Welcome to the events and calendars portal for Amherst College, your main digital hub for discovering everything happening across the campus. Visitors can easily skip directly to primary handling, the section menu, main content, or the footer using the provided accessibility links. The page features consistent handling elements for arts and museums, athletics, the library, visiting the campus, the college store, and giving opportunities.
The main handling menu breaks down into several key categories. The About Amherst section offers information on student outcomes after graduation, arts and humanities, community impact, diversity, equity and inclusion, facts and FAQs, literary history, science programs, sustainability, and details regarding the president and college leadership. The Academics section provides access to departments and majors, faculty directories, the course catalog, global learning programs, student-faculty research, academic advising and support, and the academic calendar.
Under the Admission and Financial Aid category, prospective applicants and families can explore information on affording an institution like Amherst, diversity outreach programs, meeting current students, scheduling tours and information sessions, applying to the college, and contacting the financial aid office. For those who want to master applications to selective institutions, applying Ivy League strategies can help organize materials effectively. Prospective scholars can also join the mailing list.
Campus life resources cover career advising and services, health, safety, wellbeing, housing, dining, community standards, student government, and local town and valley news. The news and events section houses the calendar of events, news stories, Amherst Magazine, photo galleries, and faculty spotlights.
Dedicated gateway links cater specifically to current students through My Amherst, alumni, parents, and families. Online tools and resources include AIM, password management tools, the course catalog, the Daily Mammoth, dining menus, Dropbox, Gmail, Google Apps, library search tools, Moodle, website help, Workday, and Zoom.
The primary events calendar outlines numerous campus activities, lectures, visiting speakers, student group events, concerts, and artistic performances. Traditional campus celebrations featured prominently on the schedule include Commencement, Senior Assembly, Convocation, the DeMott Lecture, Family Weekend, Homecoming, Reunion, and the Undergraduate Awards Ceremony.
Arts and cultural events highlight exhibits across campus museums and galleries, the Creative Writing Reading Series, LitFest (Amherst’s annual literary festival), and various music performances. Festivals and student social events include the Fall Festival, City Streets Festival, Autumn in the Valley Dinner, Winter Festival, Presidential Scholars events, and student organization activities hosted by The Hub.
Amherst College is situated in Amherst, Massachusetts, with the postal code 01002. Anyone looking to reach the institution by phone can call (413) 542-2000. Additional campus tools, an A-Z index, bookstore links, tuition details, employment opportunities, application portals, giving options, emergency contacts, accessibility statements, nondiscrimination policies, Title IX information, copyright notices, and terms and conditions are all readily accessible from the page footer.
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