Students can be met at the airport if prior arrangements have been made. Parents are welcome to bring students to the program personally. Students are expected to arrive on the first day of the session and to depart on the last day of the session. The student is provided with a bed, desk, chair, dresser, closet, and linens. Resident students will take all meals in the Oakwood Dining Room.
Faculty members live in the dormitories with the students.
They supervise study hall and general dormitory life. Laundry facilities are available on campus. Students may deposit extra money with the Oakwood Student Bank for safe keeping. It is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River at a point mid-way between New York City and Albany, the capital of New York. Poughkeepsie is also the home to Vassar College and Marist College.