Living and Dining On & Off Campus

1. Living and Dining On & Off Campus

2. Residence Life Staff • Resident Assistants • Chris Scanlon (West & Modern), Residence Director • Kaila Price (Miller), Residence Director • Lynn Thach (Tremont), Residence Director • Robyn McMicken, Assistant Director • Caroline Davis, Associate Director • Rod Waters, Director

3. 150 Tremont Street - across from the Common

4. Nathan Miller Hall, 10 Somerset Street

5. 10 West Street

6. Modern Theatre Residence Hall

7. Leased Properties • Since 2005 • Leased Properties are used to accommodate a higher demand for housing • Date of first housing deposit are used to assign students when there is a need for this option • Past Leased Properties have included: • Wyndham Boston/Beacon Hill • Hyatt Regency Boston

8. Residence Hall Amenities • Rooms: Singles, doubles, triples, quads • Apartments: 2-8 people • Utilities • Heat/AC, Cable, Phone line, wireless/wired, carpet • Furniture • Bed, desk, chair, dresser and wardrobe • Mattresses • 75” Tremont, • 80” Miller/West/Modern • Lounges/fitness room/laundry/mail in all halls • Extensive life safety systems • 24/7/365 SUPD coverage at the front desks

9. Living-Learning Communities • Some of the most stimulating conversations of your college years won’t happen in a classroom. • Educational programs • Creative activities • Provide support and mentorship • Faculty interactions

10. Staff Philosophy for Collaborating with Parents/Guardians • We encourage students to take an active role in working to resolve problems that may arise. • Conflicts always have multiple perspectives and points of view. We work to gather all perspectives and learn as much as we can about the situation. • Professional and student staff members are trained in conflict mediation skills and can often help roommates to acquire necessary listening and communication skills that will assist them throughout their time of living on campus. • Staff will work directly with the students involved to help resolve the issue.

11. Off-Campus Housing Office • Housing Assistants • Commuter Ambassadors • Graduate Fellow • Jeff Morris, Coordinator • Yvette Velez, Director

12. The Apartment Search Housing Search Overview: Timeline: • Don’t Rush! June is the time to find an apartment. (Apartments are scarce by mid August.) • Undergraduate Housing Search • February • Find a roommate. • Figure out the Budget. • Decide on a Location. • Schedule a few appointments to look at apartments.

13. Neighborhoods:Back Bay, Beacon Hill & North End • $800-$1200 per student • $1600-$2400 • 2bdrm • $1000-$2000 • Studio/1bdrm • Quaint • & • Cozy

14. Rentals • Apartments: unfurnished, HT & HTW • Other costs-internet, cable and phone • Upfront Cost: 1st, Last, Security and Fee • ISD, www.cityofboston.gov, (617) 635-5300, Citizens Connect

15. Transitions: Preparing Students for their Next Move • Information Sessions • Roommate listings • Housing Fair • Neighborhood resources

16. Commuter & Off Campus Student Resources • Leasing/Renting • Rights & Responsibilities • Personal Budgeting • Trash & Recycling • Parking & Transportation • Community Information • Health & Safety • Events, Student Life & Activities 

17. Public Transportation • MBTA Discount Program • Thurs. July 30th • Reserve online • Parking- no university parking lots

18. Campus Connects • Carpool, Through MassRIDES, you may access a free ridematching service. http://www.commute.com/ • Bike, “go green” • Bike Racks • For more information on bike safety and going “carless,” visit http://www.massbike.org/ • Other • Zipcar, Mintcar • Workout facilities: Ridgeway Gymnasium • Student Lounges-Sawyer, Donahue, Ridgeway • Lockers-Contact facilities at 617-573-8110

19. What to do? Where to go? • Visit the Hub Information Center, located in the Sagan Lobby of the Donahue Building. Open Monday – Thursday 9am-9pm and Fridays 9am-5pm. Contact them at thehub@suffolk.edu or (617) 994-4225. • Keep an eye out for the Bulletins on TV screens throughout campus near elevators and other gathering places. • Look out for event advertisements on bulletin boards and dining halls around campus. • Read The Suffolk Journal & The Suffolk Voice (online paper). • Visit our Web Calendar on the SUConnect website • OCHO sponsored “Stay Connected Tables” every Wednesday in the Lobby. • Check your Suffolk e-mail

20. Safety & Standards to Know • Campus Emergency System (weather/school closings, Connect-Ed) • Fire Safety • consider insurance • City Smarts • Laws & Leases (trash, occupancy, alcohol, pets, parties) • Residence Hall Policy (alcohol, drugs, pets)

21. Campus Dining Locations: • Donahue Café • Monday–Thursday: 8:00am – 5:00pm • Friday: 8:00am – 3:00pm • Sawyer Café • Monday–Thursday: 7:45am – 7:30pm • Friday: 7:45am – 3:00pm • Miller Café • Monday-Thursday: 7:00am – 11:00pm • Fridays 7:00am-10:00pm • Weekends/Holidays: 10:30am – 10:00pm • 150 Tremont Café • Monday–Thursday: 7:00am – 11:00pm • Fridays 7:00 am – 10:00pm • Weekends/Holidays: 10:30am – 10:00pm • 73 Tremont Café • Monday – Thursday 7 am – 8 pm • Friday 7 am – 4 pm • *Please note: Off-campus students must be accompanied by a resident student to dine at the residence halls 73 TREMONT CAFÉ

22. On Campus Meal Plan Information • Three resident meal plan options • Meal Plan A $3134 per year/$1567 per semester • Meal Plan B $2810 per year/$1405 per semester • *Meal Plan C $2506 per year/$1253 per semester *All residential students are automatically enrolled in Plan C • All are Declining Balance Plans and can be used in any dining locations. • All balances carry over from fall to spring semester and then funds are lost if not spent by the end of spring semester. Example of Daily allowance of spending per semester: $1253 / 103 (average days in semester) = $12.16 per day

23. What can $12.16 per day buy? • Soups & Chowder $2.50 - $4.50 • Entree $4.50 - $7.00 • Salad To Go $4.25 - $7.00 • Sandwich $4.50 - $5.50 • Calzone $4.50 • Omelet $3.50 • Sushi $4.25 – 6.75 • Whole Fruit $1.25 • Muffin $1.95 • Coffee $1.85

24. Dining Highlights • Find us on the web at www.sudining.com • Update in July www.suffolk.sodexomyway.net • Nutritional information www.TomorrowStarts2Day.com • Registered Dietician in Health Services Karen Jew • Able to accommodate variety of diet needs- let us know! • Build-a-lunch (co-sponsored with Health Services & OCHO) • Cooking 101 (co-sponsored with OCHO)

25. Ram Card • The RAM Card is your student’s Suffolk ID and the key to most everything! • Photo Identification • Resident meal plans and laundry services • Secure entry to Residence Halls • Debit like tool used for on-campus copy and print services as well as purchases at Off-Campus Merchants • Student Advantage logo • (discount program)

26. RAM Account • Easily add money online • No danger of accumulating debt or overdraft fees • Open to the entire Suffolk Community • Funds do not expire as long as you are a member of the Suffolk Community • Use at all participating on & off-campus locations • Great budgeting tool since you can only spend the amount that you add to the card • Balance info available with every transaction and online

27. Who Accepts My RAM Card?

28. How to add money • www.suffolk.managemyid.com • Bursar’s Office • Valueport Cash Machine

29. Discounts & Deals Suffolk University Student Advantage Online. National. Local. Suffolk students who purchase a membership can add the service directly to their RAM Card at the Bursar’s Office. Get four years of savings for just $45! Participating merchants include: Amtrak, Greyhound, Foot Locker, Target.com and more! Sign up at www.studentadvantage.com/suffolk

30. Important Dates • Off-Campus Housing • Monday, September 1st-Neighborhood Walk-Around • Residence Halls • Sunday, August 31st MOVE-IN • Events for Everyone • Welcome Parties ~ Community Meetings ~ Shopping Trips and more! • 1st Day of Classes: • Wednesday, September 3!

31. Contact Us • Sodexo - Bob Cirame • 617.223.4408 • rcirame@suffolk.edu • Ram Card - Mikhail Ilin - Haley Erickson – 617.573.8407 –ramcard@suffolk.edu • OCHO - Yvette Velez • 617-573-8647 • ocho@suffolk.edu • Residence Life - Rod Waters • 617-305-2500 • reslife@suffolk.edu