Housing and Residential Life
Parents and Family Information Session
This Presentation
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Who we are and what we do.
Information about the move-in process.
What you need to know about living on campus.
How students select housing.
Wentworth residency requirement.
Information about our meal plan.
Where do students live in after the first year.
Question and Answers
During this presentation, you can ask
questions by tweeting them to
@PhilBernard
Who we are:
Central Office and Professional Staff:
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Office Manager
Assistant Resident Director
Resident Directors
Assistant Directors
Associate Director
Director
Student Support:
• Each area has between 7-12 Resident Assistants.
• Work Study Students
How we interact with students
• Housing assignments.
• Move-in for each semester.
• Social and educational programs.
• Our Resident Directors on call.
• Resident assistants are on duty nightly.
• Monthly health and safety inspections.
• If you have a concern, please call us.
617-989-4160
How we interact with parents
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We send out a monthly email to parents/families.
◦ You may want to know about deadlines – housing deposits, move in,
move out.
◦ Other information about other offices that may help you “make
suggestions” to your student.
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You may have a concern about your student at some point in the year – give us
a call.
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Our Leopard Loot Housing Award awards 10 - $1000 awards for use for
housing charges.
How to contact us:
617-989-4160
[email protected]
@WITlife
What we do not do:
(based on actual requests from parents . . . )
We don’t walk your student to class.
We don’t enforce a curfew.
We don’t do your student’s laundry or take
Their clothes to get dry cleaned.
We don’t go in and make sure their alarm clock is working.
We don’t give parents keys to their students rooms.
We don’t do bed checks to make sure that students
are sleeping or getting enough sleep… .
Why should students live on campus?
Students tend to get better Grade Point Averages.
Students tend to graduate sooner.
Students are more satisfied with their college experience.
Wentworth Residency Requirement
• All first-time first-year students are required to live on
campus for the first two years at Wentworth
• Exceptions to this requirement include:
 Students living at home and commuting
 Students who are transfer students
 Students who are older than 20 at the beginning of
the fall semester
 Medical or financial reasons are considered
Where do first year students live. . .
EVANS WAY
& TUDBURY
HALL
• Suite Style with
bathrooms.
• Singles, doubles,
triples and quads.
• Desk, chair,
closet/wardrobe,
bed
• Bathrooms
located in the
suite.
Where do first year students live. . .
BAKER HALL
• Bedrooms off
common
corridor.
• Double rooms.
• Desk, chair,
wardrobe, bed
• Bathrooms are
located in the
middle of each
wing.
What are the chances?
Singles
 Doubles
 Triples
 Quads
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7% of first year students
54% of first year students
21% of first year students
18% of first year students
For every one student living a single, there are:
 7.7 students living in a double
 3 students living in a triple
 2.6 students living in a quad
 75% of our new students live in doubles or triples
Housing selection and housing bill . . .
Housing selection is the week of July 10 to July 14, 2017.
First time/First Year students billed at a double room rate with an A meal plan.
Your bill may be adjusted after that due to the room that your student selects.
Transfer students billed at a double room rate with and have to choose their
meal plan.
Meal Plan
Our Meal Plan is a declining balance, not a “swipe” and eat all you can eat.
Wentworth Cafeteria
C-Store
Spoon Café
MassArt Cafeteria
Peets Coffee
Fenway Cash a prepaid spending account that you put on your student’s ID card.
Laundry
Vending
Hundreds of area stores
http://www.fenwaycard.com/fenwaycash.php
Three Steps for Selection
1. Complete the housing agreement in our Residence System by July 3, 2017 – Agreements were
sent to students on June 1st, 2017.
2. Log into the Residence System
Students are able to form groups, look at the available rooms.
Selection times for all students will be posted on July 7th so students know when they can
select.
3. Select Housing on Residence System
Students can select housing starting July 10th through 14th, 2017.
Students can select in groups or by themselves into an open space.
Housing letters and move-in information will be sent
out by the first week of August through the Wentworth email
Now, a quick video to explain move in:
• Click this Link here!
MOVE IN INFO…
Move in for First Year Students is:
Wednesday August 30, 2017.
Parking information and unloading pass will
be sent out in the housing assignment letter.
Your student’s move in time is based on what
building and floor they are assigned to.
MBTA Police, Boston Police, Wentworth
Public Safety, along with Wentworth staff and
students are available to help with moving in.
Move in starts at the West Lot – unload the
car and move the car.
2 Carts.
Where do students live after the first year?
610 Huntington Avenue
Louis Prang/Vancouver Apts.
Edwards/Rodgers Hall
555 Huntington Avenue
The Apartments @ 525
Thank You for Your Attention. Questions??
HOW TO
CONTACT US:
Website:
Office:
Email:
Twitter:
HOW TO
CONTACT ME:
Phil Bernard, Director
Office of Housing and Residential Life
Phone:
617-989-279
Email:
[email protected]
Twitter:
@PhilBernard
http://www.wit.edu/reslife/
617-989-4160
[email protected]
@WITlife