocket calendar) can do so. For further information on the Coop, please visit their website at www.thecoop.com.
Note: No rebates are provided on textbooks purchases.
Crimson Cash
Students can use Crimson Cash to pay for meals in the Cronkhite dining room as well as at several other dining halls on the Harvard campus. Crimson Cash is a declining-balance debit account accessed through a Crimson Cash card. Landscape Institute students may purchase a Crimson Cash card for a $1 fee at a Value Transfer Station on the Harvard campus.
Transfer stations are found at the following locations:
- Business School, Baker Library, second floor
- Business School, Spangler Building, lower level
- Cabot Library, Science Center, first floor
- Fine Arts Library, main floor
- Hilles Library, main floor
- J. F. K. School of Government, Littauer building, main floor
- Lamont Library, lower level
- Langdell Library, third floor
- Loker Commons, Memorial Hall, lower level
- School of Public Health, Kresge Building, first floor
- Widener Library, circulation area
- Yenching Library, main floor
Students can add value to a Crimson Cash Account by going online at www.cash.harvard.edu, by calling 617.496.6600, or by visiting any Value Transfer Station on campus to add value with cash. The remaining balance on a card will be displayed with each transaction. For more information on Crimson Cash and to locate Value Transfer Stations, visit www.dining.harvard.edu.
Textbooks & Coursepacks
Many instructors order textbooks and coursepacks for their courses through the Harvard Cooperative Society (the Coop), located in Harvard Square. Books are shelved at the Palmer Street Coop and are usually available in advance of the first class meeting. Students are generally not required to purchase course materials prior to the first class session unless instructions to do so are included in his/her course confirmation.