The University did not elaborate on why eight resident advisor positions are currently vacant.
Sophomores said that they were shocked and saddened by the housing assignment changes that relocated many of them from the South 40 to the Northside.
Having losing their guaranteed University housing because of COVID-19 density restrictions, juniors and seniors have battled a limited supply of nearby apartments and numerous time pressures.
Following Washington University’s decision to suspend on-campus instruction on March 11, all residential advisors received an email notifying that their employment was terminated and their remaining compensation for the spring semester, which includes housing and meal points, would be canceled. RAs were given until March 15 to vacate their on-campus housing and were asked to cease communication with their residents.
Washington University is using the Charles F. Knight Executive Education & Conference Center to house 30-40 frontline medical personnel as of April 1.
Students waiting to receive personal items from their University-owned residences may have to wait a while longer. After deciding to suspend shipping and packing operations on March 20, the Office of Residential Life is still uncertain about when operations will resume.
Around 300 of the 3,500 students who applied for Washington University housing this year did not receive their requested housing arrangements due to high demand for particular unit sizes. Housing groups in this predicament were asked by the Office of Residential Life to either regroup or be administratively placed in order to receive University housing in an email, Feb. 21.
Student Union launched an investigation into how to address the discrepancy between on-campus and off-campus student printing credits.
Washington University was ranked number one in this year’s edition of the Princeton Review’s list of the “Best College Dorms.”
After three separate instances of flooding in Village House this semester, Washington University administrators are now confident that the issue is resolved.
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