Community Events 

Chair: Tracy Han

The Community Events Committee is responsible for organizing events for the Harvard undergraduate community, both on campus and beyond.  The committee traditionally hosts an annual Harvard-Yale football game tailgate, as well as an open party in the spring, hosted at a club in downtown Boston.  These events are held in an effort to expand the scope of the Harvard social scene, and the Community Events Committee is always looking for new ways to reach out to undergraduates.  Members of this committee are enthusiastic, creative, and reliable in their efforts to plan and implement new ways to impact Harvard’s campus and the greater community.

The Red Party
Each spring, The Seneca hosts its annual Red Party at a club in Boston. The first Red Party in April of 1999 was the first party open to all undergraduates. Each year, Community Events collaborates with the Public Relations Committee to launch an extensive publicity campaign designed to ensure that all undergraduates on campus are invited and welcomed to the party. The party was created to establish a comfortable social space for the Harvard community in which all students can interact on equal terms. The tenth-annual Red Party in 2009 so many students that it filled the entirety of The Estate club in downtown Boston, and those students in attendance came from every corner of campus to dance and party together.   

Harvard-Yale Tailgate
Each year, The Seneca hosts a tailgate at the renowned Harvard v. Yale football game. All students and alumni are welcome to enjoy the abundant food and overflowing drinks while enjoying the traditional festivities of game day.

S-Hop
One weekend night in the fall, The Seneca turns its members into master pancake makers, turning out pancakes left and right to feed droves of hungry late-night partiers.  Yet another way The Seneca proves its creativity, with every committee working (and cooking) together to make a simple breakfast favorite into a campus-wide party.

In the works…
The Community Events Committee is always looking for new ideas for events to host on campus.  We are currently working on plans to host a campus film series, as well another campus-wide party in the winter.