Room Buyout Request Forms (for students with vacancies in double/triples)

For the Spring semester, any student who has a vacant space in her double (or two students with a vacant third space in their triple), may "buy out" the remaining space so that another student will *not* be assigned to your room.

The Room Buyout Request Form (due Dec 4) and more information is available at http://www.barnard.edu/reslife/roomchanges/ .

Spring Room Change Request Forms

Spring Room Change Request forms are now available to download from http://www.barnard.edu/reslife/roomchanges/index.html.

Completed forms are due to the Residential Life & Housing Office (110 Sulzberger) by 12noon on Thursday, December 4.

Please refer to the webpage above to answer any questions.

Survey about your RA / Win Prizes!

Residential Life & Housing would like to hear your feedback on your interactions with your RA so far this year. This feedback is used in writing your RA's semester evaluation and helping her better serve the needs of your community.

Please take a moment to complete the following online survey:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=rL2RLeUimvjUByaLiIz_2fog_3d_3d

At the end of the survey, you can enter your email address to be entered in a drawing for prizes! We will be giving away (4) $50 iTunes gift cards or Java City / Hewitt Dining Hall points! The four winners will be able to select which prize they would like.

Please submit this survey by Friday, December 5. Thank you for your feedback!

Winter Break Housing Requests

Barnard residence halls will close officially for Winter Break at 10am on Saturday, December 20, 2008 and reopen at 9am on Friday, January 16, 2009.

Students may not return to or live in the residence halls over Winter Break unless they have received permission from Residential Life & Housing and have a valid Winter Break sticker on their ID.

Winter Break Housing Request Forms will be available from the Residential Life & Housing office (110 Sulzberger) starting Monday, December 1. The request forms must be submitted no later than 12noon on Wednesday, December 17.

Permission may be granted for the following reasons:

• You are a Senior (seniors still must submit the request form to receive permission)
  
• You are working for a Barnard/Columbia office for part/all of the winter break
  
• You are conducting research with a faculty member
  
• You are working at an internship in the city
  
• You are an international student or have a conflict with an international flight
  
• You are an athlete whose team is in practice and/or competition
  

All non-seniors will be required to provide documentation w/ their request form (ex. print out of an email from their job supervisor, etc).

The following reasons will not be approved:

• You want to attend a fabulous New Year’s Eve party in the city
  
• You want to bring your friends to the city for vacation
  
• Your domestic flight home leaves after the check-out deadline
  
• Your parents can’t come on the scheduled check-out day to pick you up
  
• Your bedroom at home is now a guest room
  
• You scheduled a vacation flight out of a NY airport and want to stay over
  
• You will not be in Housing for the Spring Semester (or were not in Housing for the Fall Semester), ex. students going abroad for the Spring or graduating in February
  

For more information, visit barnard.edu/reslife/winterbreak/

Public Safety patrols in the residence halls

Residential Life & Housing would like to inform all residence hall students that beginning tonight, uniformed Public Safety Officers will begin doing rounds on individual floors of our residence halls a few times each day. We welcome the Public Safety staff into our residential community and hope that you will feel comfortable to introduce yourself to the Officers if you see them on your floor.

Should you need to call Public Safety for assistance, one of the Officers will then be dispatched to you, and they will also keep Residential Life staff informed of any problems or concerns they encounter. It is important that all residential students serve as an escort whenever you have a guest in the building. If Public Safety Officers come upon someone who may not be a student, they will ask clarify who the individual is and where they belong.

All members of our community are responsible for helping to maintain safety at all times. We encourage you to contact Public Safety if you need assistance, notice anything in the residence halls that is not as it should be, or if you encounter a situation of concern to you. Residential Life staff are also available to assist, and welcome your calls.

Thanks! Residential Life & Housing