The Campus Life Committee of the Board of Trustees recently created the Task Force on Housing and Residence Life to examine improvements to Rensseler’s quality of life. After eight months of meetings, discussions, interviews, and surveys, the task force has presented its final report to the President’s Council for examination and approval.
The Campus Life Committee of the Board of Trustees recommended that the task force be formed in order to determine the current quality and quantity of campus-owned housing for single and married students in order to make improvements where needed.
The areas examined by committees under the task force include quality of housing, residence life, and special interest groups.
As a result of the committee studies, the task force has determined that there should be no new housing for the next decade, current housing should be updated to achieve "normal" occupancy, a gathering place is needed for international and graduate students, and a strong residence life program should be changed to support the "human factors of life" in the residence halls.
Additionally, each committee had its own set of proposals and recommendations accompanied by a committee report. In these committee reports, goals were developed in short- and long-range terms, with short meaning one to 10 years and long meaning more than 10.
The committees also responded in their individual discussions to the Student Affairs Visting Committee report conducted last spring.
Thomas Yurkewecz, director of Auxillary Services and chair of the task force added in the recommendations that the task force will meet again sometime next month to "discuss final objectives and the means to carry out these recommendations" put forth by the report.
