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GENERAL INFORMATION

 

RESIDENTIAL LIFE

Program residents live on the Barnard campus in Sulzberger Hall, a modern air-conditioned facility equipped with high-speed internet connections. Students live in double rooms, and roommates are assigned based on students' responses to a housing questionnaire. Monday to Friday breakfast, lunch, dinner and weekend brunches are included in the cost of the program. On Saturday and Sunday evenings, students can sample a wide variety of neighborhood restaurants.

All students in residence are guided by a carefully selected group of Barnard and Columbia resident assistants and are supervised by the Dean of Students, Pre-College Programs/Area Director of Residential Life, a full-time administrator.

If you live on campus, your Resident Assistant (RA) will become a very important resource and friend for you over the four weeks. Hall meetings are arranged as well as hall activities. In addition, living with a roommate within a real college dormitory setting is a big and important part of your pre-college experience.

 

COMMUTING STUDENTS

Students who live in the greater New York City metropolitan area may choose to attend the five week or one-week sessions as commuters. For special events, commuters may arrange to stay overnight in the residence hall at a moderate cost. The commuter meal plan consists of weekday lunches in the campus dining hall.

 

ON CAMPUS ACTIVITIES

Activities may include one or more of the following:

Dance Classes:
Apart from your academic classes, dance classes are offered in the evenings. In these classes you learn choreographed routines in which you will be given the opportunity to perform at the Talent Show at the end of the summer. Classes in the past have included jazz, hip hop, and belly-dancing.

Get-Fit Classes:
In addition to having the opportunity to register for a membership at the Dodge Fitness Center of Columbia, the pre-college program offers free exercise classes, some in the morning and some in the evening. Classes in the past have included multi-impact aerobics, yoga, and self-defense.

Arts and Crafts Lunch Breaks:
Once a week, during the two hour lunch break, various arts and crafts activities are offered for your enjoyment. Activities in the past have included jewelry making, t-shirt designing, baking cupcakes, photo frame decorating, and designing door signs.

Movie Nights:
Once a week, a popular movie, or TV sitcom series will be shown either in the cinema on campus, or outside on the lawn projected on to a big screen. Sometimes a trip to the move theater is arranged instead. Movies shown last year included Hitch, 13 going on 30, Ghostbusters, FRIENDS marathon, and a trip to see The Wedding Crashers was organized.

After-Hours:
Every Friday night after curfew an activity is arranged in the residence hall lounges. These vary from card games to making ice cream sundaes

 

SOCIAL POLICY & GUIDELINES

If you enroll in Barnard's Summer in New York City program, you must be capable of assuming responsibility for your behavior and willing to comply with all regulations designed to protect the health and safety of all participants. You are required to attend all classes, Life After College sessions, or Leadership Institute workshops; residential students must comply with sign-out procedures and observe curfews. In keeping with college policy and legal restrictions, smoking and the use of drugs and alcohol are strictly prohibited. Unacceptable student conduct will result in disciplinary action and/or dismissal. Details of the social policy are sent to each admitted applicant.

 

SAFETY & SECURITY

Morningside Heights, the neighborhood in which Barnard is located, is among the safest in Manhattan based on New York City Police Department statistics. At the same time, you must also learn how to navigate the city, and your safety is one of our highest priorities. When you arrive on campus, you will have an orientation to New York City "street smarts" with a member of the Barnard Safety and Security Staff so you learn to be alert and aware of yourself and others. 24-hour desk attendants monitor the residence halls, and only those with Barnard identification may enter. Security guards also staff booths on the perimeter of the Barnard campus.

You also play a role in assuring your own safety by complying with the program's 11:30 p.m. curfew Sunday through Thursday, and the midnight curfew on Friday and Saturday. Students who go off campus when they are not in class must sign out in a logbook and sign in when they return. Curfew and sign-in/sign-out procedures are taken very seriously by the program's director and college officials; violating these policies will result in disciplinary action and/or dismissal.

 

DISABILITY SERVICES

The Office of Disability Services serves students with a broad range of temporary and permanent disabilities, including visual, mobility, and hearing impairments, as well as students with hidden disabilities. The Barnard campus is also wheelchair accessible. The buildings on campus interconnect and have special features and access routes. All admitted students receive information from the Office of Disability Services.

 

TRAVEL INFORMATION

Barnard College is easily accessible from all New York City metropolitan area airports, train and bus stations, as well as by car. Students commuting to campus daily take the #1 Broadway local train, or one of the several buses (M-104, M-4, or M-60) directly to Barnard. All admitted students receive detailed travel instructions.

"My roommate, Emily, is one of those “hit the alarm clock and go back to sleep” sort of people. I personally need it to buzz properly for a good minute, or I simply start to dream about strange buzzing hummingbirds or something. Other than this, Emily and I get along fine. Her collection of every product ever created by Garnier-Fructisse intimidates me somewhat, and I'm sure she's equally perturbed at my red lipstick and Dostoyevsky, but we both go in for musical theatre and writing. So it all works out nicely. "
— Beth Miller, PCP'05