University housing will not simply be locked up from May until August. Rather, Residential Life estimates about 400 Transitional Housing students and 60 Summer Housing students will be living on campus during the summer, as well as short-stay visitors to the University throughout the summer.
Both Transition and Summer Housing cost $14 per day, and a resident’s total bill is charged to his or her student account.
Transition Housing is available for students who require housing from May 20 at Noon through May 29 at 6 p.m. for work or academic-related needs, according to the ResLife website. This includes graduating seniors and student employees working for Reunion and Commencement Weekend. Students who do not qualify may appeal to ResLife for extended housing based on an extreme hardship.
Assistant Director of ResLife Richard DeCapua estimates that only five exemptions are granted annually.
“To stay for transition housing you need to be working for a department like University Relations, Aramark, etc.,” DeCapua said. “You simply can’t just stay because you would like to. Each year there are a number of extenuating circumstances that force some of our students to not be able to vacate their residence by Noon on our closing day, but do not have Transition Housing status. We deal with these on an individual basis and [they] are very small in number.”
Students granted Transition Housing may remain in their spring 2006 residential assignments, except for residents of 200 Church Street, Clark Hall, Fauver Frosh, Foss Hill 5-10, Lo Rise, Well-Being House, and Butterfield B. The Foss Hill buildings must be vacant for renovations early in the summer, and the remaining restricted buildings are used by University Relations to house returning alumni during the Reunion.
The Summer Housing term begins June 1 and ends Sept. 1. Summer residents must stay for a minimum of two weeks and cannot begin their stay after July 30. Although any current, matriculating student may apply for Summer Housing, ResLife says that priority consideration will be given to students who have academic or work-related University business. According to DeCapua, all 60 of this year’s summer residents will be working on campus.
Summer residents will live in the Fauver Frosh Residence Hall, and only double rooms will be available. Students may request a specific roommate on their Summer Housing applications.
Before Fauver Hall was completed, the location for summer housing varied year by year. Last summer, residents lived on Washington Street. The previous summer, they lived in X House. DeCapua described Fauver as more accommodating to students’ summer experiences.
“ResLife felt very strongly that while space is tight on campus because of summer programs and camps, current Undergrads should have access to the newest facilities and air conditioning,” DeCapua said.
The Summer Housing program also includes two Resident Advisors. Applicants to this position are currently being interviewed. Summer RAs organize introductory social activities and frequent nighttime activities.
“Lots of things at nighttime [are needed] since all of these students, including the summer RAs, are working sometimes 35 hours [a week] in a Wesleyan office,” DeCapua said.
Residents transition from their summer dorms to their fall residential assignments on Aug. 18.
Short-stay visitors on the Wesleyan campus require housing ranging from several days to a few weeks. Visitors attend various annual summer programs, including sports camps for high school students and the Wesleyan Summer Writers’ Conference for adults.
Student residents are expected to comply with the housing contract, the Code of Non-Academic Conduct, and Community Standards. Violation cases can be heard by an administrator with consultation from the Student Judicial Board (SJB) co-chairs. More severe cases may result in a student’s expulsion from Summer Housing.
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