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Residential Life @ D&E
Davis & Elkins College is a residential institution
that believes in the educational value of the residence life experience.
For this reason we require all students to live on campus except
those students living at home with their parents, married students,
students with children, handicapped students with a need for facilities
which the college is unable to provide, and independent students
over 21 years of age.
The Office of Student Life assigns entering students
to rooms. Students may mutually select their roommates and designate
a preference for a particular residence hall. The Director of Residential
Living and undergraduate Resident Assistants who provide administrative,
advising, and programming services supervise the residence halls.
Although these staff members have an important impact on the group
living environment, the most significant influence comes from the
residents themselves.
Students are encouraged to assume an active role
in their hall governance. Hall Councils, floor units, or the Student
Assembly discuss, for example, policies regarding visitation, quiet
hours, security and disciplinary affairs. This approach is designed
to promote the development of an active learning community in the
halls and encourage individual students to make responsible decisions
about themselves and others. Student initiative is also the stimulus
for most residence hall programming. Educational, recreational and
social activities are as varied as residents' interests and backgrounds.
These events, both planned and impromptu, provide breadth and quality
to the total learning experience.
There are four residence halls at Davis
& Elkins College. They include Roxanna Booth Hall, Presidential
Center, International Center, and Gribble Hall. For more detailed
descriptions and photos of these facilities, go to the Virtual Tour
and click on the buildings shown on the map.
Application for living off-campus is made, in writing, through the
Office of Student Life. If the student has been approved to live off campus,
the college will not be brought into any difficulties that may arise
with a landlord or other business.
Living off campus without proper approval will
result in billing for board and the cost of double occupancy in
the residence hall system.
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