Your first year in housing, here at Alfred University, is going to be in one of our residential communities. It is going to be fun, dynamic, most importantly, educational. We want to give you an experience where you can create connections, create community, and learn outside of the classroom.
We have a lot of different residence hall options. We have a few suites style dormitories. The way that that's set up is two to three bedrooms, a kitchen and living area as well as the bathroom. We also provide normal style dormitories, sort of the classic, where it's a communal bathroom showers. Special interest housing is for students who are looking to sort of level up their college experience is how I would explain it. For example, we have Hillel house. We have an International House. We have an Environmental House. Special interest housing provides the space for students with similar interests to grow and flourish as students both academically and socially. Living in an environment with people who share commonalities or similar interests was extremely beneficial to me. Especially during my freshman year of college, I was of course nervous about the transition. But being able to live in that Living Learning Community set me in a better place to meet new people, who I would have similarities with and sort of create my new comfort zone.
Alfred University is a very safe campus. We have campus safety. We have public safety on campus. We are very close small town, but we also have our own students staff in our buildings. Our RAs are on duty every single night. We have a professional staff member on call 24/7, beyond our campus public safety. So even if it's not a matter for public safety, but you're still worried about your student, there's always someone to reach out to, who can kind of guide you and support you as a parent.
While college may seem daunting, and scary and intimidating, it's okay to be uncomfortable when you first come in and just sort of step outside that comfort zone. It's once you take that step you're able to become more involved in student activity. Be more comfortable on campus and also just be happier in a new place.
