We are VERY excited to announce that The Jeff Sagansky Harvardwood TV Writers Program is offering, for the first time ever, an online summer program for writers who do not necessarily live in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, or other major Harvardwood chapters. Applications from TV writers will be accepted now through Sunday, June 7, 2020 at 5:00pm. 

To be eligible, participants must be Full Members of Harvardwood, so make sure you (1) are logged in and (2) have an active Harvardwood membership subscription in order to access the application link below.

Harvardwood musicians, let's get together and create a “Playing for Change”-style music video tribute to celebrate the Class of 2020!  

If you're interested in participating as a musician, please complete the form below. All instruments (including vocals) are welcome; we’ll work it in if we can!

Today, Harvardwood is joining millions of organizations across the globe in #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving in response to the covid-19 pandemic. 

As you know, Harvardwood has been working tirelessly to transition our master classes, workshops and salons to an online platform, so that our members don’t lose the opportunity to learn from alumni that have come before them on how to thrive in the arts and entertainment fields. 

We are now accepting applications to receive a 2020 Harvardwood Heroes community service grant! Through the Harvardwood Heroes program, we award grants of at least $500 each to four individuals who have demonstrated a distinguished level of service to their organizations of choice. Every year, grant winners are determined by the strength of their proposal. They will receive the first $250 upon announcement of the winners and the balance of the grant upon submission of a final essay six months later.

The deadline to submit your service proposal is April 15, 2020.

It has been heartwarming to see people across the world band together in support of their friends and neighbors. As the entertainment industry adjusts to this new normal, we're aware that many support staff employees, independent contractors, and hustling artists might be struggling to find their financial footing. We've compiled a list of industry resources below:

Please write a message that we can share in the April 2020 edition of the Harvardwood Highlights to bolster and bring together the Harvardwood community. We'd like to strengthen our personal connections during these challenging times and to remind our members that we are all here for each other and in this together!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our recent membership career survey!

We noticed that a fair number of members across multiple chapters brought up interesting ideas related to music programming, and we’d like to continue this conversation! If you would be willing to have a half-hour conversation to further discuss your survey suggestions with one of our leaders, please email Andrea Schmitt at [email protected].

To the Harvardwood community:

We know you've all been receiving multiple communications from both the University and alumni interest groups about the COVID-19 outbreak, so we'll keep this short. All Harvardwood-organized events through the end of this month have been cancelled until further notice. Please check our website for additional updates about upcoming events.

Harvardwood publishes internship opportunities and applications are accepted on a rolling basis beginning in March of each year. The internship list is updated several times throughout the spring, so students should check the list periodically for additional opportunities.

Started in 2003, the Harvardwood Summer Internship Program (HSIP) provides a list of summer internship opportunities in the arts, media and entertainment to interested Harvard students. In addition, HSIP facilitates career-related activities throughout the summer for participating students and companies in New York City and Los Angeles. Past program events have included film screenings, industry panels, and speaker events.

VIEW THE LISTINGS

As we focus on strengthening our flagship programs and building out new initiatives, Harvardwood needs our members' input! Please take just a few minutes to complete the survey below. We'd like to use the information about your career field and level in order to create programs and events that are better tailored to your needs.

All survey results are anonymous, although we do request that you list your primary chapter information. The data collected in this survey will only be used internally by Harvardwood staff to help design our programs; none of the data or potentially identifying information (job title/company) will be made public or shared within our membership.

If you have any questions about this survey or how the results will be used, get in touch. Thank you!