Housing

Monday, June 16th
This is the preferred deadline for housing applications. Housing placement is first come, first serve. All applications received after this date will be processed after the first round of placement (approx. 3 weeks from the date of receipt).

Tuesday, July 1st
Housing assignments go out via email. You will receive information about your placement and info for roommates including phone and email address.

Friday, August 1st
Signed lease; medical for; parking form (if applicable) due to the Housing office.

Saturday, August 16th or Sunday, August 17th (9am – 12pm or 2-5pm)
MOVE IN!! Please call or email and confirm that you will be at check-in. If you cannot make this time frame, please let us know as soon as possible.

Sunday, August 17th (6pm - 8pm) in the Performing Arts Center
Student and Family Snow Lion Orientation (Parents, or loved ones, please try to be here for this!)Light snacks will be served.

Monday, August 18th – Friday, August 22nd (times to be announced)
Naropa University Orientation Week (entire week is required).

Friday, August 22nd (3-5pm)
Our first Community Meeting! Make sure you do not schedule class during this time.

Friday, September 5th, (3-5pm)
2nd Community meeting: Topic TBA

Welcome!
The Snow Lion Apartments are home to all entering undergraduate students arriving with less than 30 credits and are 21 and under. Snow Lion is an extraordinary opportunity to deepen your experience at Naropa, and is also conveniently located four residential blocks from the 2130 Arapahoe campus and close to the bus line to the Nalanda Campus. Housing is an important aspect of making the transition to Boulder and to college. This letter provides important information about the housing experience you will be engaged in during your first two semesters at Naropa. Please, take a few minutes to learn a bit about this exciting opportunity to live in community. We are very excited about next year and can’t wait to hear from you!

Philosophy of University Housing
As a resident of Snow Lion, you become a member of a dynamic living, learning community. New student housing is designed to support your arrival and transition into your Naropa education. It is an opportunity to learn or develop skills in working with others, organizing, diversity awareness, conflict resolution and problem solving. We strive to create a contemplative and compassionate community where learning occurs outside of the classroom as profoundly as it does within your curriculum. We ask the question: how can we embody what we are learning on a day to day basis, transform education into meaningful experience in our daily lives.

Living and Learning Opportunities
You can register for the following course in connection with your experience in University Housing and they are only open to residents of Snow Lion. Please register with your advisor during orientation week, if they are of interest to you!

COR105 : Foundations for Success on a Naropa Journey
Foundations for Success on a Naropa Journey is designed to enhance student learning both in the classroom and beyond. The course topics reflect co-curricular themes of COR150: Diversity Seminar and COR 130: Contemplative Seminar and offers support on intrapersonal, interpersonal and community levels. The topics were designed by students and staff to offer students an opportunity to deepen the Naropa experience and transition into college life.

All Community Meeting
It is a valued aspiration to generate an environment in which each person is free to express (and discover!) their own unique identity while at the same time finding a common ground with one another in which to live respectfully. This takes some time and effort. Therefore, one important commitment in living at Snow is participation in evening gatherings called the All Community Meeting. All Community Meeting happens approximately twice a month for two hours. In these meetings, we make group announcements, pass along important information and work out any problems, if necessary. Community building and programs are also offered such as a cooking night, a night out on the town, a guest speaker on a topic that is of interest to the residents, movie night, movement classes, or whatever creative ideas we come up with. During the spring semester the Community Involvement Project (CIP) will facilitate about half of the community meetings (see below). This will also be a time you need to pay attention to when scheduling your classes. Your advisor will inform you of time and dates when you register.

Community Involvement Project (CIP)
The Community Involvement Project (CIP) helps transform curricular and co-curricular experiences into learning opportunities. This organization sponsors Snow Lion events, brings all students living in the residence together to create dialogue around individual/community concerns. It also serves as a liaison between the Residence Life Staff and the community. The CIP takes action on the dialogue from the community by bringing forth creative initiatives benefiting the residence hall, which are suggested by individual community members. Five leaders will be chosen by the community to lead five projects. Project proposals will be submitted to the Residence Life Staff by the last Community meeting in November and anonymously presented and voted on in the first Community meeting in December. The 5 individuals’ ideas that are chosen will be the leaders of the CIP for the rest of the year. The intention for this group is to provide student leadership skills, facilitation experience, and help make the living/learning experience meaningful. Individuals in the group develop these skills by learning to voice the concerns of the community; developing listening skills; and managing creative initiatives put forth by individual community members. Through these initiatives, CIP is committed to continuously improving the students’ on-campus experience. All residents are part of the CIP and are required to participate in one project. Everyone is welcome to take leadership in their community!

The Space
Each unit is a two-bedroom apartment, including a kitchen, full bath, dining area, and living room. In general, there will be four students per apartment* – two shared rooms in a two bedroom apartment. The bedrooms range in square footage. The smallest occupancy room is 11 X 10. The living rooms are, on average, 14 X 15. Each resident is provided with a twin long bed, dresser, desk, desk chair, closet. The apartment will also include a kitchen table and chairs, a couch and coffee table. High speed internet is provided and included in the housing cost.
*Students with ADA needs should follow the process to request specific accommodations: http://www.naropa.edu/campuslife/pdf/Accommodations0310.pdf

Staff and Resources
Four staff members live on-site: three Resident Community Advisors and one Residence Hall Director. The office for the Director of Housing is also located on site. A staff person is “on-duty” and available by 8pm seven days a week. There are also 8 peer mentors that live at Snow Lion.
The complex also includes a free parking, and off-street parking, coin-op laundry facility, a small community meeting space and classroom, meditation room, and the Naropa University Counseling Center, which can support students with concerns such as personal growth, addiction, stress management, relationships, depression/anxiety, eating disorders, etc. We realize that going to college is a big transition and it is possible that you might need some support. Please don’t be afraid to use the resources (staff, resources, etc.) we have here at Naropa for your well-being and personal growth!

The Rules
The housing guidelines are in place due to Boulder County Regulations, University guidelines, and safety/respect concerns inherent in living in community. Some of the most important guidelines you should know include: 1) We are a drug, alcohol, and smoke free environment (there are outdoor smoking areas, however); 2) Quiet hours begin at 10pm; 3) Guests that stay overnight can do so only for a limited time and must be registered with the staff; 4) No pets (sorry, not even fish or turtles!); 5) No candles, space heaters or anything that could start a fire!

What’s next?
As a new student arriving with less than 30 credits you are guaranteed housing. However, you are not guaranteed your housing selections. These assignments are made on a first come first served basis.
We ask you to fill out and send in the enclosed housing form, deposit, by June 15th, 2008.
In order to complete the housing process:

You must be accepted by Admissions as a full-time student for Fall ‘08.
Pay admissions deposit ($250)
Fill out, sign and return the Form for University Housing and the meal plan selection form.
Pay housing deposit ($300). Checks should be made out to Naropa University. You can also call The Director of Housing, at 303-447-3846 to pay by credit card.
Housing application and meal plan form can be mailed to:
Naropa University
University Housing
2130 Arapahoe Avenue
Boulder, CO 80302

***It is essential that you include “University Housing” in the address to insure your selection form and deposit is received.

A housing confirmation packet will be mailed to you within two weeks of the completion of the above steps. This confirmation packet will provide you with more details to prepare and support you in planning for move-in day.

MOVE IN DAYS ARE Saturday August 16th AND Sunday August 17th
Parent Student Orientation is Sunday August 17th 6-8pm in the Performing Arts Center
Our first Community Meeting is Friday August 22nd, 3-5pm in Goldfarb Studio
How will I be billed?

Housing, Activities Fee ($125) and Naropa Café meal plan charges will be added to your Naropa University tuition bill. Thus, the balance is due when your tuition is due. The deposit, however, must be paid in advance in order to secure your room assignment. When you are budgeting for the year, be sure to include the room cost AND the meal plan cost. Please contact the tuition cashier Aimee Olkee at tuition@naropa.edu or call 303-546-3554 if you would like more information regarding billing and payment.

Am I exempt?
You are exempt if you ……

were born before July 31st 1987 or
are married or have a dependent living with you or
are living with an immediate family member
have more than 30 credits

Please contact me with any questions you may have. I am looking forward to the challenges, learning and laughter in store!

Lisa Constantino
Director of University Housing
Advisor, Peer Educators
Naropa University
303-447-3846
lconstantino@naropa.edu

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