2009-2010 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

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STUDENT SERVICES
UNIVERSITY HOUSING
Undergraduate Housing
The residence halls are an important
focus for campus life outside the classroom,
with the University housing over
95 percent of the undergraduate population
in residence halls on or near the
campus. A trained Residential Programs
staff lives with the students in the halls.
They work to create an atmosphere
conducive to educational pursuits and
the development of community among
the diverse student body. Throughout
the year the Residential Programs staff
presents programs in the residence halls
and off campus that are both social and
educational.
Columbia guarantees housing for all
undergraduate students (except transfers)
who have filed their intent to reside
on campus by the stated deadline and
who have continuously registered as fulltime
students. Each spring, continuing
students participate in a room-selection
process to select their accommodations
for the next academic year. Students
who take an unauthorized leave of absence
are placed on the nonguaranteed wait
list upon their return and are on the wait
list for each subsequent year.
A variety of residence hall accommodations
are available to Columbia students.
Carman, John Jay, Wien, Furnald, McBain,
Schapiro, and Broadway Residence Hall
are traditional corridor-style residence
halls, and all but Wien, John Jay, and
Carman have kitchens on each floor.
East Campus, 47 Claremont, Hartley-
Wallach Living Learning Center, Hogan,
River, Ruggles, 600 West 113th Street,
Watt, and Woodbridge offer suite-style
living, and all have kitchens. All residence
hall rooms are either single or
double. Single and double rooms are
available in all halls except Carman,
which has only doubles, and Hogan,
which is all singles.
The residence halls are also home to
a variety of Special Interest Communities.
These communities provide an opportunity
for students with a common interest
to live together and develop programs
in their area of interest. The themes
may vary from year to year. The current
communities are Symposium House,
GreenBorough, Metta House, Pan
African House, Casa Latina, Community
Health House, 114 Rue de Fleurus,
Students for a Substance Free Space,
and Q-House, among others. First-year
students are not eligible to live in Special
Interest Communities but are welcome
to attend events.
Upper-class Columbia students also
have the option of living in certain Barnard
College halls. Rooms in Barnard and
Columbia halls are chosen by a room
selection process, which takes place
each spring.
For more information, please visit
the housing Web site at
www.columbia.edu/cu/housing.
Graduate Housing
Graduate students have a number of
housing opportunities in the Morningside
Heights neighborhood. The three
main sources are University Apartment
Housing (UAH), International House,
and off-campus listings. UAH operates
Columbia-owned apartments and dormitory-style
suites in the Morningside
area within walking distance of the campus.
For further information, see UAH’s
Web site at www.columbia.edu/cu/ire.
International House, a privately owned
student residence near the campus, has
accommodations for about five hundred
graduate students, both international
and American, who attend various area
colleges and universities. It provides a
supportive and cross-cultural environment
with many activities and resources,
and it is conveniently located two blocks
from the Engineering building. For more
information, write or call: International
House, 500 Riverside Drive, New York,
NY 10027; 212-316-8400; or check
their Web site at www.ihouse-nyc.org.
There are also a number of off-campus
housing opportunities. The University
operates Off-Campus Housing Assistance
(OCHA), which lists rooms and
apartments in rental properties not
owned or operated by the University.
Only students with a valid ID or admission
acceptance letter are permitted to
use the facility. OCHA is open throughout
the winter and summer vacation
periods except academic holidays.
Students should call 212-854-2773 for
office hours. OCHA also operates a Web
page at www.columbia.edu/ cu/ire/ocha.
There is also a list of alternative housing
opportunities maintained by the Office of
Graduate Student Services in 524 S. W.
Mudd. Students are sent the Alternative
Housing flyer in their orientation packets.
UAH applications are sent along with
acceptance packets from the Office of
Graduate Student Services. They are
also available in the Office of Graduate
Student Services and the UAH Office.
Additional information is also available
on the Columbia Students Page:
www.columbia.edu/cu/students.
Graduate housing through UAH is
processed for the fall and spring terms
SEAS 2009–2010