Personable, outgoing and a positive attitude are all part of the job. The Department of Housing and Residence Life outlined three significant changes that will take effect this fall in a recent letter to chapter presidents. Since there were so many questions, an open forum was held on Thursday, April 13 in Corbett Center. Housing Director Bob Smiggen, Associate Director Missy Giacomelli, and Greek Complex Hall Manager Cheryl De Young were all on hand to answer questions and facilitate discussion. The first change is the mandatory combination of room and board for new Freshmen, including those in Greek Complex.
Chapters have two options.
The first is that they can choose to not operate a meal plan. Housing will remove commercial use appliances and replace them with residential use appliances, and will probably restrict use to groups of 3 or more. In this case, the Freshmen in the house would be required to purchase one of the meal plans offered by Dining Services . The second change is the full-year contract. For chapters with live-in requirements calling for odd number of semesters in the house or chapters with officer terms that end in December, Housing can make special arrangements prior to the start of the academic year.