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General
Information
Single Student Housing
Single Undergraduate Student Residences
Single Graduate Student Residences
Couples without Children and Students with Children
U.S. Mail Delivery
Telephone Service; Utilities
Parking Permits
Smoking
Child Services
Storage
Rental Equipment
Capital Improvement Program
Lead Advisory
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General Description. Since its founding, Stanford University has had a strong residential character, providing affordable and desirable on-campus housing to students in close proximity to academic resources. All residences are located within ten minutes walking or biking distance of the campus center—close to classrooms, libraries, and labs. Residents have in-room computer and cable TV connections as well as access to lounges, recreational areas, computer clusters and laundry facilities with washers and dryers.
During the academic year, over 6,000 undergraduate and 4,200 graduate students call Stanford Student Housing home. Through an active residence program, Stanford seeks to provide students with a supportive, friendly environment in which they are encouraged to develop a strong sense of community.
Summer housing at Stanford serves a large and varied community comprised of visiting graduate students and undergraduates, along with matriculated Stanford students. Housing options are available for single undergraduate and graduate students as well as those coming to Stanford with a spouse, same-sex or opposite-sex domestic partner and/or children.
Special accommodations are offered to students with disabilities and students with a disabled spouse, domestic partner and/or child.
The following are descriptions of the residence options. Use the searchable campus map to find the location of a residence. Contact the local Housing Service Center or Residential Education office directly if you would like further information about a residence.
Single Student Housing
On-campus single student housing is fully furnished. (Single graduate students may request unfurnished one bedroom, single occupancy apartments.) Furnishings include bed(s), dresser(s), desk(s), desk chair(s), bookcase(s), overhead ambient lighting, and window coverings. Apartments also include a dinette table and chairs, stove/oven, refrigerator, sofa or armchairs, and a coffee table or end table. Each dormitory room or apartment has a telephone and internet connection as well. Bedding, linens, study lamps, microwaves, and kitchen/dining utensils (for apartments) are not provided but many of these items can be purchased through Cardinal Mall and delivered to your residence office. For more information or to make a purchase, visit the Cardinal Mall online at http://cardinalmall.stanford.edu . Beds are size twin extra-long, except in the Graduate Housing studio apartments and one bedroom single occupancy apartments, which are full extra-long or queen extra-long. Single Undergraduate Student
Housing
Undergraduates reside in coed dormitories and apartment-style housing during summer term. In both types of housing Stanford undergraduate Resident Assistants strive to make the house a warm and inviting home for the residents, helping students take advantage of all that Stanford and the Bay Area have to offer. They plan and help residents to plan educational, social, and recreational activities. The staff is available to assist with any questions regarding residential life, academics, or even personal issues. Each residence will also have Residential Computing Coordinators who will be able to assist with any networking questions.
Dormitory Housing. Manzanita Park, which includes Lantana and Castaño for summer term, and Wilbur Hall, which includes Arroyo and Cedro for summer term, are the dormitory housing options. Life in the dormitories centers on individual floors or wings. Students are encouraged to participate in various programs planned throughout the summer. Manzanita Park, specifically Lantana and Castaño are adjoining dormitory style residences that were built in 1992 as part of Manzanita Park (along with Kimball Hall). Each residence is 3-stories in height and houses approximately 100 residents, most of them in doubles. All floors are coeducational with single-sex bathrooms. In each house, you'll find a lounge, a living room, a study room, and several "study nooks". The computer cluster, laundry room, and a seminar room are found in the 1st floor area where the two buildings meet. Rooms are carpeted and furnished with a bed, desk, closet, and bookcase for each occupant.
The majority of rooms in summer 2007 will be allocated to Stanford students involved in summer research through the Undergraduate Advising and Research office. All students assigned to these residences are welcome to participate in Summer Research College's (SRC) dorm-based activities and will need to follow SRC's alcohol policy, which prohibits individuals from serving alcohol in common areas. For more information on this policy, please visit SRC's web site. All Undergraduate Housing residents in Lantana and Castaño are required to purchase a Stanford Dining meal plan. Meals are served at the Manzanita Park Dining Hall.
Wilbur Hall consists of eight residential buildings two of which, Arroyo and Cedro, will house undergraduate students this summer.
Arroyo and Cedro are situated next to each other and share an outdoor courtyard. Each is 3 stories tall and houses approximately 90 students with one male floor, one female floor and one
coeducational
floor. Common single-sex bathrooms are shared by students on the floor. Most rooms are double occupancy rooms. Rooms are carpeted and furnished with a bed, desk, bookshelf, and closet for each occupant. In addition to the residence rooms, each house has a lounge and a computer cluster on the first floor with several "study nooks" across the floors. Arroyo also has a seminar room next to its computer cluster for studying or meetings. Laundry facilities are in the basement below the centrally located Wilbur administrative offices. All Undergraduate Housing residents in Arroyo and Cedro are required to purchase a Stanford Dining meal plan. Meals are served at the Manzanita Park Dining Hall.
Apartment-style housing. Mirrielees Hall provides students with an apartment-style housing option for summer term. Apartments offer students an opportunity to live in a small, self-selected group and afford more independence and privacy than are available in the dormitories. Mirrielees is best suited for students who wish to make their primary social group small; however, residence-wide social activities are offered as well. Each apartment has a living room/dining area, kitchen, two or three bedrooms, and a bathroom, and is shared by three or four students of the same gender. Residents of Mirrielees have the option of purchasing a Stanford Dining meal plan. Meals are served at the Manzanita Park Dining Hall.
Single Graduate Student
Housing
Graduate students can choose from various residences across the campus. Residences vary greatly in their size, age, style of architecture, and layout of student rooms, apartments, and common areas. The majority of graduate housing is in apartments but there is one centrally-located dormitory building, Crothers Memorial Hall, open during the summer and academic year as well.
Crothers Memorial Hall, commonly referred to as CroMem, is a three-story dormitory with single and double occupancy rooms. The residence features a lounge, study room and small library. A small communal kitchen is available to a limited number of residents who pay a kitchen deposit; available kitchen spaces are allocated to new residents through a lottery. Floors are coeducational. Rooms are furnished with beds, desks, closets, book shelves,
and a wash basin. Bathrooms are single-sex and communal. There is a landscaped courtyard and outdoor basketball courts. The residence is not wheelchair accessible. For more information about Crothers Memorial, including pictures, visit the Student Housing web site.
Escondido Village, commonly referred to as EV, houses approximately
3,200 people, including single students, couples without
children and students with children. Single students live in studios, one-bedroom high-rise apartments and in two- and three-bedroom townhouse apartments. One student lives in a studio; one or two students of the same gender are in a one-bedroom apartment; two or three students of the same gender share a two-bedroom apartment; and three students of the same gender share a three-bedroom apartment. In one-bedroom, double occupancy and two-bedroom, triple occupancy apartments, the apartment furnishings are arranged for one student to sleep in the living room, which is not a fully enclosed room. In these apartments, one armchair is provided in each room instead of a sofa in the living room. You should be aware of this arrangement if you apply for assignment to this type of apartment. Within Escondido Village there are recreational areas, a community garden, a community activity center and multi-use cottage room with pianos, and picnic and barbecue areas. Wheelchair accessible apartments are available. For more information about Escondido Village, including pictures and floor plans, visit the Student Housing web site.
The Liliore Green Rains Houses,
commonly referred to as Rains, consist of 30 two- and three-story apartment buildings situated around a series of landscaped courtyards and pathways. Each building houses 12 to 48 students, accommodating approximately 780 residents in total. Rains includes 246 two- and 71 four-bedroom apartments, all of which offer a private bedroom for each student. Each apartment has a living room, dining area, kitchen, and storage closet. The two-bedroom apartments have one bathroom and the four-bedroom apartments have two bathrooms. The four-bedroom apartments have somewhat larger kitchens and living rooms than the two-bedroom apartments, making the two- and four-bedroom units comparable in space for the number of students living in them. (Two-bedroom apartments are approximately 650 total square feet, four-bedroom apartments approximately 1,150 square feet.) All apartments are carpeted, except in the kitchen and bathrooms where there is linoleum and tile flooring, respectively. Rains residents enjoy a meeting room with kitchen, four lounges, a game room, two music practice rooms furnished with pianos, a large, wood-floored common room for aerobics classes and dances, and a conference room. There are also large grassy areas for picnics, barbecues, volleyball and recreation. Wheelchair accessible apartments are available. For more information about Rains, including pictures, visit the Student Housing web site.
The Richard W. Lyman Graduate Residences, commonly referred to as Lyman, consist of 112 two-bedroom apartments housing 224 students. Situated on the west side of campus, they are the closest graduate residences to the Medical Center and the Science and Engineering Quad. Each apartment is approximately 575 square feet and has its own bathroom, living-dining room, kitchen, and storage closet. All apartments are carpeted, except in the kitchen and bathrooms where there is linoleum flooring. The residence has a wood-deck community center which includes a computer cluster, music practice room, mailroom, and space for meetings, group study and social gatherings. The commons is built around a grand old oak tree. Parking immediately adjacent to Lyman is extremely limited, but additional parking is available in nearby lots and side streets. For more information about Lyman, including pictures and floor plans, visit the Student Housing web site.
Couple without Children
and Student with Children Housing
Couples without children and students with children live in Escondido Village , a neighborhood of approximately 3,200 people. Couple without Children Housing is available to students who are married and those who have same-sex or opposite-sex domestic partners who will be occupying the apartment with them at least 50% of each week. At Stanford, a domestic partnership is defined as an established, long-term partnership between two people with an exclusive mutual commitment in which the partners share the necessities of life and ongoing responsibility for their common welfare. Couples without children live in one-bedroom high-rise and townhouse apartments (most are in the high-rises). There are eight one-bedroom with den apartments available to couples who are both enrolled but these are generally occupied by Stanford students who are in residence from spring and therefore not available to visiting students. For more information about couples apartments, including pictures and floor plans, visit the Student Housing web site.
Students coming to Stanford with legally dependent children who will live with them at least 50% of each week are welcome to apply for Student with Children Housing. Students with children live in one-, two-, and three-bedroom townhouse apartments. One-bedroom apartments are approximately 500 square feet, two-bedrooms are approximately 650 square feet, and three-bedrooms are approximately 800 square feet. Most student with children apartments are grouped in neighborhoods made up of other students with children, although some apartments are located in single-student neighborhoods due to the volume of moves each year. You must have one or two children in occupancy to be eligible for a two-bedroom apartment, and two or three children for a three-bedroom apartment. Single parents with one child may request assignment to one-bedroom low-rise apartments. University housing is not provided for extended families, including the parents and siblings of students, or live-in day care staff. For more information about student with children apartments, including pictures and floor plans, visit the Student Housing web site.
Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply for either Couple without Children or Student with Children Housing as long as they meet the criteria specified above. Couples without children and students with children may apply for either furnished or unfurnished apartments for the summer term at no additional charge. In furnished apartments, only one set of furniture is provided by the University for each bedroom. If you plan to have two children living in the same bedroom, you should be aware that the bedrooms are very small and cannot comfortably accommodate two children. If you would like to have an additional twin bed provided to you, however, please email the Escondido Village Housing Service Center after you have been assigned to summer housing. There is one bathroom in each apartment.
All apartments are equipped with a telephone and internet connection.
Some of the one-bedroom apartments have balconies. Wheelchair accessible apartments are available.
Additional Residential Information
U.S. mail delivery is not provided to any of the undergraduate residences. Please contact the Summer RSAS for mail delivery options. Single graduate students, couples without children, and students with children will receive their mailing address when they check in at the residence. Correspondents should not send mail to you care-of Housing Assignments or your residence office. Any personal mail sent to these offices will be returned to the sender.
Telephone Service; Utilities. All students will be automatically assessed a Telecommunications Fee on their University Bill in the amount of $50. All apartments/dormitory rooms will have land-line phones with basic telephone service and residents will now be able to sign up for in-room network connections without additional connection fees. For information on how to sign up for in-room network connects, visit Residential Computing on the web at http://rescomp.stanford.edu/student/services/inrooms/. Ethernet connections will be arranged with Residential Computing after your arrival. Long-distance phone service and cable television are available for a fee. ( http://www.stanford.edu/services/telephone/students/, or call (650) 497-HELP). In-room TV antennas are permitted for students who do not wish to subscribe to cable service, but external antennas and satellite dishes are not.
Parking Permits may be purchased from Parking and Transportation Services, (650) 723-9637. For more information on residential parking permits, please visit the Parking and Transportation web site. The web site contains information on how to purchase a permit and permit prices.
Smoking is prohibited in or around University residences, including interior common areas, individual rooms and apartments, covered walkways, balconies, outdoor areas where smoke may drift into buildings, and during organized indoor or outdoor events.
Child Services. Escondido Village features a community activity center and recreational areas. There is a four-week summer program for first- to third-grade children. Several nursery schools and child care programs are located on campus as well. For information on summer programs for children, contact The Worklife Office, (650) 723-2660, or email worklife.office@stanford.edu.
Storage. Student Housing coordinates on-
or off-campus storage for students, including short-term
storage (one month or less) during interim periods. They
also provide boxes and labels, and can arrange to pick up
and deliver your boxes at a prescheduled time. Please see
details, including storage locations, schedules, eligibility,
and contact information, at: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/rde/shs/summerstorage/; or call (650) 725-9143.
Rental Equipment. Two nonprofit organizations, the
Village Rental Co-op and the CCIS Loan Closet, rent a variety
of items useful to residents, including bicycles, baby equipment,
and kitchenware. Contact the Loan Closet at 723-1271, or
the Village Rental Co-op at 497-5088. The Rental Equipment
Web site has details on location, hours and fees: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/icenter/families/rental.html.
Capital Improvement Program. Stanford University is in the midst of major construction projects throughout all of campus, impacting roadways and buildings within Student Housing areas in particular. Student Housing’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), Student Housing’s SHARP and Planned Projects Programs, new construction, other major University construction projects or unforeseen repair projects will necessarily cause increased noise around directly involved and nearby residences, as well as throughout other housing areas. The CIP schedule is located at <http://www.stanford.edu/dept/rde/shs/cip/cipschedule.html>. Prior to and up to a year after a major construction project, continual inspections and work may occur in and around your residence. By accepting a housing assignment and signing the Residence Agreement, you acknowledge that you have been advised of these projects, and you accept your housing assignment accordingly.
The University is in year fifteen of a twenty-year CIP of existing student housing, including substantial renovations, seismic strengthening, life safety improvements, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) improvements, asbestos abatement, and lead paint management. During this period, some students may be required to move to different rooms or temporarily vacate their current rooms while work is underway. We will, however, make every effort to perform work when rooms vacate or in unobtrusive ways while students are in residence. If temporary moves are necessary, we will make every effort to minimize the impact this temporary relocation may have on student life. Students who need to move because their room is scheduled to be renovated or demolished will remain under contract and will not be released from contract unless they are otherwise eligible for release.
During the summer and autumn of the 2007-08 academic year, renovations and seismic retrofitting work will be taking place in and around Roth House and some Escondido Village low-rise apartment buildings. New construction will begin both on the Munger graduate residences, which will be located near Stern Hall, and on an adjacent underground parking garage. Preliminary investigations will proceed at Xanadu House in preparation for CIP renovations that will take place during the summer and autumn of the 2007-08 academic year. Additional renovations, unforeseen at press time, could occur in or near other residences at any point throughout the 2007-08 year. While all possible measures will be taken to minimize the impact of all of these housing projects, any student moving into these areas should be prepared to accept the unavoidable aspects of life in a neighborhood under construction.
Lead Advisory. Federal and California law requires that notice be provided to persons who are exposed to even extremely small quantities of lead. Housing built before 1978 may contain lead-based paint. Lead from paint chips and dust can pose health hazards if not managed properly. Lead exposure is especially harmful to young children and pregnant women. Before renting pre-1978 housing, lessors must disclose the presence of lead-based paint and/or lead-based paint hazards in the dwelling. Lessees must also receive a federally approved pamphlet on lead poisoning prevention.
Stanford University has an ongoing testing program for lead in Escondido Village, and provides information to Escondido Village families and resident fellows with children. Testing has indicated low levels of lead in dust, soil and sand samples. Previous testing of painted surfaces in Escondido Village revealed varying levels of lead in paint in the apartment units tested. Complete information about testing results and a federally approved pamphlet about ways to minimize risk will be provided to you at check-in. To review this material sooner, please write to: Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator, Stanford University, 795 Escondido Road, Stanford, CA 94305-8581.
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