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Living on Campus Welcome Wentworth Information Session Parents & Families! Presented by: The Office of Housing & Residential Life OVERVIEW OF LIVING ON CAMPUS FIRST YEAR HOUSING & HOUSING OPTIONS Presentation RESIDENTIAL


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Welcome Wentworth Parents & Families!

Living on Campus Information Session Presented by: The Office of Housing & Residential Life

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Presentation Overview

OVERVIEW OF HOUSING & RESIDENTIAL LIFE LIVING ON CAMPUS FIRST YEAR HOUSING OPTIONS IMPORTANT PROCESSES QUESTIONS AND CONNECTIONS

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Our Team

Professional Staff:

  • First Year Area Staff
  • Upperclass Area Staff
  • Operational Staff

Student Leader Staff:

  • Resident Assistants
  • Work Study Students
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Department In Information

  • Professional Staff Support in each Residential

Community

  • Staff offices located in central location
  • Encourage your student to connect with our

staff

  • Office of Housing & Residential Life
  • Apartments @ 525
  • Operational support
  • Support when community staff is not available
  • On-call Staff
  • Resident Assistants are on duty each night
  • Professional staff on-call
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Living on Campus: From the mouths of current residents

“We had the best RA!” “My RA inspired me to become an RA!” “My RA was awesome and a great guy he made my year.” “My RA was great this year. He was extremely easy to approach about issues and solved them all.”

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Living on Campus: Community & Social Connection

  • Resident Assistants coordinate programming and create a sense of

home on campus throughout the years

  • Our staff hosted 326 programs in Baker and EWT collectively last year
  • Programs are an opportunity to meet friends, learn about

Wentworth, and complement our student’s educational experience.

  • Signature Events:
  • Large-scale programs
  • Moonlight Breakfast
  • Leopard Loot
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Living on Campus: Seeking out Support

  • When your student encounters

challenges, encourage them to seek out resources.

  • Discuss concerns with roommates or peers
  • Resident Assistant Staff
  • Residential Community Professional Staff
  • For significant concerns, please contact
  • ur departmental professional staff.
  • If you are concerned about the well-

being of any Wentworth students, please contact Wentworth Public Safety

  • (617) 989-4444 (emergency line)
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First Year Communities: Baker Hall

  • Home to 277 residential

students

  • Students are staying in Baker

Hall during New Student Orientation

  • Baker features 6 common

room spaces, including a study lounge

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First Year Communities: Evans Way/Tudbury Hall

  • Home to 537 residential students
  • Suite style housing
  • Common rooms and bathrooms are

located within each suite.

  • Evans Way / Tudbury features

common room and lounge spaces.

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Upper-Class Area Residential Communities

Apartments at 525 – Louis Prang/Vancouver Apartments 555 Huntington Avenue – 610 Huntington Avenue

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Im Important Processes: Housing Agreement & Policies

  • Housing agreement – available now to all students who have

submitted a housing down-payment.

  • Agreement due end of day Friday, July 5th, 2019.
  • Must submit housing agreement in order to partake in the housing selection

process!

  • Transfer students are typically placed within upper-class communities and

work with the Office of Housing & Residential Life to find a good fit.

  • Please have student review information in housing agreement

carefully – including residential policies

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Im Important Processes: Housing Selection & Billing

  • Our staff will be giving students an overview of the housing selection

process this evening.

  • Housing selection dates: Monday, July 15th, 2019 – Friday, July 19th, 2019.
  • Your student’s selection time is randomized and will fall on one of those days.
  • First year students are pre-billed at a Baker double bedroom rate with an A

meal plan.

  • Housing costs are then adjusted upon housing selection; bill may increase or

decrease depending on what the student selects.

  • Transfer students are pre-billed at a 610 Huntington Ave. double bedroom

rate with a C meal plan.

  • Housing costs are then adjusted upon housing selection; bill may increase or

decrease based on where the student is placed.

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Im Important Processes: FY Housing Selection

Step: Action Needed: Due Date:

Submit housing down-payment Submit $500 housing down-payment to secure spot on campus PAST DUE – Submit to Student Service Center ASAP Complete housing agreement Complete housing agreement which qualifies student for the housing selection process Friday, July 5th Attend orientation At orientation, students will:

  • Meet potential roommates
  • Decide where they may want to live in Fall 2019
  • Have all housing questions answered

N/A Review all housing selection guides On Friday, June 28th, students will receive an email from housing@wit.edu with detailed housing selection instructions Review before forming roommate group Form a roommate group Starting Friday, June 28th form roommate groups for Fall 2019 by utilizing the housing selection guide All roommate groups must be formed by Friday, July 12th Find out your housing selection time Starting Tuesday, July 9th, log into Residence to see what time student/student’s roommate group are assigned to select N/A See available spaces on Residence Starting Tuesday, July 9th, student logs into Residence and sees what spaces they may want to select during housing selection N/A Select your housing One member of roommate group, acting as the group leader, will select group’s housing Varied – takes place Monday, July 15th – Friday, July 19th

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Im Important Processes: Residency Requirement & Meal Plan

  • Residency requirement
  • All first-time first-year students are required to live on campus for their first

two years at Wentworth.

  • There are several exemptions to this requirement; students need to fill out an

exemption request.

  • All first year students are required to have the “A” meal plan.
  • Meal plan is a declining balance
  • Fenway cash is a great option for vending and laundry.
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Im Important Processes: First Year Student Move In

  • First Year Student Move-In is:
  • Friday, August 30th, 2019!
  • Our office will be in touch in early August

with information about your move-in time and logistics

  • The entire Wentworth community is on

hand to help make your student’s arrival to campus a positive experience.

  • Move-In Process:
  • Arrive at West Lot, student heads to check in

area.

  • Family unloads student belongings.
  • Car is moved to a secondary parking lot.
  • Student moves into their residential

community.

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We’re excited you’re here!

  • Encourage your student to connect and

get involved.

  • Coach your student in facing challenges

throughout all aspects of their college experience.

  • Join us in being part of the Wentworth

family. We have the same goal as you…

EVERY STUDENT THRIVES!

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Advice from

  • ther families

Encourage your student to get involved on campus. Help your student learn the basics of living on campus – the proper way to do laundry, cleaning their room, etc. Dress comfortably on move in day. Talk about how you’d like to communicate – encourage your student to take time to meet new friends. Encourage your student to find “their person” on campus – someone who has good advice and can be a good support. Connect with other Wentworth parents and families!

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Connections & Questions

  • Office of Housing &

Residential Life – Located in the Apartments @ 525 Residential Community (at the intersection

  • f Huntington Ave & Vancouver

St.)

  • Email: housing@wit.edu
  • Phone: (617) 989-4160
  • Website:

http://wit.edu/reslife

  • Twitter: @WITLife
  • Facebook: /witlife
  • Instagram: @WITLifeOHRL
  • Matt Heiser, Interim Director
  • heiserm@wit.edu (617) 989-4330
  • @heisermatt
  • Kevin Long, Assistant Director for

Operations

  • Jackie Fitzpatrick, Assistant Director

for Community Development

  • Ryan DePesa, Assistant Director for

Community Development

  • Kate Nowak, Resident Director
  • Rachel Toft, Office Manager
  • Chris Muchata, Senior Resident

Director