Residence Hall Programming, Part I:
Summary of Responses to Housemaster Query

 

 

Baker House (a)

Bexley Hall (a,b)

Burton Connor (a,b)

East Campus (c)

MacGregor House (b, c)

# of students

337 students

120 students

344 students

362 students

326 students

Rm Arrangement

Off hallway

Suites

Suites

Off hallway

Off hallway

Dining

Common Dining

No common dining

Dining hall not in use

No common dining

Dining Hall not in use

Housemaster or GRT initiated activities

brunches on floors, graduation and

Parents Weekend receptions, dinners, meetings, house-wide study breaks, house-wide brunch, house-wide barbecue, hall study breaks

barbecues, dinners, study breaks

ski strip, skit night, wacky olympics, Sunday brunches, faculty dinner, Alcohol Awareness Session, programming contest w/ prizes, whale watch, Career Fair, apple picking, ballroom dancing, trips and outings

Friday Afternoon Club -food, Apple Bake-off, Senior Dinner, Oddball olympics, study breaks,

race relations study break, gender issues discussion, Housemaster's dinners, Assistant Housemaster's study breaks, massage class, cooking class, self-defense, sexual assault issues, entry night, book club

Student participation rate

Probably 90% of the house participates in some activity. # of students at each activity ranges from 25 to 250.

Between 23% and 100% of the students participate in each activity.

About 80% of the students participate in some activity. Numbers for each activity range from 20 - 150

 

No Information Available

 

No Information Available

Student initiated activities

IM sports, parties, annual scavenger hunt, annual Baker Productions event, trips, Thursday night socials

parties, barbecues, study breaks

Prom, weekend trips, multi-cultural dinner, weekly socials

 

No Information Available

 

No Information Available

Spaces where activities occur

lounges, commons, roof deck, barbecue pit, lawn

Housemaster suite, outside grills, lounge, desk, courtyard, basement

Dining hall, athletic fields, Housemaster apartment

 

No Information Available

 

No Information Available

Non-resident faculty participation

No affiliated faculty. They are invited by students to a student run activity each semester, but participation levels are getting lower.

Only to convey changes in how parties were given due to new alcohol policy

House fellows take part in trips. Probably 5-6 faculty have an on-going relationship with the residence.

 

No Information Available

 

No Information Available

Relationships with other Institute Offices

Med Links

Only by individual students

No residence-wide relationships. Some individual halls have some contact.

 

No Information Available

 

No Information Available

Desired / Recommended Programs

 

No Information Available

House forums addressing issues not just crises, cooking program, conflict resolution programs,

Something on diversity, alcohol awareness. A fun trip or activity for the entire residence hall once per term, community dining

 

No Information Available

academic tutoring, counselor from Dean's office

Space planning recommendations

a large space that is welcoming, lounge spaces large enough to accommodate all on floor, outdoor spaces.

large kitchen area

Large enough floor lounges, study area on each floor w/ quickstation, if no dining hall, large enough kitchen areas, recreation room, fitness room, storage w/ security, bike room, outdoor grill and picnic area, conference room, library w/ Athena cluster, dark room, drafting room, music rooms, dining hall

 

No Information Available

dining hall, entertainment facilities: game room, piano room, gym, etc.

(a) information received in response to Housemaster query sent out week of July 6, 1998

(b) information received from MIT Residence Halls 5 Year Plans, submitted to the Dean's Office in June 1998

Part II (McCormick, New House, Random Hall, Senior House and 500 Memorial Drive)