WELCOME SCHOLARS welcome scholars 12
Spring 2009 Spring 2010
Welcome to ScholaR’s Day The Department of Housing and Residential Life is excited to welcome you to campus. We provide a variety of living options on campus. Each offers its own unique community with trained staff and programming opportunities designed to help you succeed. We have provided some information below on our department and the facilities you will be touring. In addition to the three facilities you will be touring, we offer 18 other hall options. Feel free to visit our Web site (www.reslife.txstate.edu/housing-options-and-rates) for more details on our facilities.
Learning Commiunities Our Learning Communities were created to further enhance the residential experience and build on the natural partnership between on-campus living and the academic curriculum. A Learning Community (LC) consists of a group of students who live in the same residence hall. This environment offers peer and faculty mentoring, co-enrolled classes and study groups—as well as educational and professional development activities. This initiative consists of a Residential College which is open to all incoming freshmen (regardless of major) and a variety of major or interest-based Learning Communities. One of our newest Learning Communities is for students in the University Honors Program. It is housed in Butler Hall. Students will co-enroll in an Honors section of University Seminar, create Honors thesis topics and participate in a variety of experiences together. This LC is for students accepted into the University Honors Program.
Butler Hall Traditional (community-style)
Laurel Hall Traditional (community-style)
Honors Learning Community Close to the Concho Mall green
One of three halls in the
coed hall with 238 students
space and Sewell Park
*Honors LC Web site: www.reslife.txstate. edu/University-Honors
coed hall with 141 students
Residential College Program
Newly renovated in fall of 2009 Historic hall with Spanish-style design and architecture
Tower Hall Suite coed hall with 434 students Houses the Geography Learning Community
Close to Jones Food Court and Alkek Library
Large lobby and community areas
Near The Quad which houses many academic buildings
*Residential College Web site: www. reslife.txstate.edu/Residential-College
Office JCK 320/380 Phone 512/245-2382, Fax 512/245-7619 Email Reslife@txstate.edu web www.reslife.txstate.edu