2011-2012 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

student services
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university housing
Undergraduate Housing
The residence halls are an important
focus for campus life outside the
classroom, with the University
housing more than 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 full-time 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 non-guaranteed 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,
Harmony and Broadway Residence
Halls 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. First-year students are
not eligible to live in Special Interest
Communities but are welcome to attend
events.
Upperclass Columbia students also
have the option of living in Brownstones,
Greek organizations, and certain
Barnard College halls. Rooms are
chosen by a room selection process,
which takes place each spring.
For more information, please visit
the housing website 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 website 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 crosscultural
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 website at www.
ihouse-nyc.org.
There are also a number of offcampus
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. You can
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