The INSIDE SCOOP on Commuting to Stony Brook ... - Student Affairs
The INSIDE SCOOP on Commuting to Stony Brook ... - Student Affairs
The INSIDE SCOOP on Commuting to Stony Brook ... - Student Affairs
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THE <str<strong>on</strong>g>INSIDE</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>SCOOP</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
ON<br />
COMMUTING TO<br />
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY
THE BREAKDOWN OF YOU<br />
*COMMUTER STUDENTS*<br />
• How many people are we talking about here?<br />
• Why do students commute?<br />
• How are they getting <strong>to</strong> campus?
THE BREAKDOWN OF US<br />
*COMMUTER STUDENT SERVICES*<br />
• Locati<strong>on</strong>: 224 <strong>Student</strong> Activities Center<br />
• So<strong>on</strong> <strong>to</strong> be SAC 225!<br />
• What else is in the SAC?<br />
• Your “One S<strong>to</strong>p Shop”<br />
• Dean of <strong>Student</strong>s Office
PROGRAMMING<br />
• Commuter C<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
• Drive In Movie<br />
• Commuter Appreciati<strong>on</strong> Week<br />
• Guessing for Gas<br />
• And much more!!
OUTREACH<br />
• Email Listserv “Commuter C<strong>on</strong>tact”<br />
• Bulletin Boards<br />
• Commuter Outreach<br />
• Facebook Page<br />
• <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Roads Scholar Newsletter
ADULT LEARNERS (25+)<br />
• Traditi<strong>on</strong>al vs. N<strong>on</strong>-traditi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
• Bi-weekly e-mail Listserv “SBU Adult<br />
Learners”<br />
• N<strong>on</strong>-Traditi<strong>on</strong>al <strong>Student</strong> Week<br />
• Social programming
SERVICES<br />
• Commuter Assistant Program
PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION<br />
Office of Commuter <strong>Student</strong> Services<br />
≠<br />
Office of Parking and Transportati<strong>on</strong><br />
• Parking permits<br />
• Where <strong>to</strong> park<br />
• Transportati<strong>on</strong> around campus
HOW TO GET A PARKING PERMIT<br />
http://www.st<strong>on</strong>ybrook.edu/parking/permits/
WHERE TO PARK
PARKING TIPS<br />
• Metered Parking (free after 7pm)<br />
• Faculty Parking Lots (free after 4pm)<br />
• What <strong>to</strong> do after the Express Bus s<strong>to</strong>ps running<br />
(last run is at approx. 10:48pm)<br />
• RIDE SERVICE: 631.632.RIDE (7433)<br />
• Dusk <strong>to</strong> dawn<br />
• WALK SERVICE: 631.632.WALK (9255)<br />
• 24 hours<br />
• SBU Transit App for your smartph<strong>on</strong>e
PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION<br />
• Other transportati<strong>on</strong> <strong>to</strong> campus<br />
• Train (L<strong>on</strong>g Island Railroad)<br />
• Public Buses (Suffolk Transit)<br />
• $1.25/ride with St<strong>on</strong>y <strong>Brook</strong> University student ID
MEAL PLANS<br />
• 3 opti<strong>on</strong>s for commuter students<br />
• $500 plan<br />
• $250 plan<br />
• Budget plan<br />
• No sales tax when meal plan is used<br />
• Roll over from Fall <strong>to</strong> Spring <strong>on</strong>ly<br />
Please visit www.campusdining.org
OFF CAMPUS HOUSING<br />
• Things <strong>to</strong> c<strong>on</strong>sider when living off campus:<br />
• Roommates<br />
• Commute time<br />
• Cost (rent, utilities, damages)<br />
• Reputati<strong>on</strong>: Neighborhood, Landlord, Property<br />
• Is the apartment legal?
OFF CAMPUS HOUSING & SAFETY<br />
• Legal vs. illegal apartments<br />
• Boarding houses<br />
• Locked bedrooms, living with strangers<br />
• No more than 4 unrelated people living in a house<br />
• Red Flags<br />
• Dead bolts or key locks <strong>on</strong> bedroom doors<br />
• Broken doors/windows<br />
• N<strong>on</strong>-operating or overloaded wall outlets/faulty<br />
electric
OFF CAMPUS HOUSING<br />
Visit http://och.fsa.sunysb.edu/ for additi<strong>on</strong>al informati<strong>on</strong>
OFF CAMPUS HOUSING &<br />
RESPONSIBILITY<br />
• Be a good neighbor!<br />
• Property maintenance<br />
• Curb Appeal<br />
• Noise<br />
• Parking<br />
• Pets<br />
• Relati<strong>on</strong>ship building
LOCKERS<br />
• 3 c<strong>on</strong>venient locati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
• SB Uni<strong>on</strong>: Basement<br />
• Library: Commuter Lounge<br />
• SAC: Basement<br />
• Cost is $46 for the academic year<br />
• $15 key deposit returned at end of year<br />
Please visit http://fsa.sunysb.edu/lockers/<br />
or St<strong>on</strong>y <strong>Brook</strong> Uni<strong>on</strong> 250
GETTING INVOLVED!<br />
*<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>re are over 300 clubs and organizati<strong>on</strong>s at St<strong>on</strong>y <strong>Brook</strong> University*<br />
*Thousands of events take place each year- there is always something <strong>to</strong> do!*<br />
Campus Lifetime: Wednesdays, 1:00-2:20pm
GOOD TO KNOW<br />
• University Police: 631.632.3333 <strong>on</strong> cell ph<strong>on</strong>e<br />
• 911 from a campus ph<strong>on</strong>e<br />
• SB Alert and SB Guardian<br />
• Talk <strong>to</strong> your professor about commuting<br />
• Check Blackboard daily!<br />
• Read Commuter C<strong>on</strong>tact and <strong>Student</strong> Life emails- they make<br />
getting involved easy!
UPDATE YOUR LOCAL ADDRESS
REMINDER<br />
FILL OUT AND SUBMIT YOUR<br />
COMMUTER ASSISTANT REQUEST FORM
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