harvard membership

Why join?  There are many reasons to do so:

•              Programs featuring exciting speakers, including Harvard professors or other notable alumni.  Past program speakers have covered wide-ranging and timely topics such as secrets to entrepreneurial success, leadership, the search for the optimal diet, terrorism, Putin, Houston’s biotech future, and an inside look at the world of the Supreme Court.   

•              Special events to share with your spouses, significant others, and friends. 

•              A variety of networking and social events to allow you to maintain old friendships and build new ones.  Recurring annual events include the Annual Picnic, the Harvard/Yale Game and the Holiday Party, and past networking /social events include behind-the-scenes tours of museum exhibits, a ballroom dance class, wine tastings and concert outings.

•              Community outreach by the Club and members.  The Club has helped fund programs such as TeachforAmerica and the Early College Awareness Program, has funded summer scholarships and sent administrators, teachers and heads of Houston schools and non-profit businesses to Harvard for business and graduate training.  Starting in 2009, the Club will be implementing its pilot mentorship program to help recent graduates.  

•              An efficient and successful Schools Committee program that successfully interviewed over 900 Harvard College applicants last year!


Your membership fees go to help support our Club, our Schools and Scholarship Committee activities and our programs and administrative expenses.  Membership is easy - to renew your Club Membership or become a new Club Member, just click the "JOIN" or "RENEW" link under the Membership tab on the menu bar.

Annual Membership fees do a world of good for our community and our Club; moreover, you will join a growing community of alumni and benefit from discounted rates for all of our events.  For the most loyal and enthusiastic supporters of the Harvard University Club of Houston, we ask that you or your company become a Supporting Member as a Platinum, Sponsor, Patron or Benefactor level member (to view list of current Supporting Memberships, click on the "Supporting Members/Sponsors" link under the Get Involved tab) by donating $250 or more, which entitles you or your company to additional benefits.

Basic and Supporting Membership Levels
       There are two levels of membership - Basic and Supporting.

 

Basic Membership levels
Includes invitation to all events, including Members-only events and discounted admission for member and a guest.  Interested members can also serve as Schools Committee interviewers and become involved in Club activities.

     * Out-of-Area (live 45+ miles from downtown Houston)       $50 
     * Class of '19 and after; parents of current student              $50 
     * Individual Membership                                                       $70 
     * Family Membership                                                            $90
       (Family Membership includes discounted event rates for all household members.)
 

Supporting Membership levels
Includes all the benefits of basic membership, plus varying levels of acknowledgment at events, letterhead, newsletters and/or website.

Benefactor  $250 {can be individual or corporate}

Patron  $500   {can be individual or corporate}

Sponsor $1,000   {can be individual or corporate}

Platinum $2,500 {can be individual or corporate}