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NYIT- Old Westbury Office of Housing & Residential Life

Students who plan to take courses at the Old Westbury campus are encouraged and invited to live in the residence halls located just around the corner from the NYIT campus. A shuttle service is provided seven days a week to get you back and forth to campus.

There are five Residence Halls:

• King Hall and Anthony Hall are our First Year Experience (FYE) residence halls. New students are placed in these residence halls, and the resident assistants provide programs and activities geared toward college success for the new student. 
• Roosevelt Hall is for upper-class students and features a small architectural studio space.
• Bolivar Hall is for upper-class students as well as any students who may need housing during the winter intersession.
• Kennedy Hall is for upper-class students and hosts our Life Sciences Living Learning Community; you must be a life sciences major or graduate student to live in Kennedy.

Types of Housing- Suite Style Living
All accomodations are suite style. A typical suite has two single rooms, two double rooms, a shared bathroom and small common area..

Residence Hall Staffing
All NYIT Residence Halls are supervised by full-time professionally trained Residential Life staff and Resident Assistants. Each building is staffed by a Head Resident Assistant and with a very diverse paraprofessional undergraduate staff of 3-4 Resident Assistants.

What's a Head Resident Assistant?
A Head Resident Assistant (HRA) is a senior level paraprofessional staff member under the supervision of the Associate Director of Housing and Residential Life, who serves to assist in the daily operation and management of one residence hall and is expected to supervise the Resident Assistants within their assigned building/community and assist in some departmental duties as assigned.

What's a Resident Assistant?
A Resident Assistant (RA) is a paraprofessional staff member of the Office of Housing and Residential Life that reports directly to Head Resident Assistant, indirectly to the Associate Director of Housing and Residential Life.

Primarily, the RA is concerned with the growth and development of each individual on their floor and the building community as a whole. Additionally, RAs are continually striving to enhance the quality of life for our residents through programming on varies topics and building effective relationships with each resident through ongoing positive interactions. 

What's a Maintenance Assistant?
A Maintenance Assistant (MA) is a paraprofessional staff member that provides support mainly in the areas of escorting facility workers, clerical asssistance, safety operations and management, and other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Office of Housing & Residential Life.

HRL Has a Lot of Fun & Interactive Events! Please Talk With Your RA to Find Out!

24 Hour Quiet Hours Begin  Saturday, May 12th at 12Midnight

Residential Hall  Spring 2012 Closing:

• Non Graduating Students- Friday May 18th- 6pm or within 24 hours of their final exams (whichever comes first)
• Graduating Seniors- Sunday, May 20th- 7pm

Summer Residency

• Starting Date is Thursday, May 24th

Summer Overnight New Student Orientation

• July 24th-25th at Woodland Halls

New Student Move- Into Residence Halls

• Friday, August 31- (Selected Freshmen, International Student)
• All Freshmen Students- Sunday, September 2nd (9am-5pm)

Returning Student Move- Into Residence Halls

• Monday,September 3- (9am- 5pm)

Good Luck with Exams & Have a Safe Summer!

New Student Move-In

            ° Friday, August 31^st – (Selected Freshmen)

            ° All Freshmen Students – Sunday, September 2^nd (9am – 5pm)

Returning Student Move-In

            ° Monday, September 3^rd – (9am – 5pm)

Thanksgiving Break

            ° Wednesday, November 21^st (6pm)

            ° Note: NYIT International and long distant traveling students are allowed to remain during this period.

Winter Break/Intersession

            ° Friday, December 21^st (6pm) – Student Move-Out