She says Harvard gives its employees 13 weeks for maternity leave—and she is using her vacations to extend her absence to a five-month period.
“I like easing back into work,” Avery says. “I think it would be very strange to be home and then [all of sudden] be at work.”
When she returns, Avery says she will begin designing a new pamphlet for the Trust and will meet with the Sexual Assault Working Group. She says this group encourages students and administrators to comment on issues surrounding sexual assault.
The group will hold its fourth meeting in early April.
Avery also plans to start organizing the next Amy Smith Berylson ’75 Lecture. Past speakers have included Whoopi Goldberg and Martha Stewart.
This year’s lecture was cancelled due to Avery’s maternity leave.
Though Avery will not officially be back in her office for a while, she will be back in University Hall quite soon.
Avery will attend the Trust’s annual Winter Tea this Monday afternoon in the Faculty Room of University Hall—and this year, she’s bringing an extra guest.
—Staff writer Nalina Sombuntham can be reached at sombunth@fas.harvard.edu.