Welcome Week 2026

This year’s Welcome Week runs Wednesday, August 26 through Wednesday, September 2, with something happening nearly every day at 52 Mt Auburn.

We can’t wait to meet you!

Welcome Week opens with an Open House and ice cream social on the 26th and builds from there: Pop Up Bagels for first-years on Thursday morning, Taco Thursday that evening, coffee pop-ups around campus with staff and student board on Friday, and a First-Year Shabbat that Friday night (meet at John Harvard’s statue at 6:00 PM and walk over together). The weekend brings a pizza and s’mores night on Saturday and a first-years bagel brunch on Sunday.

Things pick back up with a coffee pop-up on Monday and wrap on the first day of classes, September 2, with a Playa Bowls grab-and-go breakfast in the morning and a Kickoff Party that evening: hibachi, a dessert table, yard games, and music from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. Whether you’re new to campus or coming back, every event is a chance to grab good food and meet the people who make up Harvard Hillel. All students are welcome.

Questions? Contact Rachel Eilbaum, Senior Director of Jewish Student Life.