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With over 1,400 students living across 45+ residence halls here in Annandale-On-Hudson, we are able to offer a variety of intentional communities and unique living opportunities.  First-Year students are able to request placement within our Substance Free and Women's Only communities.  In addition to these communities, returning students are able to apply as groups for various suites and suite-style apartment spaces.  We also offer residences exclusive to Graduate students.
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Undergraduate Intentional Community Living Options

Our Intentional Community Living are residences where students from all class years live and build community through a shared housing need or desire.  All first-year students are welcome to request to be placed within our intentional community options via their Housing Profile in MyAnnandale.  Returning students interested in these communities should complete the eligibility form to be able to select into these communities at Room Selection. Please note, we prioritize students with the highest need for these communities first but have been able to meet most requests in the past.
  • Women's Only Housing
    Women's Only Housing
    Bard features both Women's Only First Year and Upper-College residences. The locations change based on the need for Women's Only housing. These residence halls have only women assigned to live in them, yet residents are welcome to bring guests of any gender identity over at any time. Please note, staff of any gender may be working in the residence to clean, repair, maintain, ensure security, or community-build.

    Women's Only Housing

    Women's Only Housing
    Bard features both Women's Only First Year and Upper-College residences. The locations change based on the need for Women's Only housing. These residence halls have only women assigned to live in them, yet residents are welcome to bring guests of any gender identity over at any time. Please note, staff of any gender may be working in the residence to clean, repair, maintain, ensure security, or community-build.

    Why do we offer Women's Only Housing?


    With exception to this community, all of Bard's residences are gender inclusive by design with no gendered restrooms or floors in any residence halls.  We offer the Women's Only community to all students who identify as women. Historically, Women's Only housing has been requested by students with specific religious backgrounds as well as survivors of sexual assault. You do not need a reason to want to live in the Women's Only community, but it is important to recognize that your neighbors in the community may have a specific reason for wanting to live here. We ask that residents take extra respect when selecting into these residences: while guests of any gender identity are welcome it is important to have open communication.

    How to select into Women's Only Housing?
    Incoming First Year and Transfer Students Via Housing Profile
    All new incoming first year and transfer students who identify as women are eligible for the Women's Only Housing.  Within your Housing Profile, you will answer a few questions regarding your interest in this community.
     
    Returning Students Via Room Selection
    All students in the room selection process who identify as women are eligible for the Women's Only Housing.  
  • Substance Free Housing
    Substance Free Housing

    Bard features Substance free spaces for First Year and Upper-College residences. All incoming First-Year and Transfer students as well as returning students in the room selection process are eligible to live in this community.

     

    Substance Free Housing

    Substance Free Housing

    Bard features Substance free spaces for First Year and Upper-College residences. All incoming First-Year and Transfer students as well as returning students in the room selection process are eligible to live in this community.

     
    What is Substance Free Living?

    Students choosing to live in substance-free housing agree to the following additional community standards:

    1. Alcohol, tobacco, recreational drugs or illegal drugs should not be brought in or used in the hall. 
    2. Students will not return to the hall under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and become disruptive to the community.
    3. Students will be responsible for their guest's compliance with the hall rules and may be held accountable based on the situation.
    4. A student may be relocated to another residence on campus if they fail to abide by the rules of the community. Other disciplinary actions may result depending on the situation.

    How to select into Substance Free Living?
    Incoming First-Year and Transfer Students Via Housing Profile
    All new incoming first-year and transfer students who would like to live in the substance-free community are eligible to do so. Within your Housing Profile, you will answer a few questions regarding your interest in this community. 
     

Intentional Community Opportunities

  • Full Amenity Suites
    Full Amenity Suites
    Resnick Commons is home to 36 suites reserved for undergraduates returning to the college. These suites are equipped with a bathroom, full kitchen, and living space private to a group of four or five students who live in the suite. Through the room selection process, students apply as groups to live in suites with either two Seniors/Juniors and two Sophomores or one Senior/Junior and four Sophomores.
  • Linked Suites
    Linked Suites
    In Manor and Robbins, we have a handful of special spaces which returning students are able to apply for in groups. These spaces range from pairs of single rooms connected via private half-baths to a triple room that happens to have a single room inside. Check out this years Special Spaces application for more information about the available options.
  • Paired Single Suites
    Paired Single Suites
    In Manor Annex, we have 14 pairs of single rooms attached by a half-bath. In Robbins House, we have two pairs of single rooms attached by a full-bath.  Each single has a private entrance from the hallway. These paired single suites are prioritized for Seniors and then Juniors and can be requested via group applications during Room Selection.
Creating A Themed Living Community
Creating A Themed Living Community

Creating A Themed Living Community

Returning students have the ability to propose and cultivate a Themed Living Experience on campus.  Currently, students have created "Health House" and "Sustainability House" in the treehouses of Cruger Village.  Stay tuned for more information on creating communities in future years.

 

Creating A Themed Living Community

Theme housing is designed to give students a way to level up their residential experience.  With themes in the past including Health House, Substance Free Housing, and Sustainability House, these student-driven communities take the traditional Peer Counselor lead community development.  Theme communities tend to fit nicely in smaller residences allowing a tight bond to form within the group of residents.

Proposing a Theme
All returning students are welcome to propose a theme via the link below.  By proposing a theme, you are committing to live in and lead the community - typically in a single room when possible.  Theme proposals should be open and welcoming to all returning students to apply to, with a selection process outlined by the proposer and completed by the Residence Life team.

Applying to a Theme Community
Once the theme proposals are chosen, applications will go live here & be announced via email.  The physical locations of the theme communities will not be chosen until after a cohort of applicants is chosen.   Residence Life will pick the location of best fit based on application pool and theme proposal, this may yeld a waitlist for the more popular themes.

Theme Living Proposal Guidelines 
Proposal must be submitted for review by 3 PM Friday, March 13, 2020.
Notification of a decision will be made shortly thereafter.

•    A theme house is intended to provide an opportunity for students to live in an intentional community centered around an inclusive campus ethos/idea/hobby/interest. 

•    The student whose theme is selected is assigned as the TLC Liaison and becomes the primary contact to the Residence Life & Housing team. This person will be responsible for consistent communication regarding the community, its activities and concerns.  

•    A designated Themed Living Community is intended for one academic year only and is not automatically renewable.

•    Academic and social standing will be considered when reviewing the applications received.

•    In the event that a proposal is not accepted, participation can still take place in the general room draw selection process as per draw number. 

•    Students assigned to a theme house are expected to share their space with the greater community through programming and activities (at least two programs each semester).

  
THEMED LIVING COMMUNITY PROPOSAL

Graduate Student Communities

Based on availability, we work to utilize small residences on campus to build intentional cohorts of graduate students. These spaces tend to house less than ten fellow graduate students in double and single rooms with single user restrooms and spacious community kitchens.

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