Elke's Blog

… new job
Right after winter break, I moved into University Village (one of the three university housing apartment residence halls) as a Community Advisor. So what exactly is a community advisor? Other universities sometimes call them RAs or residence hall advisors. I’m a student that lives in the residence hall and acts as leader or facilitator for one floor of the residence hall (a house).
Last year I lived in Comstock Hall, a more traditional residence hall. Last semester I shared an apartment off-campus in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood. Now I’m in a University apartment.
It straddles the two. University Village has the community and campus involvement as with the traditional residence halls but also the independence from having an apartment.
Some of my favorite perks: free laundry in each apartment, a dishwasher (amazing! After six months of washing dishes by hand) and the rec center within the building.

* So feel free to shoot me any questions about housing, and I’ll figure out a way to get it answered if I cannot.