Residential Life
What is it like to live on campus during the Summer Program?
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Nearly all Equinox participants -- approximately 95% each year -- choose to live on campus. Living and learning together 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the duration of the program builds a camaraderie rarely experienced before college. Bonding over late-night study sessions, early-morning runs to the beach and weekend games of Halli Galli or Ultimate Frisbee do more than foster friendships; they facilitate tolerance, appreciation for diversity and increased awareness of the cultures, issues and assets of the world at large.
Equinox residents are assigned housing based on the courses they are taking. They live with classmates in dormitories under the supervision of specially trained residential staff. Male and female students may share a floor, but they have separate bathrooms. Students eat with residential staff and other members of the University community in a residence hall dining room.
A residential coordinator oversees the residential staff, activities, health and social issues. In the residence halls, each residential teaching assistant is responsible for a group of up to 18 students. The Equinox staff plans and supervises activities both on- and off-campus.
Activities are an important part of the Equinox experience, and they provide a healthy balance of work and play. After class, students may participate in a wide variety of afternoon and evening activities. Favorites include visiting the beach on Lake Michigan, playing Capture the Flag, visiting the Northwestern University Student Center, joining pick-up soccer games and engaging in various crafts. Quiet time is an option for those students who wish to study or relax with friends.
Weekends find students enjoying a broad range of activities, such as off- and on-campus theater, concerts, movies, sporting events, dances and talent shows. The learning that occurs outside of class, through casual conversation and these shared activities, can be just as important as that which occurs in class. For this reason, we encourage students to remain with the Summer Program throughout each session, including weekends and holidays.
For more information on the Summer Program and residential life, please consult the Family Handbook, distributed to all participants upon admission.
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What is it like to live on campus during the Summer Program?
(Press play to watch the movie)
Nearly all Equinox participants -- approximately 95% each year -- choose to live on campus. Living and learning together 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the duration of the program builds a camaraderie rarely experienced before college. Bonding over late-night study sessions, early-morning runs to the beach and weekend games of Halli Galli or Ultimate Frisbee do more than foster friendships; they facilitate tolerance, appreciation for diversity and increased awareness of the cultures, issues and assets of the world at large.
Equinox residents are assigned housing based on the courses they are taking. They live with classmates in dormitories under the supervision of specially trained residential staff. Male and female students may share a floor, but they have separate bathrooms. Students eat with residential staff and other members of the University community in a residence hall dining room.
A residential coordinator oversees the residential staff, activities, health and social issues. In the residence halls, each residential teaching assistant is responsible for a group of up to 18 students. The Equinox staff plans and supervises activities both on- and off-campus.
Activities are an important part of the Equinox experience, and they provide a healthy balance of work and play. After class, students may participate in a wide variety of afternoon and evening activities. Favorites include visiting the beach on Lake Michigan, playing Capture the Flag, visiting the Northwestern University Student Center, joining pick-up soccer games and engaging in various crafts. Quiet time is an option for those students who wish to study or relax with friends.
Weekends find students enjoying a broad range of activities, such as off- and on-campus theater, concerts, movies, sporting events, dances and talent shows. The learning that occurs outside of class, through casual conversation and these shared activities, can be just as important as that which occurs in class. For this reason, we encourage students to remain with the Summer Program throughout each session, including weekends and holidays.
For more information on the Summer Program and residential life, please consult the Family Handbook, distributed to all participants upon admission.
next: Commuter Life
