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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.

Want to become a Leader? Resident Assistant/ Maintenance Assistant Selection 2012-2013

Come to the  HRL Office to pick up your application today!

Questions contact:  jholla01@nyit.edu

It's Here... First Year Experience(FYE) Week- February 5-15 In Residence Halls

First Year Experience (FYE) in Housing & Residential Life has a lot of events planned with First Year Students in mind. Come out and join us!