As you prepare for Room Selection 2024, here's a quick summary of what is new or changing from prior years.
With the recent refresh of East Campus suites, Columbia Housing partnered with The Junkluggers, an eco-friendly "junk" removal company, to find a new home for the used furniture. Housing successfully donated 107 furniture items and recycled over 50, keeping the refresh in line with its commitment to sustainable practices and greatly reducing the number of items directed to landfills.
Starting this month, Columbia Housing will begin a project to install new electronic access-controlled door locks across campus.
Top to Ground Floor Refresh Over Summer Break
Over the 2023 Summer break period, Broadway Hall received a full building makeover! The refresh included new furniture for student lounges plus smart televisions that can be operated by a mobile app; pantries upgraded including all new appliances; student rooms redone with latest finishes, new furniture and a wireless key entry system installed. Plus 27 refreshed communal restrooms and 44 fully redesigned, gender-inclusive restrooms of which 35 are ADA compliant. Updated light fixtures, new carpeting, and fresh paint throughout gave the building…
When renovations began this summer in Broadway Hall, Columbia Housing coordinated with Sustainable Columbia and Construction Business Initiatives to find a new home for the building's couches, chairs, and tables.
We asked your feedback on signage in the laundry room and ways to improve your experience. You had a lot to share! Thanks for your input.
Over the summer, window units will be permanently installed at John Jay, Hartley and Wallach Halls.
Residents of suite- and apartment-style buildings are responsible for cleaning shared bathrooms. Facilities makes cleaning supplies available to students at no charge.
With help from IRN: The Reuse Network, Columbia Housing provided gently used bedroom, dining, and lounge furniture sets to seven charities, providing support to organizations in need, extending the life of useable furniture, and diverting 150,000 pounds of waste from entering landfills.
Recently, Amazon has mis-delivered pallets of packages to the Columbia Student Mail Center. Here's what to do if you are missing a package from Amazon.
Updates to Check-In Logistics Resulted in Smooth Process for Undergraduate Residential Students and their Families
Summer presents the opportunity for project work in the residence halls. This year, the teams in Facilities and Operations were busy completing a number of updates in our buildings to improve the living experience for our residents. Here are the highlights.
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Starting today, February 24, all continuing, residential CC/SEAS students must declare their housing intent for next academic year in the Housing Portal. Registration ends on Friday, March 7.